Jawz
Newbie
I have organised a trade deal for tomorrow (mon) swapping my Ford focus 1.8tdci for a 6n2 polo gti (100k miles).
I would have picked up today but it has a rattling when the air-conditioning is on (but goes away when air is switched to circulate in car) and also some sort of vibrating rattle somewhere near the front of gear leaver or around that area (assuming its in the plastics of car) so they car place has sent it to garage to get those 2 sorted.
Now i only drove for 5 mins and the ride is very bumpy but prob down to thin tyres and it being more sporty.
However my main question is that when moving the gear leaver into 3rd and i think 5th it seemed like i had to move the leaver quite far forward and back (id hazard a guess maybe 15cm from 4th to 3rd) my focus is a lot shorter (maybe half the movement distance but it isn't the quick change gear box in my focus)
Is this normal that the gear stick has to be moved quite far back and fourth? When the car salesman was driving it to the petrol station (i drove it back) he was going over some things and said:-
What you will notice is that the gears have to be moved far, bit like in a transit van, this is because of how old the car is and is how they are.
Also told me that though it had heated seat buttons, they didn't work but said if i check forums it's common and not alot do work anymore.
The gear thing is my main question? Maybe i'm used to the newer 03 focus gearbox but for whats supposed to be a sporty car it does seem alot of work to have to throw my left arm back n fourth to try get quick gear changes??
I would have picked up today but it has a rattling when the air-conditioning is on (but goes away when air is switched to circulate in car) and also some sort of vibrating rattle somewhere near the front of gear leaver or around that area (assuming its in the plastics of car) so they car place has sent it to garage to get those 2 sorted.
Now i only drove for 5 mins and the ride is very bumpy but prob down to thin tyres and it being more sporty.
However my main question is that when moving the gear leaver into 3rd and i think 5th it seemed like i had to move the leaver quite far forward and back (id hazard a guess maybe 15cm from 4th to 3rd) my focus is a lot shorter (maybe half the movement distance but it isn't the quick change gear box in my focus)
Is this normal that the gear stick has to be moved quite far back and fourth? When the car salesman was driving it to the petrol station (i drove it back) he was going over some things and said:-
What you will notice is that the gears have to be moved far, bit like in a transit van, this is because of how old the car is and is how they are.
Also told me that though it had heated seat buttons, they didn't work but said if i check forums it's common and not alot do work anymore.
The gear thing is my main question? Maybe i'm used to the newer 03 focus gearbox but for whats supposed to be a sporty car it does seem alot of work to have to throw my left arm back n fourth to try get quick gear changes??
