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@Tourershine
Sorry if my English skills get a bit in the way of below attempt to explain:
The process of the rust protection, in this case, is that a thick and sticky substance (tar-like) is sprayed into cavities and in particularly exposed places. It is done according to a specific plan for the particular car. The actual need for this has certainly become significantly less as car manufacturers have galvanized many parts and generally became better and mpore awa been better at protecting against rust but still, at least here in Denmark where regular salt is used in the winter months, keep the car significantly better over time. The treatment provides an independently extended warranty against rust in addition to that provided with the car.
The work is carried out at the same address as my dealer, who also provides it, by a specialized center.
In fact, I do have some mixed feelings to having someone sneak around my brand new car and fill cavities and get up with ugly substances but have also seen what Danish winters can do to cars in terms of rust.
Even worse just now: The full dry up of the treatment prolongs the wait by 3 days which certainly is not great at all when being like a kid so close to xmas.
On the bright side the treatment is definitely more effective when done to the new car. Also the £900 cost is done as part of a complete deal with the VW dealer.
If you have any thoughts let me know.
Perhaps this Google translated link can give a bit more details:
Google Translate
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@Tourershine
Sorry if my English skills get a bit in the way of below attempt to explain:
The process of the rust protection, in this case, is that a thick and sticky substance (tar-like) is sprayed into cavities and in particularly exposed places. It is done according to a specific plan for the particular car. The actual need for this has certainly become significantly less as car manufacturers have galvanized many parts and generally became better and mpore awa been better at protecting against rust but still, at least here in Denmark where regular salt is used in the winter months, keep the car significantly better over time. The treatment provides an independently extended warranty against rust in addition to that provided with the car.
The work is carried out at the same address as my dealer, who also provides it, by a specialized center.
In fact, I do have some mixed feelings to having someone sneak around my brand new car and fill cavities and get up with ugly substances but have also seen what Danish winters can do to cars in terms of rust.
Even worse just now: The full dry up of the treatment prolongs the wait by 3 days which certainly is not great at all when being like a kid so close to xmas.
On the bright side the treatment is definitely more effective when done to the new car. Also the £900 cost is done as part of a complete deal with the VW dealer.
If you have any thoughts let me know.
Perhaps this Google translated link can give a bit more details:
Google Translate
As far as i'm aware, we have a 10 year anti-corrosion warranty in the UK, and I personally wasn't offered a 'rust' treatment when I purchased mine, not that i'd of taken it.
I think most owners in the UK that spent the sort of money a T6 costs, that were offered such a service, might question the longevity of a Volkswagen if they cannot get the protection good enough from the factory. It just sounds like an optional up-sell to my sceptical mind.
Is the corrosion warranty different over there?
And your English is far better than my Danish
@Tourershine
Afaik we have the exact same VW 10 year warranty on rust corrosion from the inside here in DK.
Really many cars in DK is given the anti rust treatment. If not from day one as in my case then during first year(s).
Not sure of the actual percentage of treated cars but it is really high.
I am sure the danish weather has the blame and especially, as I mentioned earlier, high use of salt on the roads during winter adds much to that..
I am aware that many of the countries south of here, and obviously from your questions also the UK don't treat their vehicles and doesn't have much of a problem either.
Regarding being up sold I actually think this was a slightly different setting.
I always bring my girlfriend with me to participate in the final negotiations since she has a professional background in purchasing, is quite tough and thus is able to go way further than my temperament lets me. This time seller to our best judgement was at, or at least very close to the ultimate limit so she sets out to get other stuff added instead. The added privacy tint for the windows an the anti rust treatment among others.....
Again I am not overly happy about letting them do my pretty new one but since we inevitable would profit from getting it done a little further down the road anyway this "free" way does has its "plusses".
Considering Danish not exactly being one of the big world languages I trust you on the absence of Danish speaking skills.
Afaik we have the exact same VW 10 year warranty on rust corrosion from the inside here in DK.
Really many cars in DK is given the anti rust treatment. If not from day one as in my case then during first year(s).
Not sure of the actual percentage of treated cars but it is really high.
I am sure the danish weather has the blame and especially, as I mentioned earlier, high use of salt on the roads during winter adds much to that..
I am aware that many of the countries south of here, and obviously from your questions also the UK don't treat their vehicles and doesn't have much of a problem either.
Regarding being up sold I actually think this was a slightly different setting.
I always bring my girlfriend with me to participate in the final negotiations since she has a professional background in purchasing, is quite tough and thus is able to go way further than my temperament lets me. This time seller to our best judgement was at, or at least very close to the ultimate limit so she sets out to get other stuff added instead. The added privacy tint for the windows an the anti rust treatment among others.....
Again I am not overly happy about letting them do my pretty new one but since we inevitable would profit from getting it done a little further down the road anyway this "free" way does has its "plusses".
Considering Danish not exactly being one of the big world languages I trust you on the absence of Danish speaking skills.
Fell almost instantly in love with the color after having specified the Deep Black Pearl originally which was what I always thought I wanted.
The Kurkuma/Turmenic Yelllow metallic isnt part of the general sales material in DK either but came to our attention via a different seller having seen it on the configurator on vw.de and afterwards convinced the Danish VW distribution of at least allowing it to be specified directly on orders.
Good effort, well done. I don't think VW UK would have entertained the thought of it! Jobsworths!Fell almost instantly in love with the color after having specified the Deep Black Pearl originally which was what I always thought I wanted.
The Kurkuma/Turmenic Yelllow metallic isnt part of the general sales material in DK either but came to our attention via a different seller having seen it on the configurator on vw.de and afterwards convinced the Danish VW distribution of at least allowing it to be specified directly on orders.
@Tourershine
Afaik we have the exact same VW 10 year warranty on rust corrosion from the inside here in DK.
Really many cars in DK is given the anti rust treatment. If not from day one as in my case then during first year(s).
Not sure of the actual percentage of treated cars but it is really high.
I am sure the danish weather has the blame and especially, as I mentioned earlier, high use of salt on the roads during winter adds much to that..
I am aware that many of the countries south of here, and obviously from your questions also the UK don't treat their vehicles and doesn't have much of a problem either.
Regarding being up sold I actually think this was a slightly different setting.
I always bring my girlfriend with me to participate in the final negotiations since she has a professional background in purchasing, is quite tough and thus is able to go way further than my temperament lets me. This time seller to our best judgement was at, or at least very close to the ultimate limit so she sets out to get other stuff added instead. The added privacy tint for the windows an the anti rust treatment among others.....
Again I am not overly happy about letting them do my pretty new one but since we inevitable would profit from getting it done a little further down the road anyway this "free" way does has its "plusses".
Considering Danish not exactly being one of the big world languages I trust you on the absence of Danish speaking skills.
Sorry mate, I didn't mean to sound like you had to justify your choice, it was simply an observation on your spec list that I hadn't seen before and didn't even know was offered on new vehicles anymore.
The UK still has it's fair share of salt in the winter, which seems to be getting worse as each year goes by, or at least it seems that way to me because of the amount of times I have to wash my van throughout the winter months to remove the salt, but i've yet to see any issues caused by the salt over here other than the mess we clean off our vehicles.
We find that the winter months destroys our diamond cut wheels pretty efficiently, but I guess that's part of the downsides of owning this style wheel.
As a Deep Pearl Black owner, I can say that your choice of colour will be a lot easier to maintain over there, and show up far less issues than Black would of done. There's loads of other colours I would of loved, including a Viper Green T6 that I saw yesterday and that looked awesome, but I'm not that brave and stick to what I know, but I too love your colour.
I also noted you spec'd an 80l fuel tank. The UK no longer has that option and we have a smaller tank, but the fact you can still spec it in other countries suggests that it might be a feasible modification we can do ourselves.
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including a Viper Green T6 that I saw yesterday and that looked awesome
Another amazing colour. Think you can only get Caddys from the factory in VG. Love Ravenna Blue too.
I saw a T6 yesterday at VW Leicester in Viper Green, unless it was wrapped that colour.
Possibly, I've asked at a couple of dealers about it and they've all said only caddy's - shame really.
That said they may well have just been mugging me off...
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Sorry mate, I didn't mean to sound like you had to justify your choice, it was simply an observation on your spec list that I hadn't seen before and didn't even know was offered on new vehicles anymore.
The UK still has it's fair share of salt in the winter, which seems to be getting worse as each year goes by, or at least it seems that way to me because of the amount of times I have to wash my van throughout the winter months to remove the salt, but i've yet to see any issues caused by the salt over here other than the mess we clean off our vehicles.
We find that the winter months destroys our diamond cut wheels pretty efficiently, but I guess that's part of the downsides of owning this style wheel.
As a Deep Pearl Black owner, I can say that your choice of colour will be a lot easier to maintain over there, and show up far less issues than Black would of done. There's loads of other colours I would of loved, including a Viper Green T6 that I saw yesterday and that looked awesome, but I'm not that brave and stick to what I know, but I too love your colour.
I also noted you spec'd an 80l fuel tank. The UK no longer has that option and we have a smaller tank, but the fact you can still spec it in other countries suggests that it might be a feasible modification we can do ourselves.
No problem with your questions. Sometimes a good thing having questions asked making you consider/reconsider things even if you thought you already had figured it all out and laid the debate to rest.
The deep black pearl to me is a really sweet color but as you say it does take some serious attention keeping it that beautiful so in our climate that would definitely be challenging.
As I said from the start the dbp was the very first choice without any discussion. But we did have some ongoing discussions here about everything being black on black missing some contrasting elements before we ended up seeing and changing to the Kurkuma which really helps with the contrasting but that also raised doubts whether it being a bit to wild and "shouting" after all. But every round of doubts always landed back with a common love for it.
I looked the Viper green up after you mentioned it and well OK that one takes the "wildness" to a whole different level.
I can see what power other would want in it but that one would have been to far. even for crazy me.
However that seems unavailable to T6 models I've looked at, even on the german site.
I find it strange that they have all these differences in available options, and namings, across several countries being close. Doesn't make much sense since all more or less it built at the same plant in Hanover anyway.
Specifying the 80l tank was fully straight forward tick and not one of our own twisted challenges to our dealer like the color.
Option came directly from their standard sales material and this option is also seen in configurator on vw.de site.
At first I didn't really consider picking the 4WD due to what our driving involves as well as an even more increased fuel hunger.
Later in the process where I did start to consider if I should make that tick I was lucky and it was taken out of my hands saving me quite a sum. The special terms making us able to buy this car without being hit by the masive extra 150% taxation on cars in DK has some pretty strict rules among other things regarding weight ruling the 4wd option out for us.
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Hopefully VW Anti corrosion warranty claims arnt as bad as experiences with Audi on coming up with any excuse to blame the customer trying to make a claim. I also remember 5 years ago buying a new Landrover Defender 110 and after the first year I had rust around the front screen, again took a while but they sorted it. I also under sealed it myself when I got it, but didn't keep it long enough to watch it fall apart.
I hate to say it, but VW's anti corrosion warranty might not be worth the paper it's written on. Paint Blisters
I've now joined this friendly little club and after popping into my dealers, I was also given the same gumph about 'external influences' which is gutting considering mines only 8 months old, well pampered and never abused.
Even scarier is I find a new blister each time I clean my van and don't know where it will stop, or even how to stop it.
I'm surprised you have any paint left on it with all that buffing
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