At 12:56 PM 8/6/2009, Brenton Tait wrote...
>Just that I recently, with the cold weather we been experiencing, had
>some shifting problems.....and after the oil warms up...no problem

You might look into synthetics. Many people in the US run Redline MT-90
or MTL in their VW transmissions, with good results. MTL is thinner,
and more suited to cooler latitudes.

VW has a synthetic which should be available worldwide - G50 (p/n G 005
000 for 1 liter), but it's expensive.