Opening the bonnet.....

[samg40]

....with a snapped cable. Has anyone a good way of opening the bonnet with a snapped cable?

[Andy]

Front grille out, then pop the catch.

[physicsfool]

You can also reach under and up

Not the hardest motor to break into that's for sure

[samg40]

I've not had a proper look at it yet as I'm still feeling a bit poorly from earlier on in the week (ahhhhhh) but I was hoping it would be easy enough with the grill out. Not to worry too much if I kill the grille as I've got a spare.

To make matters more interesting the squeaking alternator belt that I had has finally given up and popped off now the bonnet is stuck shut! Great.

[physicsfool]

The part of the latch you push down on is to the left of the mechanism and of the VW badge. A hooked screw driver type thing will sort you out.

And you can just replace the cable with a bike brake cable