So I was looking for a used tdi and wound up with a new one because of the great deal I got on it. At least I think its great. 29,070.00 +499 doc fee. I personally would have went with the SE but the wife declared that it was gonna be SEL cuz she like the seats and the keyless entry better.
I picked it up way out of area and spent the weekend driving it back. I was gonna post a few observations about it and see if anyone has any tips or can point out how I am screwing up, so even though I really love the car most of these are gonna focus on negative aspects.
I actually wound up putting about 700 miles on the car in 2 days, then went back to the dealer cuz I was still in the area to get a stain on the back seat addressed as agreed on when I left 2 days earlier. Long story short, the dealership found it easier to just swap the whole car for a new identical one. So thats what I am talking about when discussing the differences between car a and car b. The second new one I put yet another 700 miles making my way home. so thats 1400 miles on 2 cars.
First off I really love the car. The wife does too. Lots of people in the family commented on how great it was and how much room was in it. None had ever even set in a passat before and now some are seriously considering buying one. They were impressed with the features, size and mpg.
The first car started off right out of the gate with great gas mileage. I got over 50 mpg going about 350 miles to a vacation home the family owns. Went through several mountain passes heading southwest out of Denver, overall climbed about 5,000 ft. The second car on the way started off considerably less, I can't say for sure because I didn't stop and fill up every couple hundred miles but after driving the first car and becoming used to how fast it was consuming fuel and by what the DIC said I was getting high 30's probably. By the last few hundred miles it had come up considerably and was getting very close to 45. I did stop and fuel up at about 650 miles and calculated a 42.5 avg. Why such a big difference between the 2? I hope that it continues to improve as it continues to break in but I will be happy with the 45ish I suspect I am getting now.
The nav route calculations are ridiculous sometimes. Example. I was on a side street stopped at a stop sign, facing the street I knew that I needed. I knew that I needed to cross across the street and hang a left. Instead the nav said to take a right. So I obliged just to see what it would do. It made me circle the block and stop exactly right where I had started and then take the left. ***? There was another example very similar. The arrival time estimate is way off usually. It is a bit clunky as others have stated but not really that bad. Its very usuable. I wish it would give some indication of distance to next turn instead of just the voice. Seems like too many buttons to push to get things done.
I really hate having to scroll off the MFI or NAV screen on the DIC over to the AUDIO screen just to change the radio station. STUPID.
Driving at night I noticed the headlight switch reflects off the driver window in the perfect spot to cover the outer 1/3 of the drivers side mirror. Annoying having to look through the reflection to see whats in the mirror.
I liked the blue dash lighting better on my B5.5 vs the red on this new car. That said this car is feels leaps and bounds better all around than the B5.5
I have another diesel but it doesn't have adblue, so I dunno if this is industry wide or just VW but there is no way to see the adblue level? Am I just supposed to carry around a spare bottle and wait for the light to go off and pull over and put it in? If so thats seems kinda dumb.
The uphill brake assist has got to go. Its very unnatural feeling to not be able to move immediately when I need it, like trying to cut across a traffic lane to merge in the far lane when turning left from a stop.
Not really anything to do with VW or the car but XM has really gone downhill. I used to subscribe years ago when I had a long commute and loved it. Now it seems that the channels I used to listen to have changed. No even decent classic rock channel. Classic Vinyl and Classic Rewind both play about 3 crappy songs for every good song which leads into the annoying feature of having to scroll over to the AUDIO screen just to flip the channel then scrolling back to what you really want displayed in the dash.
I am gonna do some upgrading. Getting the windows tinted, led interior, led/hids, some better carpet protection, and a vagcom cable. Gonna look at HR sport springs and some new wheels also and some noise/vibration mat on the floor and maybe the doors.
I picked it up way out of area and spent the weekend driving it back. I was gonna post a few observations about it and see if anyone has any tips or can point out how I am screwing up, so even though I really love the car most of these are gonna focus on negative aspects.
I actually wound up putting about 700 miles on the car in 2 days, then went back to the dealer cuz I was still in the area to get a stain on the back seat addressed as agreed on when I left 2 days earlier. Long story short, the dealership found it easier to just swap the whole car for a new identical one. So thats what I am talking about when discussing the differences between car a and car b. The second new one I put yet another 700 miles making my way home. so thats 1400 miles on 2 cars.
First off I really love the car. The wife does too. Lots of people in the family commented on how great it was and how much room was in it. None had ever even set in a passat before and now some are seriously considering buying one. They were impressed with the features, size and mpg.
The first car started off right out of the gate with great gas mileage. I got over 50 mpg going about 350 miles to a vacation home the family owns. Went through several mountain passes heading southwest out of Denver, overall climbed about 5,000 ft. The second car on the way started off considerably less, I can't say for sure because I didn't stop and fill up every couple hundred miles but after driving the first car and becoming used to how fast it was consuming fuel and by what the DIC said I was getting high 30's probably. By the last few hundred miles it had come up considerably and was getting very close to 45. I did stop and fuel up at about 650 miles and calculated a 42.5 avg. Why such a big difference between the 2? I hope that it continues to improve as it continues to break in but I will be happy with the 45ish I suspect I am getting now.
The nav route calculations are ridiculous sometimes. Example. I was on a side street stopped at a stop sign, facing the street I knew that I needed. I knew that I needed to cross across the street and hang a left. Instead the nav said to take a right. So I obliged just to see what it would do. It made me circle the block and stop exactly right where I had started and then take the left. ***? There was another example very similar. The arrival time estimate is way off usually. It is a bit clunky as others have stated but not really that bad. Its very usuable. I wish it would give some indication of distance to next turn instead of just the voice. Seems like too many buttons to push to get things done.
I really hate having to scroll off the MFI or NAV screen on the DIC over to the AUDIO screen just to change the radio station. STUPID.
Driving at night I noticed the headlight switch reflects off the driver window in the perfect spot to cover the outer 1/3 of the drivers side mirror. Annoying having to look through the reflection to see whats in the mirror.
I liked the blue dash lighting better on my B5.5 vs the red on this new car. That said this car is feels leaps and bounds better all around than the B5.5
I have another diesel but it doesn't have adblue, so I dunno if this is industry wide or just VW but there is no way to see the adblue level? Am I just supposed to carry around a spare bottle and wait for the light to go off and pull over and put it in? If so thats seems kinda dumb.
The uphill brake assist has got to go. Its very unnatural feeling to not be able to move immediately when I need it, like trying to cut across a traffic lane to merge in the far lane when turning left from a stop.
Not really anything to do with VW or the car but XM has really gone downhill. I used to subscribe years ago when I had a long commute and loved it. Now it seems that the channels I used to listen to have changed. No even decent classic rock channel. Classic Vinyl and Classic Rewind both play about 3 crappy songs for every good song which leads into the annoying feature of having to scroll over to the AUDIO screen just to flip the channel then scrolling back to what you really want displayed in the dash.
I am gonna do some upgrading. Getting the windows tinted, led interior, led/hids, some better carpet protection, and a vagcom cable. Gonna look at HR sport springs and some new wheels also and some noise/vibration mat on the floor and maybe the doors.
