beetlemania
Well-known member
Just got home in my daughters 2013 6-speed golf, it took them 2.5 days to figure out how to keep the CEL off.
within milliseconds I notice the lack of power. In the lower gears in lot or city traffic it feels like it has no turbo at all, like an old fashion diesel rabbit from the 80s. On the highway the car deff lost a lot of its passing power. For the first time ever I have to downshift to pass someone on flat ground go accelerate from 63-70 MPH. It just didnt move and would have taken 30-45 seconds longer than normal.
I have not read any of the technical docs or other reviews so I honestly have no real idea what they did but I feels as if they moved the turbo spool up another 1000-1500 RPMs before it really kicks in and when it does kick in its more of a nudge than a kick. All that peakyness that was fun at the top of the shift while driving aggressively is gone, replaced by an odd rattle that sounds almost like a lose cat shield on an old car.
Is the car ruined? Not really but it is less fun. Is it worth the $6100 I am getting back? Yes, but if this were MY car and not my kids, I would be using some of that money to undo whatever they did to the fun this car used to have.
within milliseconds I notice the lack of power. In the lower gears in lot or city traffic it feels like it has no turbo at all, like an old fashion diesel rabbit from the 80s. On the highway the car deff lost a lot of its passing power. For the first time ever I have to downshift to pass someone on flat ground go accelerate from 63-70 MPH. It just didnt move and would have taken 30-45 seconds longer than normal.
I have not read any of the technical docs or other reviews so I honestly have no real idea what they did but I feels as if they moved the turbo spool up another 1000-1500 RPMs before it really kicks in and when it does kick in its more of a nudge than a kick. All that peakyness that was fun at the top of the shift while driving aggressively is gone, replaced by an odd rattle that sounds almost like a lose cat shield on an old car.
Is the car ruined? Not really but it is less fun. Is it worth the $6100 I am getting back? Yes, but if this were MY car and not my kids, I would be using some of that money to undo whatever they did to the fun this car used to have.