I take my Jetta and Golf to a place that gets me in and out (only place I trust to take my cars for any repairs I don't want to do). The GSW gets free inspections at the dealer we purchased from, so that's why we do it. Though, the last two times with an appointment took two hours for a ten minute inspection
When I switch from recirculated air and fresh air the mechanism that changes that makes a loud knocking sound for 10-15 seconds. It just isn't working right now. I also have a small leak in the Ad Blue or something, but it hasn't caused any issues that I can tell. Plus the 40k DSG service. Driver window doesn't always manually go up or down. Cruise control turns off for no reason sometimes. I may have just got a lemon. I had to take my car in within the first 5k miles as the a/c and heat went out. Luckily that was under warranty.
Member tomo had one a couple years ago. Couldn't sell it privately (no one wanted it). Had to trade it. Ask him how that went and what he thought of the car the short time he had it.I'm selling back my TDI. So, yesterday I stopped off at the local VW dealer to look at a '16 Jetta Hybrid that's been on the lot for several months.
Took a test drive, too.
Jetta Hybrid SEL fully loaded with Nav and all, sticker priced at $34K. EPA 48MPG highway. I said let's make a deal. Sales manager got that price down to $27K......then began to add on the extra fees.......and back up to $32K.
I thought, well maybe....until I noticed the Hybrid required Premium fuel..
No wonder the car sat on the lot so long.
I walked away.
A guy just down the road from my house builds custom VW/Audi turbos in his shop. Just in case you want to turn that R into a real monster. It's a couple of old German guys (Nick and Volkr) who apparently tune for fun.
Nice! I will definitely keep it in mind! More power and more speed is what I'll eventually be looking for!
Been having issues with your 2015?
Way more issues than I expected to have with a 2 year old car. To add to my list of things in my previous comments my driver side window doesn't go down or up automatically sometimes. Have to reset it. My cruise control will go out randomly on my commute to and from work. No bad weather or anyone around me, but it just goes off.
I hear ya and can totally relate. With the fix the EA288 will be less fuel efficient and will most likely take a hit on horse power and torque. I know some are saying they will reverse the fix but who knows how easy that will be.
I didn't trade it....ended up selling it on Craigslist took a beating..... not a bad car as he stated required Premium I didn't always use premium Gas mileage never got anywhere near advertised trunk too small gas tank too small
Where is this information exactly? I highly doubt the power and efficiency will change with the EA288 and it's DEF system. Adding a NOx sensor post DPF/SCR catalyst to monitor the effectiveness of the DEF does not sound like it will hurt anything other than DEF usage.
Where do you get your information? As of now there is NO FiX! So what makes you think that HP and Torque will take a hit? So until there is a Fix approved no knows what is going to happen.
THIS. The EA288 isn't going to end up with anything more than a downstream NOx sensor and an increase to the urea spray rate. This would not have any impact on performance. What we don't know is how VW will implement this (modification to existing equipment or replacement equipment) and if the delay by VW is intentional to convince MK7 owners to ditch and move to new product. There is still a lot of speculation out there.
I was just thinking and speculating. I feel like anytime you mess with the emissions you either open up the engine or you suffocate the engine. Stricter emissions on the EA288 would seem like the engine would be more restricted. I could be wrong and I hope I am.Where do you get your information? As of now there is NO FiX! So what makes you think that HP and Torque will take a hit? So until there is a Fix approved no knows what is going to happen.
Sosin, it really depends on the technical reasons that VW chose to include the cheat software on the EA288 US models. If the actual SCR catalyst that is used is undersized and the fix involves changing DPF/SCR catalyst, then yes you are right that the engine characteristics will change (flowrate, backpressure, etc) and that can have an effect on fuel economy and driving characteristics.
)Now this explanation makes sense! Very nicely said my friend.Sosin, it really depends on the technical reasons that VW chose to include the cheat software on the EA288 US models. If the actual SCR catalyst that is used is undersized and the fix involves changing DPF/SCR catalyst, then yes you are right that the engine characteristics will change (flowrate, backpressure, etc) and that can have an effect on fuel economy and driving characteristics.
If the technical reason is that VW wanted to reduce adblue dosing to align with 10,000 mi service intervals, then the impact to fuel economy and performance will probably be negligible. Currently, court docs seem to support this, but we won't know until the fix is officially approved. The additional NOx sensor that is talked about is to help the SCR system better report NOx conversion efficiency to the ECU so that the system can do a better job at controlling NOx emissions. Hard to tell if DEF dosing needs to increase under a heavy load if there's no sensor to report the NOx coming out the end of the tailpipe.
Anyways, back to the question at hand, I have a 2015 TDI Golf, which I love, love, love. I have had zero problems with it at at 35,000mi. Basically the buyback give me the MSRP of the car. In theory I want to keep it, but in 2 years, my life situation will likely be different. I will be married, probably have a kid on the way, and be looking for a new vehicle with a little more cargo space. A TSI Golf Sportwagen perfectly fits the bill, except that I would obviously love a TDI. So I may do the buyback only because it is the best deal I'm going to get on the car, right when I will be interested in a vehicle that better fits my life situation. (Also my lovely fiancee can't drive stick, and is resistant to learning, but that's a whole different story...lol. I'm not the first forum member to fight that battle...
So I'm gonna wait it out and see what happens. Lots of unknowns right now. Will a fix ever be available? Will TDIs come back in 2018, 2019? We just don't know enough info yet. We've got two years to make the decision. And for those that argue about the mileage component, with the way I drive, I could potentially lose 2K value on my buyback if I do it in 2017. Well, that's still less than the depreciation that I normally would have experienced over a 2 year period, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest.
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The first fix will happen....The second is a year out they say...Free money is Free money. After they quote "Fix it" ill put my tune back on...Easy!
I agree, i drive about 40 miles each way to work and was never under 50MPG, no one is touching my tdi as of now.
