DSLPWR
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jul 6, 1999
- Location
- United States of America
Just picked up the new Golf. Picked it up from a DC dealer who dealer transferred it from - imagine that - Langhorne. And Langhorne got it from King VW in MD. ANYWAYS, the sale worked out well and we're off.
Being my wife and I were tired, she didn't hear me state "vary the rpm's while staying under 3,800rpm." En route home, she handily dismissed my reasoned advice (educated by TDIClub.com), set the cruise control at 63mph, and wondered why I was steaming mad all the way home. Of course, there was also the reluctance at giving her the first drive. Regardless, we turned 48mpg flat for the first trip. Not bad.
All was well, however, as I took a real break-in drive around the local area the next day. Lots of stop lights, back-country roads, and long stretches of 30-55mph pendulums in 3-4th gear. And cloverleafs at 45mph. Car handles like a dream.
Those who continually stereotype the Golf as an economy car are missing the bigger picture. Yes, fuel economy is a large point to the TDI. But its primary calling card is not economy so much as "value." The handling, technological competence, refinement, power, and economy for the price paid really says "value." Now, that's an initial impression which might change over time. But there it is.
Just tossing this one out to the crowd to see where it goes.
Being my wife and I were tired, she didn't hear me state "vary the rpm's while staying under 3,800rpm." En route home, she handily dismissed my reasoned advice (educated by TDIClub.com), set the cruise control at 63mph, and wondered why I was steaming mad all the way home. Of course, there was also the reluctance at giving her the first drive. Regardless, we turned 48mpg flat for the first trip. Not bad.
All was well, however, as I took a real break-in drive around the local area the next day. Lots of stop lights, back-country roads, and long stretches of 30-55mph pendulums in 3-4th gear. And cloverleafs at 45mph. Car handles like a dream.
Those who continually stereotype the Golf as an economy car are missing the bigger picture. Yes, fuel economy is a large point to the TDI. But its primary calling card is not economy so much as "value." The handling, technological competence, refinement, power, and economy for the price paid really says "value." Now, that's an initial impression which might change over time. But there it is.
Just tossing this one out to the crowd to see where it goes.