No Mercedes, VW Question

[SpikyMikey]

Very smart!

 

[MrGreedy]

Great

This might be all cars, but on these VWs, the bumpers are very dark grey under the paint. If you have a white car, where there are stone chips it stands out like a sore thumb.

Mrs Greedy was dead set on a white T-Roc, but when I reminded here of this issue on her previous (white) A1, and when we saw some slightly higher mileage white VWs in thr dealership, she decided it looked a dog's dinner and didn't want white again.

 

[ALFAitalia]

This will give you a view on how close the DPF is to being at end of life. It's the ash that accumulates and isn't burned off during regens unlike soot.

My 175,000 mile derv is on it original DPF with no issues....but it does regen slightly more often than it used to.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Great

This might be all cars, but on these VWs, the bumpers are very dark grey under the paint. If you have a white car, where there are stone chips it stands out like a sore thumb.

Mrs Greedy was dead set on a white T-Roc, but when I reminded here of this issue on her previous (white) A1, and when we saw some slightly higher mileage white VWs in thr dealership, she decided it looked a dog's dinner and didn't want white again.

I never understood VW group using grey primer on white cars.

 

[E55BOF]

I never understood VW group using grey primer on white cars.

I'll never understand the fad for using grey primer as a topcoat and just lacquering it...

Jeremy Clarkson has said more than once that for most people, a VW Golf is all the car they'll ever need. It would appear a lot of people on this forum are not 'most people'...

 

[fabes]

Or Clarkson, shock horror, wasn't right....

 

[E55BOF]

I suspect he was, though; might explain the popularity of the Golf?

 

[ToeKnee]

I suspect he was, though; might explain the popularity of the Golf?

Cause and effect perhaps? Clarkson says they're great so people (who might not know much about cars) buy them.

 

[ALFAitalia]

They were a top seller long before then.....a useful size with a hatchback body and you can roll up anywhere in them as they are pretty classless..like the original Mini. If you want a well built hatchback with a bit of class you don't have much choice.... ..I'd still rather have one than the current, difficult to see out, of A Class.

 

[toteimerced]

One good thing has come out of this, another Vauxhall off the road.

 

[Londonscottish]

Just for completion I picked this up yesterday, my daughter finally settled for a non white golf!
18 plate 1.6tdi with 96K - in very good condition with regular oil changes. Drove very well on the 80 mile trip home. I was pleasantly surprised how well the 1.6 engine pulled.
Will need new brakes all round at some point, number plate bulb out and no faults on scanning.
Will do an oil change - check filters and detail tmrw. Slightly above budget but all for less than £8k from the second owner.
I must say driving it I may have been tempted to swap my W212 for a hotter version!

Looks nice in that colour on those rims.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

I'll never understand the fad for using grey primer as a topcoat and just lacquering it...

Jeremy Clarkson has said more than once that for most people, a VW Golf is all the car they'll ever need. It would appear a lot of people on this forum are not 'most people'...

"Need" isn't "want."

He also said that the old 5 Series (E39) was all the car that people will ever need....

The VW / SEAT / Audi / Skoda platform is a lovely thing, but there's more to life, and at different stages we "need" different things.

 

[such01]

One good thing has come out of this, another Vauxhall off the road.

Well she did write off her corsa which she had for 3 years...fortunately she was not hurt, unfortunately it was her fault.

 

[Londonscottish]

They were a top seller long before then.....a useful size with a hatchback body and you can roll up anywhere in them as they are pretty classless..like the original Mini. If you want a well built hatchback with a bit of class you don't have much choice.... ..I'd still rather have one than the current, difficult to see out, of A Class.

I asked for a "VW Golf or equivalent" on a trip to Scotland three years ago and, amazingly, I actually got a Golf. Not a shitty 2008 Crossover (that's happened twice in recent hires), not an "upgrade" to some Volvo SUV (that has also happened) but a Golf.

And it was great. Just a 1.4 TSI but it had a nice torquey delivery, excellent damping, powerful brakes, decent steering, comfortable seats. 4 up, it was great on the twisty B roads of the Scottish Highlands. Just a really well developed and well resolved car.

The 2 x 2008s were horrible in comparison; the high CoG accentuated by rubbish damping, snatchy brakes, and arcade game steering. Horrible throttle response too. If I set the seat nice and low I couldn't see out, if I raised I felt the car was about to topple over. Every drive turned into irritations with the dynamics. The Volvo was a bit better until you pushed it at which all that weight high up started causing all sorts of alarming things.

When I ask for a Golf I want a Golf and when I finally managed to actually land a real Mk 7 Golf I was genuinely surprise how good it was.

The only other hire car that's impressed me chassis-wise recently was a Cupra Leon up in Aberdeenshire last month; reputedly they spent a lot of ££ on the chassis and it showed. But it was white and fugly and I'd never get one past the CEO. The Golf was classy-looking in Tanzanite and passed the brand and visuals test.

The only tiny thing I'd say is that I wish they still did warm 1.8 or 2.0 versions; there's a gulf between the cooking 125-150bhp ones and the 260-300bhp GTIs and Rs.

But if push came to shove a 1.4 TSI would server really well as a 2nd car/general all rounder.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I asked for a "VW Golf or equivalent" on a trip to Scotland three years ago and, amazingly, I actually got a Golf. Not a shitty 2008 Crossover (that's happened twice in recent hires), not an "upgrade" to some Volvo SUV (that has also happened) but a Golf.

And it was great. Just a 1.4 TSI but it had a nice torquey delivery, excellent damping, powerful brakes, decent steering, comfortable seats. 4 up, it was great on the twisty B roads of the Scottish Highlands. Just a really well developed and well resolved car.

The 2 x 2008s were horrible in comparison; the high CoG accentuated by rubbish damping, snatchy brakes, and arcade game steering. Horrible throttle response too. If I set the seat nice and low I couldn't see out, if I raised I felt the car was about to topple over. Every drive turned into irritations with the dynamics. The Volvo was a bit better until you pushed it at which all that weight high up started causing all sorts of alarming things.

When I ask for a Golf I want a Golf and when I finally managed to actually land a real Mk 7 Golf I was genuinely surprise how good it was.

The only other hire car that's impressed me chassis-wise recently was a Cupra Leon up in Aberdeenshire last month; reputedly they spent a lot of ££ on the chassis and it showed. But it was white and fugly and I'd never get one past the CEO. The Golf was classy-looking in Tanzanite and passed the brand and visuals test.

The only tiny thing I'd say is that I wish they still did warm 1.8 or 2.0 versions; there's a gulf between the cooking 125-150bhp ones and the 260-300bhp GTIs and Rs.

But if push came to shove a 1.4 TSI would server really well as a 2nd car/general all rounder.

Think yourself lucky: last time Mrs S hired a car at Edinburgh airport I'd prebooked her an Octavia estate ("or similar") as she was travelling with her elderly mother and associated walker and other mobility aid stuff.
I can't possibly repeat on a public forum what she said when Europcar presented her with the keys to a........Vauxhall Mokka .

 

[Londonscottish]

Just for completion I picked this up yesterday, my daughter finally settled for a non white golf!
18 plate 1.6tdi with 96K - in very good condition with regular oil changes. Drove very well on the 80 mile trip home. I was pleasantly surprised how well the 1.6 engine pulled.
Will need new brakes all round at some point, number plate bulb out and no faults on scanning.
Will do an oil change - check filters and detail tmrw. Slightly above budget but all for less than £8k from the second owner.
I must say driving it I may have been tempted to swap my W212 for a hotter version!

They do drive well, don't they? I think for a second car for me & the mrs a 150bhp TSI would do just fine. Grey looks great and I'd deffo have one that colour but if I could get a Midnight Blue that would just pip it.

I found a couple of them; one with black leather and this one with Alcantara and ACC. Plus a load of other stuff. Lots of car for not a lot of money, really.

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[Londonscottish]

Think yourself lucky: last time Mrs S hired a car at Edinburgh airport I'd prebooked her an Octavia estate ("or similar") as she was travelling with her elderly mother and associated walker and other mobility aid stuff.
I can't possibly repeat on a public forum what she said when Europcar presented her with the keys to a........Vauxhall Mokka .

Which bit of "or equivalent" don't they understand....?

Although, to be fair, I think the stock situation is pretty random and the staff kind of just have to go with whatever's there at the time.

 

[SpikyMikey]

They do drive well, don't they? I think for a second car for me & the mrs a 150bhp TSI would do just fine. Grey looks great and I'd deffo have one that colour but if I could get a Midnight Blue that would just pip it.

I found a couple of them; one with black leather and this one with Alcantara and ACC. Plus a load of other stuff. Lots of car for not a lot of money, really.

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We're biased, but the 5F model Leon with the 150 Eco1.4TSi is a cracking car, especially in estate form.

 

[Londonscottish]

We're biased, but the 5F model Leon with the 150 Eco1.4TSi is a cracking car, especially in estate form.

I really enjoyed punting the one I had around. Great chassis set up. Mine also a fair smattering of buttons on the dash so you could operate some of the more important/frequent things without having to go into the menus on the iPad thing on the dash. Better that the Golf 7.5 scree in that respect so I'm told