Dropped my car off at Volkswagen to get the rear hatch repaired for rust. Warranty~!
got a MK7 Golf Diesel base loaner car.
holy cow.
i have it for a week, so i'll post review at some point.
Looking forward to your comments on my dd!
Can't sell 'em, so it seems some end up in loaner fleets! My Honda dealership did this with Civic Hybrids, due to no one buying them.
so i've been driving this thing for about a week. (well, 4 business days)
in 4 words : i am a fan.
in few more words :
+'s : it feels so much more solid than my MK5 (as it should), it makes my MK5 feel like a last gen Civic...
+noise is better suppressed. sometimes, i can't even hear the diesel cranking, and with windows up, i don't even have to turn up the stereo, i can still hear the songs at highway speed.
+ride is so well damped, i wonder how they do it.
+interior is very well put together and all the buttons and knobs feel expensive. heavy. (except turn signal. it feels cheaper than the one i have in MK5)
+++ : so much torque. it scoots so hard in low~mid range, and transmission shifts up lightening fast. midrange on this may even hit heavier than my M3 at 5k RPM... ..bimmer's probably bit more violent due to shorter gearing, but i have little down this could keep up until 70~ ish...
C&D called it the benz of economy car (or something similar) and you can see why.
but it ain't perfect . not so much negatives, but idiosyncrasies perhaps?
- seats aren't as comfy as mine. this is the base TDI seats. sports seats are fine.
- Stereo volume stays loud after a re-start of the car if you had it loud before you shut it down. current one always start at a low volume, and i kinda like that if i was cranking out volume on my way home, but start the car again 6 in the morning, it isn't blaring music like i'm deaf...
- engine/trans combo lugs in town. at 50 km/h, it's churning 1200 rpm and feels like the engine is lugging.
-Transmission : downshift to 2nd gear slowing down and then accelerating, it ALWAYS lurches...and because of turbo diesel , power kicks in half step after transmission is engaged... or maybe it's DSG programming?..
-Transmission : coming to a stop, it clatters right when we are about 10 and below?.. doesn't feel like it's fully disenaged if i leave it in gear at a stop light. extra vibration.
-tire/handling : tackle curve a little hot and sort of loses composure for a second... comes back, but this feels more due to tires than anything.
-steering : little too light for me.
-overall, i think the DSG doesn't do it for me on this car.
Here you go, my impression of 2015 VW Golf TDI!
