Author Topic: Blueprint's 2015 VW Golf TDI Comfortline (Read 75795 times)

Julie · « **Reply #40 on:** August 03, 2015, 02:21:27 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on July 30, 2015, 12:19:39 pm

This Montrealer now has Toronto at its feet.

Congratulations!! I love the new Mk7, and I especially love them in black. Looks great!

Many happy (and very efficient) miles

Serniter · « **Reply #41 on:** August 04, 2015, 07:49:04 am »

Congratulations! Enjoy the torque and fuel economy!

Blueprint · « **Reply #42 on:** August 04, 2015, 12:09:38 pm »

Thx again!

The partial dealer fill-up is now down to just above the "red zone" of the fuel gauge (100km est. range by the trip computer), so it will get its first proper fill-up tonight. Now indicating 6.1 l/100km "since last fill-up" according to the display.

I'm really glad to have avoided premium-fed options. Costco used to have premium 8 cents above regular, now it's 12 cents. Of course, no diesel at Costco, and locally diesel is not advertised as it is on the rural highways, so we'll see what sort of pricing strategy is applied at Shell.

Blueprint · « **Reply #43 on:** August 05, 2015, 12:21:48 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on August 04, 2015, 12:09:38 pm

Thx again!

The partial dealer fill-up is now down to just above the "red zone" of the fuel gauge (100km est. range by the trip computer), so it will get its first proper fill-up tonight. Now indicating 6.1 l/100km "since last fill-up" according to the display.

I'm really glad to have avoided premium-fed options. Costco used to have premium 8 cents above regular, now it's 12 cents. Of course, no diesel at Costco, and locally diesel is not advertised as it is on the rural highways, so we'll see what sort of pricing strategy is applied at Shell.

Filled her up with 40 litres of diesel. It was a weird experience to go against habits and fill-up a car with the diesel pump at a familiar gas station - we're wired to AVOID pumping diesel by mistake! No spilled fuel - all gaskets seem properly installed (re: Sir O's thread).

Diesel was 4 cents cheaper than regular, and Shell has a "premium diesel" that was priced at par with regular unleaded. The trip computer did an auto-reset after a one-way commute, I'm at 5.9 l/100km

OliverD · « **Reply #44 on:** August 05, 2015, 12:26:51 pm »

WTF is "premium diesel"?

As you can see the fuel gauge is very pessimistic. I believe the new TDIs have a 50 L tank (same as the GTI). I drove my car down to 0 km remaining yesterday and still only put in 42 L.

Blueprint · « **Reply #45 on:** August 05, 2015, 12:57:26 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on August 05, 2015, 12:26:51 pm

WTF is "premium diesel"?

It's this:

http://www.shell.ca/en/products-services/shell-for-drivers/fuels/shell-vpower-diesel.html

Scaerio · « **Reply #46 on:** August 05, 2015, 01:23:16 pm »

Sweet car -- congrats!

tpl · « **Reply #47 on:** August 05, 2015, 01:26:40 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on August 05, 2015, 12:57:26 pm

Quote from: OliverD on August 05, 2015, 12:26:51 pm
WTF is "premium diesel"?

It's this:

http://www.shell.ca/en/products-services/shell-for-drivers/fuels/shell-vpower-diesel.html

Now if they claimed it was only 5ppm Sulphur at the pump it would be worth buying if one had a modern small diesel. I think the EU diesel limit is 10ppm now but my drop in Sept 2015 when Euro 6 emissions start.

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #48 on:** August 05, 2015, 01:27:29 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on August 05, 2015, 12:21:48 pm

Quote from: Blueprint on August 04, 2015, 12:09:38 pm
Thx again!

The partial dealer fill-up is now down to just above the "red zone" of the fuel gauge (100km est. range by the trip computer), so it will get its first proper fill-up tonight. Now indicating 6.1 l/100km "since last fill-up" according to the display.

I'm really glad to have avoided premium-fed options. Costco used to have premium 8 cents above regular, now it's 12 cents. Of course, no diesel at Costco, and locally diesel is not advertised as it is on the rural highways, so we'll see what sort of pricing strategy is applied at Shell.

Filled her up with 40 litres of diesel. It was a weird experience to go against habits and fill-up a car with the diesel pump at a familiar gas station - we're wired to AVOID pumping diesel by mistake! No spilled fuel - all gaskets seem properly installed (re: Sir O's thread).

Diesel was 4 cents cheaper than regular, and Shell has a "premium diesel" that was priced at par with regular unleaded. The trip computer did an auto-reset after a one-way commute, I'm at 5.9 l/100km

A Pioneer I pass on the way to daycare has it 14 cents cheaper than regular. I know its "only Pionner", but still, 0.99 cents a litre is pretty awesome!

Blueprint · « **Reply #49 on:** August 06, 2015, 12:14:16 pm »

Quote from: Solstice2006 on August 05, 2015, 01:27:29 pm

Quote from: Blueprint on August 05, 2015, 12:21:48 pm
Quote from: Blueprint on August 04, 2015, 12:09:38 pm
Thx again!

The partial dealer fill-up is now down to just above the "red zone" of the fuel gauge (100km est. range by the trip computer), so it will get its first proper fill-up tonight. Now indicating 6.1 l/100km "since last fill-up" according to the display.

I'm really glad to have avoided premium-fed options. Costco used to have premium 8 cents above regular, now it's 12 cents. Of course, no diesel at Costco, and locally diesel is not advertised as it is on the rural highways, so we'll see what sort of pricing strategy is applied at Shell.

Filled her up with 40 litres of diesel. It was a weird experience to go against habits and fill-up a car with the diesel pump at a familiar gas station - we're wired to AVOID pumping diesel by mistake! No spilled fuel - all gaskets seem properly installed (re: Sir O's thread).

Diesel was 4 cents cheaper than regular, and Shell has a "premium diesel" that was priced at par with regular unleaded. The trip computer did an auto-reset after a one-way commute, I'm at 5.9 l/100km

A Pioneer I pass on the way to daycare has it 14 cents cheaper than regular. I know its "only Pionner", but still, 0.99 cents a litre is pretty awesome!

Of course, regular is 1.199 these days in QC

, so diesel was 1.1599. On the upside, I'm down to 5.7 l/100km commuting (disclaimer - no traffic until back-to-school).

JohnnyMac · « **Reply #50 on:** August 09, 2015, 07:19:58 pm »

Congrats man. Looks like VW's are popular with this crowd right now. Welcome to the Golf family. There really is a Golf for every buyer. Looks great in the black and I too am puzzled that it was built almost a year ago. I'm guessing this might have been at the factory for longer than usual waiting for the demand for a black comfortline TDI to pick up.

Keep us posted with the great fuel Econ numbers.

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 09, 2015, 09:54:23 pm »

Quote from: JohnnyMac on August 09, 2015, 07:19:58 pm

Congrats man. Looks like VW's are popular with this crowd right now. Welcome to the Golf family. There really is a Golf for every buyer. Looks great in the black and I too am puzzled that it was built almost a year ago. I'm guessing this might have been at the factory for longer than usual waiting for the demand for a black comfortline TDI to pick up.

Keep us posted with the great fuel Econ numbers.

Probably waiting for this new gen. Getting rid of that 2.5L, and dated (just a little!) 2.0L.

JohnnyMac · « **Reply #52 on:** August 10, 2015, 07:12:20 am »

Quote from: Blueprint on July 30, 2015, 12:26:13 pm

I had the full set of factory mudgards installed by the dealership. They require drilling, so by having them installing the parts the car's full warranty applies instead of the legal 1 yr / 20,000 km. And my target here was preserving the 12 year rust perforation warranty.

VW did away with in-wheel TPMS (Yaayyy!!!), so the winter tire swap won't bring added issues, other than a reset through the MIB. I grabbed a set of 15" take-off "Lyon" alloys from a new Golf Trendline on kijiji, so the car will keep its good looks during the ugly season. For the inside, I will order WeatherTech FloorLiners - these have been great in the Odyssey, and I'm done scrubbing salt stains in carpeting!!

I got WeatherTech's for my Golf R and they're excellent as always. I always have to correct people when they say "nice matts", these are floorliners, and there is a difference.

Blueprint · « **Reply #53 on:** August 28, 2015, 12:18:21 pm »

In the interest of science, I hit 140 km/h on this morning's commute. The DSG has the TDI engine at 2300rpm at that speed.

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #54 on:** August 28, 2015, 09:15:05 pm »

Quote from: JohnnyMac on August 10, 2015, 07:12:20 am

Quote from: Blueprint on July 30, 2015, 12:26:13 pm
I had the full set of factory mudgards installed by the dealership. They require drilling, so by having them installing the parts the car's full warranty applies instead of the legal 1 yr / 20,000 km. And my target here was preserving the 12 year rust perforation warranty.

VW did away with in-wheel TPMS (Yaayyy!!!), so the winter tire swap won't bring added issues, other than a reset through the MIB. I grabbed a set of 15" take-off "Lyon" alloys from a new Golf Trendline on kijiji, so the car will keep its good looks during the ugly season. For the inside, I will order WeatherTech FloorLiners - these have been great in the Odyssey, and I'm done scrubbing salt stains in carpeting!!
I got WeatherTech's for my Golf R and they're excellent as always. I always have to correct people when they say "nice matts", these are floorliners, and there is a difference.

The people who say that, don't know there is a difference between a Golf, and Golf R either! :-)

KD · « **Reply #55 on:** August 29, 2015, 01:29:53 am »

Quote from: Blueprint on August 28, 2015, 12:18:21 pm

In the interest of science, I hit 140 km/h on this morning's commute. The DSG has the TDI engine at 2300rpm at that speed.

My S2000 runs ~ 4000rpm at 120km. My friend with a 2011 TDI wagon got a real kick out of than t when he took it for a drive.

Blueprint · « **Reply #56 on:** September 08, 2015, 12:23:58 pm »

This weekend I washed my kijiji finds, and off to Costco we went to get a new set of Blizzaks while the Bridgestone rebate was on and at-store inventory was plentiful.

For 508$, 15% sales tax included, I have a fresh set of 195/65R15 WS80s mounted on my alloys and waiting in the garage for a) frosty weather or b) December 15 mandatory snow-tire date in QC.

Sure was funny getting new snow tires in 40 degree humidex!

Next up: WeatherTech.

JohnnyMac · « **Reply #57 on:** September 08, 2015, 02:29:05 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on September 08, 2015, 12:23:58 pm

This weekend I washed my kijiji finds, and off to Costco we went to get a new set of Blizzaks while the Bridgestone rebate was on and at-store inventory was plentiful.

For 508$, 15% sales tax included, I have a fresh set of 195/65R15 WS80s mounted on my alloys and waiting in the garage for a) frosty weather or b) December 15 mandatory snow-tire date in QC.

Sure was funny getting new snow tires in 40 degree humidex!

Next up: WeatherTech.

Blueprint · « **Reply #58 on:** September 08, 2015, 11:01:54 pm »

Sometimes you don't memorize certain features that were not "must haves", then suddenly realize your car has them.

It was my first night drive on a non-lighted road tonight, and I switched on the high beams. When I saw an oncoming car, I reached for the switch...but the Golf had already dimmed all by itself

Wonder if she will un-ding herself too?

Blueprint · « **Reply #59 on:** September 21, 2015, 01:01:14 pm »

Leave it to me to try the Golf on a highway trip for the first time during the VW cheat-gate.

My commuting so far netted 5.8 - 6.2 l/100km, so I expect to maybe dip in the 4's. It did, and then some: trip computer was at 4.1 l/100km at destination, and told me I had a remaining range of 850km after driving 250. I could drive from Montreal to Charlottetown on one tank at 100km/h!!

My trip was done is sunny warm weather, a/c on, cruise at 119 km/h. And my car polluted less than all the Harleys and trucks riding the t-Can