Author Topic: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1  (Read 18502 times)

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #60 on: May 29, 2015, 10:50:33 am »
That reminds me. In Canada this car is marketed as the Golf Sportwagon, not Sportswagen.

Also, the base wheels are 15s, not 16s.

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #61 on: May 29, 2015, 10:59:39 am »
Yeah I wrote wagon, I thought I was nuts for a second.

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #62 on: May 29, 2015, 12:47:30 pm »
Interesting no one commented on price of diesel yet now that it's cheaper than regular  :P

According to car forums diesel is ALWAYS at least 15% more expensive than gas. :P

EXACTLY!!

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #63 on: May 30, 2015, 02:45:32 pm »
What's the power connection to the spare tire for?


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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #64 on: May 30, 2015, 02:52:17 pm »
^^ probably that subwoofer they were talking about.

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #65 on: May 30, 2015, 03:13:41 pm »
Sweet. My friend built his subwoofer into the spare tire, it's great. He couldn't afford to give up any hatch space because of hockey gear.

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #66 on: May 31, 2015, 10:35:47 pm »
Sweet. My friend built his subwoofer into the spare tire, it's great. He couldn't afford to give up any hatch space because of hockey gear.

It's either a subwoofer that is part of the Fender stereo, or the accessory 560$ sub seen on VW.ca, or maybe TPMS to the spare.
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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #67 on: June 01, 2015, 12:32:59 am »
Sweet. My friend built his subwoofer into the spare tire, it's great. He couldn't afford to give up any hatch space because of hockey gear.

It's either a subwoofer that is part of the Fender stereo, or the accessory 560$ sub seen on VW.ca, or maybe TPMS to the spare.

I'll go with option #1 (if you zoom in on the photo, you can see the Fender logo above the connector. ;) )

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #68 on: June 01, 2015, 09:05:39 am »
Sweet. My friend built his subwoofer into the spare tire, it's great. He couldn't afford to give up any hatch space because of hockey gear.

It's either a subwoofer that is part of the Fender stereo, or the accessory 560$ sub seen on VW.ca, or maybe TPMS to the spare.

I'll go with option #1 (if you zoom in on the photo, you can see the Fender logo above the connector. ;) )

If this was pimp my ride, they'd have that wheel on the car with the sub woofer still connected, I got beatz comin' out ma wheelz man!

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #69 on: June 02, 2015, 05:47:57 pm »
Interesting no one commented on price of diesel yet now that it's cheaper than regular  :P

According to car forums diesel is ALWAYS at least 15% more expensive than gas. :P

EXACTLY!!

Jeff... where are you..?


Is it only 12% more expensive now?  It's still 50% noisier and 1000% stinkier. 
 ;D

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #70 on: June 02, 2015, 08:43:19 pm »
Interesting no one commented on price of diesel yet now that it's cheaper than regular  :P

According to car forums diesel is ALWAYS at least 15% more expensive than gas. :P

EXACTLY!!

Jeff... where are you..?


Is it only 12% more expensive now?  It's still 50% noisier and 1000% stinkier. 
 ;D

I assume thats a joke?  As Diesel is a few cents cheaper than regular.

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #71 on: June 03, 2015, 08:56:44 am »
Interesting no one commented on price of diesel yet now that it's cheaper than regular  :P

According to car forums diesel is ALWAYS at least 15% more expensive than gas. :P

EXACTLY!!

Jeff... where are you..?


Is it only 12% more expensive now?  It's still 50% noisier and 1000% stinkier. 
 ;D

I assume thats a joke?  As Diesel is a few cents cheaper than regular.

Yes... 'zat vus da joke.  TripleBob was calling me out because when diesel WAS more expensive (quite a bit more), I teased him for his Common-Folks Wagon. 

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Re: Day-by-Day Review: 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen TDI; Day 1
« Reply #72 on: June 03, 2015, 10:14:02 am »
Interesting no one commented on price of diesel yet now that it's cheaper than regular  :P

According to car forums diesel is ALWAYS at least 15% more expensive than gas. :P

EXACTLY!!

Jeff... where are you..?


Is it only 12% more expensive now?  It's still 50% noisier and 1000% stinkier. 
 ;D

I assume thats a joke?  As Diesel is a few cents cheaper than regular.

Yes... 'zat vus da joke.  TripleBob was calling me out because when diesel WAS more expensive (quite a bit more), I teased him for his Common-Folks Wagon.

 :rofl2:  Hitler's favourite wagon.

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