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The car has a OLM and reading the manual gives me all the other maintenance information I need.
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DenverMike Yeah there’s temporarily gains, but automakers will continue to seek additional revenue streams as the auto industry will be in decline from now on, with new players taking an increasingly piece of the pie, plus weak EV profits.If trusting in the machine is your thing, the radar cruise also works around town, even at stoplights. The radar cruise is a bit too cautious and only works without annoyance in low traffic highway situations. Both have remained unused.įeatures like blind-spot monitoring and rear traffic warnings are nice, but the lane keep assist is annoying – I turned it off quickly. The CD player in the glove box is an oddity, as are the memory card slots in there. The audio system is fine for this class of car, but would not pass for a premium sound experience (Fender Audio was limited to the extinct SEL trim). When plugged in, the car charges my Samsung phone quickly, which is the opposite of my experience in some other modern cars which used a trickle method of charging. There might be a special procedure to reset it, but I’d rather it could be dismissed and not warn me again.Īndroid Auto works well the majority of the time, with some occasional lag upon startup. It can’t be reset within the menus by the press of a button, and that’s annoying.
There’s an “oil change needed” warning which comes up upon every start these days, as determined by the calendar and not mileage. Generally, the controls and infotainment have been simple and without fault. The skinny tires (Pirelli Cinturato P7 all season) designed with fuel economy in mind do create traction issues in wet weather conditions, and I wouldn’t advise anyone do rainy day cornering in a Golf. The brakes have plenty of punch, and bring the wagon down quickly with an easy-to-modulate pedal. Similarly, downshifts (and turbo power) are a bit too delayed: The power arrives after the corner you’d intended to power out of has passed. But if left in automatic during zesty driving, upshifts are too frequent. The 1.4 is happy to rev if the shift paddles are used to hold the engine in the first four or five gears. Always planted and stable, its primary shortcoming is in the power department. There on twisty and occasionally hilly roads, the Golf proved a fun if somewhat underpowered companion. I resorted to afternoon or evening sanity drives, most often to explore the middle of nowhere. And all was well! Of course, about six weeks later I moved to work from home status along with so many others across the country, and commute miles dropped to zero.