Description
Excellent condition inside and out. 141k miles. Drives and feels like new, especially inside. Outside has standard age related stone chips and minor marks.
Combined hybrid long term 81mpg (see photos). Zero road tax needed.
Service due Mar 25. New VW turbo fitted Nov 24. Last 30k miles have been 80% using the electric motor so the petrol engine has had very little wear with me, other than the turbo needing replacing.
New front pads and discs and new rear shock absorbers in Nov 24.
18 inch alloys, new tyres all round last year, plenty of tread remaining.
4 previous owners. HPI clear, only selling as my kids are bigger so going back to a 2 seat car.
Paddleshift tiptronic DSG 7 speed automatic (or full auto). Super smooth and quiet in Electric mode, not much more noise with the petrol engine running. Sportiness of a GTI with the efficiency of a hybrid when you want either.
Adaptive Cruise Control. Has a radar that locks onto the car in front and brakes for you, will come to a complete stop if needed by itself. Just set your max speed, and distance from car ahead and steer.
GTE button/mode tightens steering and throttle response, throaty stock exhaust when you want to open it up. When in hybrid it self manages petrol vs electric.
Summer temps you get 21 battery miles, drops to 16 miles in winter. Petrol does the rest. I charge overnight with a regular 3 pin plug on a long extension lead. 300+ miles combined range with a tank of petrol.
VW charging cables included.
VW iOS/Android App allows you to set heating/aircon in winter/summer before your commute so the car is warm/cold when you jump into it.
DAB/FM touch screen radio and wireless Bluetooth audio for phone calls/music.
Ice cold aircon. Heated front seats. Auto stop start. Auto rain detect wipers. Auto park brake application/release. Tinted rear windows. Tyre pressure monitoring system. Parking sensors all round.
Minor niggles I was saving to get to a VW specialist:
Every so often (maybe once a week) there is no sound from the radio when you start the car, so you just turn it off at the knob and back on and it functions.
Very infrequently the car doesn't detect its been put in park to release the key, so you reselect drive, put it back in park once again and then it releases the key just fine. Likely a small microswitch near the gearstick but it happens rarely and not an inconvenience.