Sparky 2.0: The return of the eGolf

Shefwedfan

So after a number of month trying to drive a very very bad auto Focus the day finally arrived when VW called. The replacement for Sparky had arrived and Sparky 2.0 was ready to be picked up.


As most of the regulars on here might be aware I am a small bit of a fan of the original eGolf and I have it ranked as one of the best cars I ever hard...

Well now I must admit it has dropped a little bit down the pecking order. Sparky 2.0 is a very very nice car. The extra range is great of course. The extra gadgets is a must for me. I love the digital display. The media centre is still great and actually I don't use carplay at all.



I do think Sparky 1 was a little bit crazier...wheel spin is not as regular.


Now to get a free weekend and bring her out for a long spin.....

charlieIRL

New e-golf??

unkel

Well wear!

eGolf is an excellent car and you won't be as restricted in range as with your old one.

Shefwedfan

charlieIRL wrote: »

New e-golf??

You can't beat that new car smell :P


That last for 10 mins and then kids get in with grubby feet

Shefwedfan

unkel wrote: »

Well wear!

eGolf is an excellent car and you won't be as restricted in range as with your old one.

To be fair to the old one I knew the range and I never really had an issue, one time I got stuck on M50 and it was snowing etc and I had to fly over to airport to top up....that was it in 3 years....not bad


Conservative driving has gone out the window :-) I have so much range now I don't know what to do with it :eek:


I was flying around all day Saturday, even doing extra trips and still just went below half full by end of day....


This weekend might be the trek to parents which will be a good test. Sparky 1 would just get to location with 5km or so....

ELM327

Well wear.
You must really like the egolf, its a nice car but I can't see that many being sold with the new vw range just around the corner

krissovo

I didn't think there were any left in the showrooms. Wear Well!

Mike9832

ELM327 wrote: »

Well wear.
You must really like the egolf, its a nice car but I can't see that many being sold with the new vw range just around the corner

At that right price, i'd buy one

Drove one recently and as much as I hate VW, it's a much nicer drive than the Leaf40 or Ioniq, I was impressed.

I'll see what the eCorsa and e208 are like price wise ( need to €30,000 or less ) and if not will get eGolf from UK, 191 for €25,000 there

How much you paid Shefwedfan or is it company car?

Shefwedfan

ELM327 wrote: »

Well wear.
You must really like the egolf, its a nice car but I can't see that many being sold with the new vw range just around the corner

It meets the requirements I have perfectly.


I had even looked at the Nissan Leaf 2. Just couldn't do it. Plus the fact it was not using CCS was a huge draw back for me. If I do plan on taking the car long distance I will be using Ionity.



Yes ID is around the cornor but 3 years with the same car is a long time and I don't think I could stick around for another 12-15 months.



Only issue is I swapped my car and now Misses wants her's swapped as well :P

Shefwedfan

krissovo wrote: »

I didn't think there were any left in the showrooms. Wear Well!

Ahh if you look they have a fair few knocking around....

Shefwedfan

Mike9832 wrote: »

At that right price, i'd buy one

Drove one recently and as much as I hate VW, it's a much nicer drive than the Leaf40 or Ioniq, I was impressed.

I'll see what the eCorsa and e208 are like price wise ( need to €30,000 or less ) and if not will get eGolf from UK, 191 for €25,000 there

How much you paid Shefwedfan or is it company car?

Company.....cost case was better to shove onto company

ELM327

Mike9832 wrote: »

At that right price, i'd buy one

Drove one recently and as much as I hate VW, it's a much nicer drive than the Leaf40 or Ioniq, I was impressed.

I'll see what the eCorsa and e208 are like price wise ( need to €30,000 or less ) and if not will get eGolf from UK, 191 for €25,000 there

How much you paid Shefwedfan or is it company car?

Yeah, I'd see VW is much more premium than leaf or Ioniq (and ecorsa and e208 for that matter)

Shefwedfan wrote: »

It meets the requirements I have perfectly.


I had even looked at the Nissan Leaf 2. Just couldn't do it. Plus the fact it was not using CCS was a huge draw back for me. If I do plan on taking the car long distance I will be using Ionity.



Yes ID is around the cornor but 3 years with the same car is a long time and I don't think I could stick around for another 12-15 months.



Only issue is I swapped my car and now Misses wants her's swapped as well :P

God no, couldnt have gotten a leaf2! It's a nice car, the egolf, lovely premium feel,. I test drove one before getting my Ioniq and it really felt a nice place to be. VAG do that very well.

slave1

Photos....

slave1

Did you get it at the new price?

Did I hear €5k price drop somewhere?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/volkswagen-slashes-price-of-electric-e-golf/ar-AAGzare?li=BBoPJKX

Shefwedfan

slave1 wrote: »

Did you get it at the new price?

Did I hear €5k price drop somewhere?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/volkswagen-slashes-price-of-electric-e-golf/ar-AAGzare?li=BBoPJKX

No new prices yet, I wouldn't expect them anytime soon in Ireland.Some rumblings in UK/Germany but I haven't seen a price drop.

I didn't go the exec model and went with standard....lets just say the spec might be a little bit higher than it should be :-)

slave1

The drop is already in Germany, €4k and £2,765 lower in the UK

Shefwedfan

slave1 wrote: »

The drop is already in Germany, €4k and £2,765 lower in the UK

Interesting, I ordered in May and was delivered a few weeks back so no chance of that happening :P

Mupchease

Welcome to the v2 club.

If you find out a way to keep the screen turned off without having to go into the settings every time let me know. ( I think it’s nice turning it off for a long night drive home ) turns back on of course with the jester control anyway.

Mickeroo

Well wear, throw up some pics!

Shefwedfan

Mickeroo wrote: »

Well wear, throw up some pics!

Need to clean it first :-)

galwaytt

krissovo wrote: »

I didn't think there were any left in the showrooms. Wear Well!

Al Hayes in Portumna has one in the showroom for sale.

Shefwedfan

galwaytt wrote: »

Al Hayes in Portumna has one in the showroom for sale.

Loads knocking around, they are selling well as company cars...private sales I have no idea, probably down with ID around the cornor

glynf

Shefwedfan wrote: »

So after a number of month trying to drive a very very bad auto Focus the day finally arrived when VW called. The replacement for Sparky had arrived and Sparky 2.0 was ready to be picked up.


As most of the regulars on here might be aware I am a small bit of a fan of the original eGolf and I have it ranked as one of the best cars I ever hard...

Well now I must admit it has dropped a little bit down the pecking order. Sparky 2.0 is a very very nice car. The extra range is great of course. The extra gadgets is a must for me. I love the digital display. The media centre is still great and actually I don't use carplay at all.



I do think Sparky 1 was a little bit crazier...wheel spin is not as regular.


Now to get a free weekend and bring her out for a long spin.....

Congrats on the new motor Shefwedfan (synchronous AC permanent magnet motor that is ). We have the 35 kwh version almost 2 years with 78K km's on the clock, its been a great car so far. Only issue was a line of dead pixels on the centre screen-a known issue on all 7.5 gen Golfs-changed under warranty. The digital binnacle is excellent. Hope you got the heated seats, they are great in the winter.

Shefwedfan

glynf wrote: »

Congrats on the new motor Shefwedfan (synchronous AC permanent magnet motor that is ). We have the 35 kwh version almost 2 years with 78K km's on the clock, its been a great car so far. Only issue was a line of dead pixels on the centre screen-a known issue on all 7.5 gen Golfs-changed under warranty. The digital binnacle is excellent. Hope you got the heated seats, they are great in the winter.

If I didnt get the heated seats then I wouldntbe able to bring it home to Misses.....she had the list list and it was firmly on it


I dont mind a warm ass in winter either :-)

L-M

slave1 wrote: »

The drop is already in Germany, €4k and £2,765 lower in the UK

They’re dropping by 5k from Monday 9th

Soarer

Limerick man wrote: »

They’re dropping by 5k from Monday 9th

Here, or extra drops in UK/EU?

slave1

Soarer wrote: »

Here, or extra drops in UK/EU?

In Ireland

celtic_oz

whats that bring the new price to ?

same as the mini €27,800 ? https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/minis-s-first-electric-hits-ireland-priced-from-27-765-1.3951327

they both have same sub 200 mile range I think

Shefwedfan

Limerick man wrote: »

They’re dropping by 5k from Monday 9th

Maybe I got a few weeks too soon

charlieIRL

celtic_oz wrote: »

whats that bring the new price to ?

€33 & €36 I think.

Mike9832

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Limerick man wrote: »

They’re dropping by 5k from Monday 9th

Maybe I got a few weeks too soon

I would email them

VW owe it to you for all your work

Shefwedfan

Mike9832 wrote: »

I would email them

VW owe it to you for all your work

If I bought it cash I would be pissed......with no BIK the overall cost of the car means very little

Mike9832

Limerick man wrote: »

slave1 wrote: »

The drop is already in Germany, €4k and £2,765 lower in the UK

They’re dropping by 5k from Monday 9th

Even with that drop,are they attractive?

I know below are not direct rivals,but he get the point

VW e-UP for €12,000 less has 60km more range

208e has 50% more range and the same price

e-Niro almost double the range and €5000 more

Time has moved on I think

191 used models are under €25,000 in UK now

Good for VW though, they are sticking to word on pushing EVs

Putting pressure on Nissan Leaf40 etc to drop price now

Shef

Why did you not consider the e-Niro?

Practically same price as a eGolf and twice the range, much quicker

Mike9832

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Mike9832 wrote: »

I would email them

VW owe it to you for all your work

If I bought it cash I would be pissed......with no BIK the overall cost of the car means very little

Oh it's company car

Your grand then

celtic_oz

Nokia moment coming I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXjVxaKzv4

Shefwedfan

Mike9832 wrote: »

Even with that drop,are they attractive?

I know below are not direct rivals,but he get the point

VW e-UP for €12,000 less has 60km more range

208e has 50% more range and the same price

e-Niro almost double the range and €5000 more

Time has moved on I think

191 used models are under €25,000 in UK now

Good for VW though, they are sticking to word on pushing EVs

Putting pressure on Nissan Leaf40 etc to drop price now

Shef

Why did you not consider the e-Niro?

Practically same price as a eGolf and twice the range, much quicker

Well eNiro isn’t available.

Third_Echelon

Congrats! Love my 2019 eGolf. Beautiful car to drive...

What colour did you go for?

Shefwedfan

Third_Echelon wrote: »

Congrats! Love my 2019 eGolf. Beautiful car to drive...

What colour did you go for?

Black

Third_Echelon

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Black

Nice! Yeah, the black looks well I have to say.

Shefwedfan

Third_Echelon wrote: »

Nice! Yeah, the black looks well I have to say.

Really like it in the black....