Vw Golf Gte, is it worth it?

Infernal Racket

I'm strongly thinking of buying a 15/16 one of these but finding it hard to get any reviews of people who actually own one. Anyone out there to help me? I'm looking for range on electric an then fuel consumption when on petrol etc?

User1998

I bought one 7/8 months ago and its by far the best car I’ve ever owned. The electric driving is so much better than any petrol or diesel car and the power is unreal when you use GTE mode. You’ll get about 30km Electric range, more in the summer. My long term average fuel consumption is over 100mpg but l mainly use e mode. You’ll get about 55mpg on the motorway using the engine, not sure about city driving

Mine is a 161 which I’m actually selling now and going to get a 171 face lift.

Infernal Racket

User1998 wrote: »

I bought one 7/8 months ago and its by far the best car I’ve ever owned. The electric driving is so much better than any petrol or diesel car and the power is unreal when you use GTE mode. You’ll get about 30km Electric range, more in the summer. My long term average fuel consumption is over 100mpg but l mainly use e mode. You’ll get about 55mpg on the motorway using the engine, not sure about city driving

Mine is a 161 which I’m actually selling now and going to get a 171 face lift.

Are u doing city or town driving on electric? I live in the countryside and have approx 60km round trip but have chargers outside my workplace.

User1998

City driving but not bumper to bumper traffic or anything, you could probably do the trip in E mode but on a colder morning with the heating on you’d need the engine for a few km, not a big deal tho.

Infernal Racket

User1998 wrote: »

City driving but not bumper to bumper traffic or anything, you could probably do the trip in E mode but on a colder morning with the heating on you’d need the engine for a few km, not a big deal tho.

Think I'm gonna take the jump, hard to find them in Ireland for decent money though, might take one in from the UK..

NIMAN

@user1998

How much would your 161 be worth/going for?

User1998

PM sent. If anyone else is interested feel free to message me

WattsUp

Infernal Racket wrote: »

Are u doing city or town driving on electric? I live in the countryside and have approx 60km round trip but have chargers outside my workplace.

I had one for 3 years. Very good car but range is certainly not 50km. AT motorway speed will struggle to get 25km in winter.

If you do 30km each way and have a charger at work it is still an good option even if you have to do small part of spin with engine in depth of winter.

During summer you will certainly do 30km, even at motorway speed.

If you're on 100km/h roads you will be able do trip each way on electric even in winter as long as you pre-heat the car from app while it's plugged in. That saves a chunk of battery as you don't need an initial surge of energy from battery to heat cabin from cold.

Check when buying if car had the battery recall. A lot of 15/16 were recalled and battery disassembled to check for water ingress. About 50% ended up with brand new battery which is a plus on a 4 year old car.

PM me if you want to have a chat.