i still think vw still make the best cars, the tdi engine is still a bomb proof engine and super reliable and great mpg on every vw i,ve owned, cc, passat, golf and now another golf, so for me VW Fan, great cars and solidly built, like they say look after your car adn it will look after you.
i agree the engine block is bombproof sadly VW suffer from the same problems as everyone else now, dpf's, injectors £300 each, egr valves, fuel pumps, door locks, electric window motors, etc, etc, etc
Hello Barrie, bought one today, but doesnt have the Sat Nav option, is there an upgrade? If so, where from and how much (ballpark figure)?? Thanks in advance.
Stuart Moran too much wiring and too many parts involved really to fit the manufacturers model, you can get aftermarket models which are brilliant but to be honest i would just use your phone through the bluetooth mounted on dash, or buy a £100 Tom Tom or Garmin
@@scotchwhisky6094 nah, manual is the way to go... it for one is cheaper, teaches you to be a better driver and makes you a safer driver in doing so.... and it's so much fun😀
Well in my opinion it saves you very little in fuel cost but advances wear on your engine, starter motor, dual mass fly wheel, engine mountings, etc and brings major repair bills to the owner much sooner than a car without stop start, for instance a dual mass fly wheel replacement can cost £1000 and thats just on an ordinary car, and you can buy a lot of fuel for that, also a car that has done 5000 mile in traffic feels more worn out than a car thats done 300,000 on the motor way, we had one in the other day, starter sounded knackered, so did the ringer gear, and the engine was slapping about on the mountings like a fish out of water, a car with stop start becomes uneconomical to repair a hell of a lot sooner than one without (in my humble opinion) ps thanks for watching 😎
Caligula Petrol engine compression 10 to 1, Diesel compression is 20 to 1 and the fuel is ignited by compression and not a spark, so the starter motor on a diesel engine has to use twice the force to restart the engine, hence every time it restarts you and your passengers virtually get thrown around the cabin
Toria Summers good to know Toria, i realise my videos arent as riveting as the 3 “unboxing videos that you have made, but at least you know now that you can still type negative comments on other peoples TH-cam channels while you are having a kip
Yep, thanks again Toria, your video had me on the edge of my seat right till the end, and it was soooo informative, i cant speak for everyone else on TH-cam but without watching this instructional video first i would never have been able to open a card board box by myself, small point but it would be remiss of me not to point out that perhaps you need to concentrate on your own channel before you start criticizing other peoples th-cam.com/video/Eiz8XQ0Hrz8/w-d-xo.html
Just got the 1.6 tdi dsg took it on a test drive previously came from an F20 1 series and I am very impressed the quality of the car is excellent
I drive a Golf 2litre tdi, its averages 53mpg which is great and plenty of power, handles well too.
Keep up the good work Barrie.
Good economy that, thanks for watching
i still think vw still make the best cars, the tdi engine is still a bomb proof engine and super reliable and great mpg on every vw i,ve owned, cc, passat, golf and now another golf, so for me VW Fan, great cars and solidly built, like they say look after your car adn it will look after you.
i agree the engine block is bombproof sadly VW suffer from the same problems as everyone else now, dpf's, injectors £300 each, egr valves, fuel pumps, door locks, electric window motors, etc, etc, etc
great review, really enjoyed it. getting the same model in the coming weeks
great car to drive and very economical too
Barrie Crampton what’s the power and torque like in her?
DSG all the way super drive and efficient when manual is harder to drive
Lovely car
we try only to buy the best
good video barrie welcome back from hoilday
Thanks Craig
Good review Barrie.
thanks for watching
Hello Barrie, bought one today, but doesnt have the Sat Nav option, is there an upgrade? If so, where from and how much (ballpark figure)?? Thanks in advance.
Stuart Moran too much wiring and too many parts involved really to fit the manufacturers model, you can get aftermarket models which are brilliant but to be honest i would just use your phone through the bluetooth mounted on dash, or buy a £100 Tom Tom or Garmin
@@BarrieCrampton Iphone it is!! Thanks Barrie!! Have to say its real good upgrade from my 2005 2.0 TDI lol .
Stuart Moran great cars 👍
How reliable are vw golfs?
Compared to most others they are very reliaxble
Do you recommend the Manual or the automatic version of this version golf Barrie?
Kameron Karlyle it would be the DSG gearbox for me every time
@@CarsForSaleInPreston manual for me... especially because of VW having the DSG problems during those years
Automatic, save yourself the hassle of manuals.
@@scotchwhisky6094 nah, manual is the way to go... it for one is cheaper, teaches you to be a better driver and makes you a safer driver in doing so.... and it's so much fun😀
Dsg all the way like a dream why change gears when the car does it all at the right time !!! Dsg 🤝🤙🤙
Is it automatic?
Paul Brice wow you have a short attention span, i tell you what gearbox it has 8 seconds in 😂
@@BarrieCrampton Cheers, I rushed through some of the footage my bad.
Pretty much everything we sell these days is automatic
@@BarrieCrampton Good to hear, I do like the ease of use automatics provide.
Barrie mate take some honey or lemsip sounds like a cold u have pal 👍
Why do you hate stop/start so much mate?
Well in my opinion it saves you very little in fuel cost but advances wear on your engine, starter motor, dual mass fly wheel, engine mountings, etc and brings major repair bills to the owner much sooner than a car without stop start, for instance a dual mass fly wheel replacement can cost £1000 and thats just on an ordinary car, and you can buy a lot of fuel for that, also a car that has done 5000 mile in traffic feels more worn out than a car thats done 300,000 on the motor way, we had one in the other day, starter sounded knackered, so did the ringer gear, and the engine was slapping about on the mountings like a fish out of water, a car with stop start becomes uneconomical to repair a hell of a lot sooner than one without (in my humble opinion) ps thanks for watching 😎
Caligula Petrol engine compression 10 to 1, Diesel compression is 20 to 1 and the fuel is ignited by compression and not a spark, so the starter motor on a diesel engine has to use twice the force to restart the engine, hence every time it restarts you and your passengers virtually get thrown around the cabin
But you can disable stop start ! Saying that it's a pain cause it resets when you start the car again !
@@BarrieCrampton can the start stop thing not be turned off
@@smcarcare4988 Yes but every time you turn the ignition off it resets. Its a habit i got into very quickly (turning it off)
Wt about DPF and EGR
what about them?
0-60
Get on the other side of the road😂😂
Yep, will try to remember
B O R I N G! Fell asleep!
Toria Summers good to know Toria, i realise my videos arent as riveting as the 3 “unboxing videos that you have made, but at least you know now that you can still type negative comments on other peoples TH-cam channels while you are having a kip
Yep, thanks again Toria, your video had me on the edge of my seat right till the end, and it was soooo informative, i cant speak for everyone else on TH-cam but without watching this instructional video first i would never have been able to open a card board box by myself,
small point but it would be remiss of me not to point out that perhaps you need to concentrate on your own channel before you start criticizing other peoples
th-cam.com/video/Eiz8XQ0Hrz8/w-d-xo.html
@@BarrieCrampton thank you for sharing that link. Now I understand why she fell asleep. Haha.. keep up the good reviews..
@@BarrieCrampton Yes Barrie!!! The video is great! Piss off Toria!!
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