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Originally Posted by Goran
Let us know what you thought of the E-Golf Ian, good or bad.
I'm really curious about these smaller cars which I may actually be able to afford. I test drove the Leaf a few years ago and I thought it was very nice.
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No worries. The E-Golf test drive was extensive, about 30 mins, booked for free when we went to the Wolfburg Headquarters.
There was a choice of E-Golf, Golf GTE (Petrol Hybrid) and equivalent version of the UP.
I picked the E-Golf for novelty as I've not driven electric before.
To set the scene, it was wet and drizzly and our drive was at 15:00
I drive first. VW guy in the passenger seat, David and my wife in the back.
It looks all very conventional. Mk7 golf literally dripping with equipment. the kit alone has since made me pine over a new car again like my old A7 but that's another story - Park assist, Adaptive cruise, lane assist, rear view camera. All the top end A8 kit - right here, right now.
Anyway - First of all, I set off. Its eeriiy quiet. Having 'started' the engine, which involved turning on a 'ready' symbol on the dash, you then rely on when you press the accelerator it will do something. Its odd, but you get it pretty quickly.
Then we steam up. Quite a lot. Wipers are on. Lights are on, and I turn up the blowers and I feel the piercing disapproval of the test drive guy as I chew up precious battery. Hmm. I drop the window at the first junction to be able to see out and we're off.
The front windows did clear, but the back ones struggled. I guess an economical A/C system is all part of the package. I would worry if it would really deliver on a hot sunny day ?
The test drive was good. The car drove with clinically linear predictable acceleration, even spinning the front tyres under hoof - 250nm he kept boasting - however I think it was the 3rd of 4th time he said this I pointed out I arrived with 1000+nm and he went a bit quiet after that.
After about 30 mins driving, probably not that many miles it was only later that David and I realised it had used half its battery juice in that short journey. I set off full but didn't realise it ended up half empty, and he finished the test drive on half empty not realising it set off full.
We weren't kind on the throttle. But, it was very typical town driving and if im honest a bit disappointing range wise.
I do worry what it will be like after the batteries lose a bit of their vavavoom.
But, the Mk7 golf is beautiful. Really it is. It has all the kit, the build quality, and with the R version, the performance too. I did look quite seriously at the GTE Hybrid 1.4Tfsi petrol version but I think being 2 wheel drive, and lugging that extra weight it would be novel for a while, and then I'd want to move on......
Other than the top end Tesla, I've not experienced any others, so can't really position this along with the rest. If you do mainly little journeys then it could be a really viable (and genuinely clean) VW car, but for longer distances I'd have reservations to be fair...
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