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Strikes Good Balance Between Commuter and Weekender - 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI Long-Term Road Test
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Strikes Good Balance Between Commuter and Weekender - 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI Long-Term Road Test
Our long-term 2015 Volkswagen GTI might not be the most comfortable daily-driver but it's definitely fun to drive on the weekends.
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I am continually tempted by VW but I know too many people that traded theirs in on different makes way before they were planning to because of reliability issues. It is made even worse by our closest dealership being an hour away.
Without that the Golf, Jetta and A3 would all be cars I'd test drive this weekend.
I know there will always be people with stories of how all of their VW's have been reliable. Clearly no car company makes all bad cars and no car company makes all perfect cars. To me it is just a matter of playing the odds and that is an expensive roll of the dice if it comes up with whatever a bad roll of the dice is.
My 2015 GTI has the most comfortable ride of any small car I've owed (original GTI, original Toyota MR2, Nissan NX2000, '99 Civic Si, 1st gen Honda Fit). In fact, I don't even think of it as being a small car, with small car liabilities.
My 2015 GTI has DCC but I leave it in Normal mode for everyday city driving and find the ride to be more than satisfactory. I recently completed an extended road trip with 3 passengers and selected the comfort mode for the drive. The ride was quite plush, there were no complaints from anyone.
The fact that I can switch to Sport mode for playtime is just a bonus as Normal me gives good results too.
And I had a 2013 GTI...car was a blast to drive, but in 24000 miles, I had 8 warranty repairs, five were urgent, and three of which left me stranded on the road: stranded: water pump (first time), Oil pressure sensor (actually was safe to drive in hindsight), crankshaft sensor (final straw...just died). Urgent issues that allowed me to get to the dealer: second water pump issue, window froze. Non-urgent issues: wheel bearing, radio, water leak in the rear wiper.
Thanks, but I will never own a VW again.