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I’d go a bit latter. I like my 2015 Golf. The telemetry has long since stopped working but I’m left with is a car with adaptive cruise control and between 50-
by Lio 3y ago
I’d go a bit latter. I like my 2015 Golf.
The telemetry has long since stopped working but I’m left with is a car with adaptive cruise control and between 50-80mpg (imperial).
Record was 82mpg after following a lory on a 150 mile motorway run.
It’s still got useful satnav, infotainment systems and all the safety features I’m aware of.
It even has nice little touches like the self-dimming rear-view mirror, for when you’ve got a berk with full-beams on driving up your arse at night.
I’d miss that stuff on an older car.
I can afford to get a new car every year if I wanted but modern cars are annoying and creepy.
I have no idea what I’d replace it with so I just keep it running.
- willtemperley 3y agoAgreed on 2015 being the peak - I have a Mazda 6 which has similar mpg and is big enough to be a stealth camper. The only contrivance I could do without is keyless ignition, which provides an effective attack vector for thieves and the ability to lose the keys while driving. A mobile phone in works well to augment the aging infotainment / satnav, the only issue being UK law is unclear on whether it's allowable to touch a phone in a cradle. The police say you cannot touch your phone when driving and lawyers say you are only banned from using a handheld device, which a phone in a cradle is not.
- hermitcrab 3y agoI've had 2 Mazda 6's. Great cars, but the second one had keyless ignition, which I found really annoying. If I am leaving something valuable in the boot (trunk) I want to try the door handle to check the car is locked. But as soon as you walk up to the car it unlocked. I would have to give the key to a family member and have them walk away first. Grrr.
- willtemperley 3y agoVery annoying. You can get it keyless entry disabled on the car I believe.
- heywire 3y agoMy 2016 CX-5 has settings for keyless entry in the infotainment system. Wonder if the 6 does also?
- dontlaugh 3y agoI have a similar Polo. No telemetry, cameras, satnav, etc. Just normal cruise control and CarPlay.
- sandos 3y agoMy 2015 Passat is of course very similar. It has in a way the perfect amount of features, regular backup cam, parking sensors all around, acc. Actually ours don't even have satnav and I don't care since it has Android Auto. Id like this car but EV, please. It is a diesel though so I worry a bit about the particle filter clogging, which can be somewhat expensive afaik.
- TYPE_FASTER 3y agoI was so mad our 2016 Jetta was totaled in an accident last month for all the reasons you listed. VW makes effectively the same car, but the cost for a new one went up $10k since we bought ours.