Nearing 6 months of ownership so time for some reflection and stats (because I'm nerdy and I like stats)
Total mileage : 21296 kms
Total charged : 4327 kwh
This gives me an average consumption of 20,31 kwh/100 kms, which seems a bit on the high side (car reports 18,2)
Total charging sessions : 140 for 184 days, which means a charge every 1,31 days
Public slow charging 131 kwh (3% of total)
Public fast charging 362 kwh (8% of total)
Home charging 3833 kwh (88% of total)
Which underlines again how important a home charger is if you drive a lot like me. I have charged on public chargers, but more often because I could, not because I had to.
Times the Guessometer lied to me : 0 => this is a major difference compared to my eGolf who would wildly guess a random number and then adapt it while on the go in ways that were incomprehensible. This is much better, I may lose or gain a few kms, but the general guesstimate is usually 100% accurate. I can say this because I drove it down to 0% and it still got me 16 kms further...
Total number of unintended drifts/powerslides : 1
Total number of deliberate drifts/powerslides : many
Total number of damages out of my control : 2 (1 cracked headlight due to a rock, 1 puncture due to a screw on the road)
Total number of damages because I'm an idiot : 1 (dented the front splitter/bumper because I didn't notice a concrete block)
Ragrets about picking this car: 0
Yes it's a big and wide thing so parking can be an issue at times, and yes it has ridiculous wheel/tires so it does crash a bit over rough surfaces, but as a whole it's an awesome machine that does everything I ask of it and more. Still chuffed to have it
A bit over 1 year in and the stats are as follows
Total mileage : 33.340 kms (I missed the 33,333 milestone
)
total charged : dunno and don't care anymore really. I just plug it in at home and don't worry about it.
Consumption is around 17,8 kwh/100 kms, going down massively the last couple of weeks, since it's finally a decent temperature now.
Was touching 20 kwh/100 kms in the winter months since I did a LOT of highway miles and it was freezing a lot.
Times the Guessometer lied to me : still 0. If anything, it is even a bit too conservative, with the current temperatures it tells me 430 kms are doable but I think I can stretch it to 450 if I really needed to. I just haven't had the chance to test it (most I've done in 1 go recently was 370 kms)
Total number of unintended drifts/powerslides : still 1
Total number of deliberate drifts/powerslides : still many
Total number of damages out of my control : 3 (1 destroyed the car's left butt cheek entirely because reversing van, 1 cracked headlight due to a rock, 1 puncture due to a screw on the road)
Total number of damages because I'm an idiot : 1 (dented the front splitter/bumper because I didn't notice a concrete block)
I now realise THATS A LOTTA damage in just 1 year, but then again it's mostly not my fault....
Ragrets about picking this car: 0
ALTHOUGH : I do have some niggling concerns that are popping up after 1 year
- the paint, although it looks awesome when washed, is extremely brittle. I've heard 4 or 5 stones hit the bonnet the past year and EVERY SINGLE ONE left a mark thats down to the white primer. I drove the Golf for 5 years and 100k kms and never had this issue
- same goes for the alloys, driving up a kerb gave me a (admittedly, tiny, a couple of mms) mark. Yeah I know big wheels learn how to park etc, but still... shame
- and the most annoying of all : the interior plastics are utter shit. I'm talking mostly about the lower parts of the door binnacle and the center console. It is made of super scratchy plastic, so much that if you graze it with your foot when getting out of the car, it leaves a mark that will not go away. I've learned to live with it now, and stopped caring (also, because lease car, it's someone else's problem in due time), but it's a massive shame and frankly detracts from the perceived quality of the rest of the car.
Don't get me wrong, all the bits you touch (steering wheel, seat leather, buttons, stalks, touchscreen) is nice and soft to the touch, but the other parts seem to be made from the cheapest plastic available, which is frankly not cool on a car that's worth 55 k.
