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I decided to keep my car post lease because the 2019 range and features are perfect for my needs. Regardless, I was sick of looking at the Astana wheels on my previous 2016 and now this 2019, and feeling the molasses Ecopia sidewalls refusing to change direction and brake like crap... I finally...

I’m thinking I may keep my 2nd egolf at lease end because it’s so much better than my 2016 was, so I’d like to be “nicer” to it (1.5y to go). My 45 mi commute requires a charge every 2 days - to account for possible detours or urgent trips - if at 100% charge. I heard that it’s best for the...

So I gave Car-net another chance with the 2019 Egolf and for the past three weeks several times a day, it is letting me know one or all the windows are down, or the car is unlocked and every time it’s been completely untrue. I’ve gone to it without keys - locked. Windows up... Not that I care...

2 months ago I turned in my 2016... I thought of extending the lease but I feared a last minute dings/dents and lease return issues, also was close to needing a set of new tires, so back it went... I did not consider a purchase - though payout was cheap - because of the battery pack degradation...

I am less than 3 months away from lease end. I was seriously considering keeping the car, where else can I buy a 2y old car that costs me nothing to operate for $13000 ? However, lately I'm noticing range changes and that makes me wonder if I would not be better off returning it. My commute has...

I just read on a european site VW is going to recall 140000 E-golfs because of the presence of cadmium in the charger. I'm not sure they mean the actual 110V charger or the on board device on the car... Apparently that's a cancer inducing metal, blah blah... If the 110V I could not care less...

My poor car - red light driver whacked the nose, not all that hard, but above the protection bar.... $8500 of damage !

So I got into an unfortunate fender bender with the Golf today - young lady ran a red light, but in fairness I should have seen it coming so I'm kicking myself too... NO airbags, just looks like a bumper, hood, some battery coolant lines, $6000 estimate of damage... I made sure to call VW lease...

Serious question... The tesla 3 is slowly starting to appear on my roads, the Bolt is now doing 220 miles and it's all over the place, the new Leaf has an option of doing the same range available shortly, probably in reaction to that... VW (the mothership brand) we know is preparing an...

I realize most of you will not care. You want max mileage, nothing wrong with that... I treat my egolf more like an electric GTi. I only commute 44 miles a day and was tired of squealing tires each time I was barely braking over a metal cover or a painted line - sounding like a hooligan at 5...

Something puzzling about my car: When stopped in Drive - generally D2 or D3, and letting off the brakes, I find that the car sometimes will creep forward like an automatic. Sometimes though, it stay put and does not creep at all. I much prefer that behavior - no creep. Any idea why this is...

Hmm... Recently I deleted Car-net app from my phone and the delayed charging stopped working. Odd... I reset it in the car and it started working again, until.... it stopped working again a week later...In doubt, I created a new profile for departure and checked the "11PM-7AM" charge time. The...

This week I got fed up with the new version of Car-net always forgetting my ID, password and PIN (the old version remembered at least for a few tries), so I deleted it... The next morning, my car was not charged.... Nor the next day... I eventually reset some options for overnight charging in...

Anyone know if VW expects the same tire that came with the car upon lease return ? No, they're not worn, but I hate those tires (ecopia). They chirp when I barely brake at 10 mpg as long as one tire is on a painted surface. It's funny (almost), they smake it sound like you'r ein full lock up...

Now that the car has about 1600 mi, I'm noticing that those low grip "ecopia" tires chirp everytime I brake near a stop sign. I'm not talking hard braking here, normal or even super slow coming to a stop. But if the tire hits a painted line (not a the super old ones), "chirp"... Scares...

I've had this car for over a month now, it's fun enough I'm already over the lease mileage allotment. I was thinking I would not mind a more performance oriented version of this car. Tesla's Model 3 orders, plus D models and "ludicrous" mode seems to indicate there is a market - why wouldn't VW...

So my car charges outside and further than the reach of the charger, so I have a J-long extension. The original VW grey "gun" clips into the J-long and the J-long gun goes into the car.. I came out yesterday to find the Charger side of the gun (the grey one) *black* with ants...I mean hundreds...

First week with "The fridge" (it's white, it's electric, it carries groceries, if you don't think that's funny blame my kids ;-) It was gonna be a 3x/week 3rd car. It immediately became a 5x/week alternate commuter that we share. We love it.... After some reading and experimenting, I drive...

Being totally new to this, had the car for 3 days... Thinking about solar but nowhere near that yet... So would you switch to an EV plan with your utility (PG&E, no solar for now), to get the 11PM-7AM break, or does whatever current residential default plan I (and everyone else has by default)...

Hello all, New lease here... VW was practically giving away the 2016 SE and quick math told me the car was more or less free (gas savings + bridge toll savings = my lease + charge costs). Drove to work for the first time yesterday with mega range anxiety, totally unfounded once I figured out...