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Took my car to western NC in July, driving is a little here which is perfect for this car. I live down the road from two free EV stations and the local grocery store has another two and finally the city lot has free parking and charging after 6 pm. As we prepared for Florence to make it way...

I have noticed that when braking under 20 mph there is a metallic tapping, sort of like when you stretch a tight spring. The dealer tech and I went for a test drive and he heard it. He told me that they came across this problem three years ago and after tearing the brakes apart, determined it...

While hand washing the car I noticed the hood alignment was off. As you look at it from the front, the front driver side is closer to the fender then the passenger front side. On the driver side it just short of rubbing against the fender. When I had the car in for the Climatronic fix, they...

I was driving around in Southern California when I realized that I was the third EV sitting at the light. In front of me was a Bolt and in the left turn lane an electric Fiat. While it common to see four or five Prius at an intersection this was a first for me. Maybe one day soon this will be a...

Got my car back in December and while playing with the radio noticed the free trial to SiriusXM. Since my commutes tend to be short I didn't see the advantage to maintaining the service with limited music appeal. Instead I loaded a bunch a music onto an SD card and plugged it into the...

With a pause in the Spring rains, I got out the garden hose and proceeded to get some of the grime off the 2017SE. While washing the front tire I came across a nail. At which point I could hear the dealer finance guying offering the tire road hazard warranty. You see 13 years earlier my brand...

Up until this past Sunday my longest distance between charges was 117 miles. While I didn't seek to deplete the battery, I had to make a side trip which ended up putting me in the red zone. I made it to the charger after driving 123.7 miles with estimated 21 remaining. Probably could have gotten...

While there are plenty of videos that tell you how great the e-Golf is, there are few that tell you how to navigate around some of the systems. I'm putting together a series of youtube videos I call e-Golf Real World. The series looks at real everyday issues that the manual doesn't provide...