2018MY Arteon Discussion Thread

[Rooboy]

Good write up on the Arteon in today's Cars Guide

[DreamensioN]

The "rat rod" looking Arteon is in a video here:
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And the Werk2 Arteon is here:
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[Dutch77]

They're a good looking car - someone local just has to do some tasteful work to theirs..

[DreamensioN]

Those of you with an Arteon - what does your oil temp sit at when driving? In my Golf R, my oil temp would be around 80-95C depending on the weather. I think the Golf R has an oil cooler aswell which would help with oil temps. I've noticed in the Arteon, it's around 100C+ most of the time. I was just wondering if anybody else was seeing similar temps?

[Blackpaladin67]

Those of you with an Arteon - what does your oil temp sit at when driving? In my Golf R, my oil temp would be around 80-95C depending on the weather. I think the Golf R has an oil cooler aswell which would help with oil temps. I've noticed in the Arteon, it's around 100C+ most of the time. I was just wondering if anybody else was seeing similar temps?

105 moving went to 136 standing still the other day when it was 35c.

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[Blackpaladin67]

105-107c 30c 100-114kph 40m run

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[DreamensioN]

105-107c 30c 100-114kph 40m run

Hmm ok - so about the same for me.

I get not having an oil cooler because it's not a "performance" car (like the Golf R or GTi) - but I would have thought being the same engine, they probably would have just included it in.

On another note - I'm thinking about getting the resonator removed for more exhaust noise. I can't tell the difference between having the engine noise on or off in that setting you can toggle. There's a place near me that can remove it, but put clamps on it. So if I want I can put it back on myself. I just need to get under the car to do it.

I'm thinking about it. The Golf R had a nice exhaust noise, and my car before that had a full 3" exhaust. I kind of miss the exhaust noise and I heard by removing the resonator I'll get more of the DSG fart noise and crackles/pops, but without being too loud.

Has anybody here removed the resonator from their Arteon?

[Blackpaladin67]

Hmm ok - so about the same for me.

I get not having an oil cooler because it's not a "performance" car (like the Golf R or GTi) - but I would have thought being the same engine, they probably would have just included it in.

On another note - I'm thinking about getting the resonator removed for more exhaust noise. I can't tell the difference between having the engine noise on or off in that setting you can toggle. There's a place near me that can remove it, but put clamps on it. So if I want I can put it back on myself. I just need to get under the car to do it.

I'm thinking about it. The Golf R had a nice exhaust noise, and my car before that had a full 3" exhaust. I kind of miss the exhaust noise and I heard by removing the resonator I'll get more of the DSG fart noise and crackles/pops, but without being too loud.

Has anybody here removed the resonator from their Arteon?

I can hear the fake canned noise quite clearly . Try the individual mode and tick the box. Alternatively sure i saw a post about increasing the canned volume with obd2

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[DreamensioN]

So the fuel economy of this thing is pretty damn impressive.

I've just used my first tank of fuel, and look how far I got with it.
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The KM on the right is the total KM the car has done. The one of the left is since leaving the dealership where it had a full tank.

I haven't been driving this in economy mode either. Just normally, and even playing around with sport mode a bit.

The manual says the tank is 66 litres, and when I filled up this morning I put in 61 litres. There are 2 red markers for the fuel when it gets to empty, and one of them is covered up with the white marker in the pic. So basically...in this pic I've just touched on the first red marker (which means I'd be expecting the fuel warning light to come up on any second.

Still - this is above and beyond what the Golf R would do. In the Golf I was getting 550-580km out of a tank which I thought was pretty good. This is almost like a diesel in terms of distance vs volume of fuel used.

[Blackpaladin67]

Mate I've got 4500km and getting circa 950km going up and down to GC to Bris and around the neighborhood..fantastic economy for such a large car. Get the mod which tells you how many litres are in the tank..

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