Stop start technology in MY12

[Mullos]

Well i have to admit to a seniors moment (do you get them in your 40's?) probably enhanced by a couple of bottles of red......

I was thinking Blue Motion but in reality the badges say "4motion" !! Goodness me. Ivnore me and carry on, my apologies.

However the dealer was a stinker and it would take me a day to type all the garbage i went through. He literally gave me the key and owners manual and said away you go. I genuinely sat in their driveway for 20 mins fivuring out my phone and how to release the hand brake (what hand brake?). Despite taking it for a test drive a few months ago i just plain forgot the most basic things.

NOT a good experience however 2 weeks in and i am slowly learning and loving it!

Cheers all.

[Mister_E]

Well i have to admit to a seniors moment (do you get them in your 40's?) probably enhanced by a couple of bottles of red......

I was thinking Blue Motion but in reality the badges say "4motion" !! Goodness me. Ivnore me and carry on, my apologies.

However the dealer was a stinker and it would take me a day to type all the garbage i went through. He literally gave me the key and owners manual and said away you go. I genuinely sat in their driveway for 20 mins fivuring out my phone and how to release the hand brake (what hand brake?). Despite taking it for a test drive a few months ago i just plain forgot the most basic things.

NOT a good experience however 2 weeks in and i am slowly learning and loving it!

Cheers all.

Are you allowed to say which Dealership sold you your car? I can only speak very positively about my experience with Barloworld Volkswagen Fivedock. My Sales Exec, Tomi, was fantastic and spent a good 2 hrs going through the car features and the options. We even test drove the car around the block to test the Park Assist and driver assist features. Overall a fantastic customer service experience even though I waited a good 6 months to get my car.

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My daughter always turns it OFF when she gets in the car and despite of that, she still gets amazing fuel economy of 6.5L/100km, city driving and short trips (TDI Tig with DSG). To me the battery(AGM)/startermotor and ring gear on the fly wheel wear just for the sake of the 0.1L or 0.2L fuel saving every 100km is not worth it. She plans to keep the car for 8-10 years.

I know I've only had the car for less than a week, but I'm still recording in excess of 10L/100km. Obviously it varies, but have seen it drop to as low as 8.2L/Km with the coasting feature turned on. This is just on a 13Km drive. Hopefully diesel consumption will improve with time. I've also reminded myself to turn off the Bluemotion feature when not needed. The only times I'll only probably take advantage of the feature is when stuck in heavy traffic. When you know you won't be stopping and starting every 15 secs

[aussietig]

I know it can be boring to have an 18 year old tell you how to start a car but that 30 mins adds to the excitement of driving off the dealers lot and there are one or two important things he should tell you, like if your car has Bluemotion or not.

Yes ... And how many people here are prepared to admit they accidentally tested out their front wipers, when driving out of dealer's lot for the first time.

Cracks me up everytime I come across that and brings back my noobie moment.