Quote:
Originally Posted by moncar Waiting for more inputs regarding positives and negatives so that BHPians like me who are waiting on the sidelines can make a decision. What mileage figures are you getting?
Wondering whether VW A.S.S. in terms of number of service centres as well as service experience is better than Skoda. |
Hello, I'm so sorry I haven't been able to write in over here all week. Its been 6 days and 300 km since I've had the car and its a nice mixed bag. The car is averaging as much as you want it to. On test runs above 120kph (repeatedly), while keeping RPM below 3500, just to be very sure there's no annoying beeps and sounds (still have to pinch myself - I loathe cars that beep over a certain speed), I would get a consistent 7kmpl to 8 kmpl. But if driving sedately, like today, I got upwards of 16 in city limits (Sunday detox with wife from the corona news). Pic attached.
Looks:
The most beautiful looking crossover hatchback-ish compact SUV(W?). I can't get enough of it. People can't get enough of it. People give me a
almost everyday I take it out. I have had smiles from guys(only lol) in BMW's, Mercs, and on bikes! It will make people notice. It has the silhouette of a old-gen Q3 with strong boxy lines, it was a tug of heart-strings for me, this car. Just like my polo was almost 10 years ago, it just looks that good.
Interior:
Yes the grab handles creak. There, I said it. But barely on closing the door, but a lot when trying to twist the grab handle. The interior quality according to me is not an issues. I wish it had auto seats (even those without memory will do) - Of all the things I hate, I hate the backrest recline angle cog. Its a rotary wheel on the door side behind the height-adjust lever. I just hate the feeling, I have not so fond memories of my Dad's '96 M800 having the same thing and me hating it then as well. The seats, though, are super comfy for long rides (I have driven once over 2 hours mostly in city traffic the day after I bought it - The lumbar support for people have disc issues - is top notch). The steering is dead straight in front of the driver, not offset even a little bit - OCD not activated. The screen(digital driver display) is a hair too small but is quite high res, even though you can't change the colour of dials or display sat-nav(It doesn't have satnav neither can you bring nav screen routing from Carplay/A Auto into the centre).
Drive:
Extremely European. The Autocar guy Gavin said it on the YouTube review of this car. If you want to know how a euro suspension setup is please TD this car. Almost all mid-sized to large euro cars manufactured there feel like this - not the watered down version you get in India. All the BMW's, VW's, Merc's and fancy cars you get in the >30L bracket barring CBU's are not how euro cars feel.
Ride is very firm but not uncomfortable. Every broken part of the road will be 'felt' through to your bum. But you won't be violently thrown about the cabin unless you go through a patch of really bad road or fly into a speedbump. No 'rough road' package here. It doesn't scrape speedbumps and I'm usually dead slow over them but I've never had to take the car diagonally over one, if you know what I mean.
The brakes are marvellous but they have a strong bite to them. The steering is lifeless at slow speeds but weighs up a little post 90 kph.
The standard supply systems are pretty nice. The lane assist works if you have nicely marked lanes and keeps you in lane for a good 400 meters before it asks you to hold the steering wheel again. I haven’t tested the front assist, nor do I want to; I hope it will work. It is checked and activates every-time you start the car. There’s a 30 second period when you start the car in which it doesn’t work and displays an hourglass icon in the display post then it works till you switch off the engine.
The manoeuvre and park brake I haven’t tested, I want to run the car at slow speeds into a large sheet of thermocol to see if it actually stops the car without intervention.
There’s no wireless charging but I want to do a ‘jugaad’ in the next few days for it to support that.
Bits of info after living with it for a week:
1. My car's wipers are faulty. I guess these have old rubber on them so they brrrr on the windscreen and its a good thing I noticed these because it rained almost every day since I got the car. They don't have any in stock and with usual VW high headedness, I had to make a video for them to believe me. Also, my battery voltage was below 12v the first few days because it was standing for a while before it was delivered to me(read at least 6 months)
2. No accessories are available and are only on order with a lead time of 'between' 1 & 3 weeks. Still no mats in the car.
3. I looked and looked and made them plug the car into VCDS twice but couldn't figure out how to activate the chirp/honk on locking doors. All explanations all over the web don't work. If somebody gets these working in India, please reach out.
4. The SOS button, Vehicle assist button and the i information button, all in the roof liner next to the sunroof controls, doesn't work. Also, VW service confirms it will NOT work, so redundant buttons. The SOS button does try to make an emergency call but fails.
5. It has Auto wipers but it doesn't say that anywhere. Just put it into INT speed and it should work itself.
6. Auto headlights are crazy sensitive and I like that fact. They'll switch on and off on a partly shady road and some people will flip you off for constantly trying to 'dipper' them.
7. The compressor pump is extremely light weight but has very good build quality and is supplied as part of the mobility kit with the car.
8. The car does not have auto main beam and no option to activate in the settings menu either. I don't know if it has the requisite hardware to code it in either. I have it on two of my cars and it is very useful when on a dimly lit highway.
9. There is a climatronic Air filter to theoretically filter pollen and some pollutants that can be activated from Aircon settings.
10. Lots of mechanical noises! There is a loud noise when putting the car in reverse when the camera juts out and another when you pull away and it closes back in. The electric park brake makes a loud motorised sound when engaging (You'll only hear it outside the car). The steering is locked with a locking pin with a motorised sound which comes on every time you start the engine(disengage) / leave the car(engaged)
11. The sunroof curtain is thin! On a sunny day it'll light up.
12. You can mount a baby seat without removing the isofix plastic cups. This way you won't lose them.
13. The spare is a 18 incher.
14. The rear seats fold quite flat. I like that fact.
15. Even if you're a wee bit eager, D1 & D2 will rev to at least 2500 RPM. D3 onwards will upshift below 2k.
16. Kangarooing is there on D1 & D2.
17. The dipped and main beams are more than adequate and the fogs are yellow and i like that they didn't go completely white as you lose the usefulness of fogs.
18. DRL's glow at full brightness on activating parking lights(not dependent on ambient light conditions) if Auto headlamps come on too early for you. I'm trying to get VW to activate Scandinavian DRL option where the rear LED tail lamps would also glow during daytime (looks amazing!)
19. The manual is very very informative. I read it over the weekend, and it was an interesting read. I learned you could dip the far side OVRM to a certain position depending on which key you use to start the car.
20. Voice commands are an added premium and you have to purchase the option. The button on the Head unit and steering give reminders that you need to activate by calling your dealer (basically telling you you're a cheapskate).
21. Auto start-stop tries to conserve fuel when, for example, stopping at a red light. It engages a little before you come to a complete stand-still which is something I haven't seen in a lot of cars. If it doesn't engage, it has a very informative display which will tell you why it hasn't come on. For eg. Humidity is too high or Passenger compartment temperature not comfortable.
22. The VIN decoders available tell me its a MY 2020 car. This is funny because the VW people made me sign a paper which said I'm okay with purchasing this MY 2019 car in 2020.
Phew!
I guess I'll have a full review of ownership in a few weeks' time.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOKARR Disclaimer: First Post here !! Question to other T-Roc owners: PPS VW said the front assist is disabled for India, though they say the front sensors are there for the car. I wish we can enable it somehow, can someone please confirm if it can be enabled ?
Best Regards,
Jokarr |
Front assist is enabled, I just haven't had the Cojones to test it yet.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOKARR
Couple of more things, what I noticed in TeamBHP is, everyone endorses their 'buy', to cope up with 'post purchase dissonance'. |
I think I came off sounding like that. Sorry!