After exactly four weeks of 2017 Golf Alltrack ownership, here are my fuel economy metrics and overall Alltrack ownership impressions…
- 23 MPG
- 772 miles driven
- 43 hours 13 minutes of driving
- 18 MPH average speed
As you can see, it’s 99% city driving in my manual 6-speed Alltrack. Eighteen MPH average is painful, yes, but it is what it is. I drive often in rush hour city traffic to get my son to and from school, and to take him to various team sports practices and games.
Twenty-three miles per gallon is one MPG better than the EPA city rating, so there’s that. And it’s not off Fuelly’s broad, combined MPG 25.2 average for Alltracks. Therefore I suspect my highway fuel economy will be pretty damn good when I get to see it.
Alltrack Ownership, Alltrack Comfort, Alltrack Impressions
The driver’s seat comfort has improved, or rather, my body has adapted to the car. The first few days my right leg and ankle would feel uncomfortable — the angle of my foot vs. my leg using the gas pedal was greater than that of my prior car, so that initially was a problem. Now my muscles have adapted to the angle and nothing is fatigued any longer.
The seat is fine, and I’ve settled in to my driving position — medium seat bottom height, nearly all the way back on fore-aft track, upright-ish seatback angle.
I’ve washed her once and filled up on 87 octane (US measure) twice.
My Alltrack’s fuel economy is steadily improving.
I ordered a JB4 piggyback tune after declining the VW dealer APR tune at a wallet-crushing $2400.
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