Part One I still love her as much as Alltrack Ownership Day 1. She looks and performs as good as the day I took her home. I had the 12-month scheduled service done at 10 months after the Service Due message appeared. As it so happens, it looks like that service is actually a 10-month …
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VW introduced the iconic hot hatch in 1976, well over 40 years ago! From its light, nimble beginnings (the first Mk1 weighed almost half the current models!), the GTI’s come quite a long way, in power and style. Forty years is a long time and VW has constantly updated the standard-setting Golf and GTI with …
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While plaid’s gone out of vogue with other car companies, Volkswagen has bravely reintroduced the once-common pattern in their iconic GTI, adding a surprisingly well-placed throwback to the GTI’s original ‘70s groovy-ness. You might be surprised to learn, but the Golf GTI wasn’t the only car that VW donned with the now-iconic plaid. Throughout the …
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In a word: yes. But only if the outside temperature is below 55°F. It may sound strange, but this is a big thing for me. I want to maximize efficiency and as everybody knows, air conditioning is a hit to fuel economy. So to avoid this I’d keep AC off but turn on the cool …
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