Would anyone consider the E golf?

[maxtdi]

I am kind of thinking about it now...

They are offering a 299 a month lease 2k down. Which is a killer deal considering you could save on "fuel".

Most of my commuting is less than 100 miles per day... Currently 1 mile to train station and back.

The only issue long distance... I do occasional road trips (once every other month) which would make this car completely useless.

 

[iPanir123]

Completely not worth it. You would have to do a lot of commuting to justify the cost and if you do such little commute I don't think it's worth it

 

[D Griff]

Nope. I wouldn't want to be restricted on range. I could see it as a decent thing for some people though. I wouldn't mind one as a commuter with a fun car on the side, but I'm in a position in life where all of my road trips could be in a Miata or Corvette or whatever.

 

[maxtdi]

Completely not worth it. You would have to do a lot of commuting to justify the cost and if you do such little commute I don't think it's worth it

Not worth it compared to what? My current car depreciated at $277 a month. And it had an MSRP of 25k. This car is "worth" 35k and is being offered dirt cheap.

New car that costs 50% more than mine has better options, interior/exterior etc. For nearly the same price and literally 0 maintenance.

This seems like a steal.

EV cars don't have any maintenance intervals. (well minor shit) but no oil changes no trans fluid changes nothing.

 

[Stadpad]

YES! This would be awesome!

 

[Chris@DoubleApex]

It'll be interesting to see how much torque these electric motors will be able to make. A tuned e-golf could end up putting down a decent 1/4 mile time. You just might have to trailer it home or leave some time for charging :laugh:

 

[maxtdi]

It makes 199 tq. Not overly impressive. But this car is not necessarily about speed.

 

[Chris@DoubleApex]

It makes 199 tq. Not overly impressive.

Sorry, I didn't mean stock torque. I'm guessing VW isn't maxing out the motor

 

[kern417]

put a tesla motor in it. best build thread ever.

 

[Saabstory]

I would absolutely love to be able to get an E Golf or similar. My issue is the range on these; my commute is ~125 miles round trip. My office has 2 HV charging stations in the parking garage as well, but there are no guarantees you can get one so the car would have to have the full round-trip range to justify the purchase.

If someone would make an EV with a ~150 mile range at the 30K-ish price point I would be all over it.

 

[maxtdi]

I would absolutely love to be able to get an E Golf or similar. My issue is the range on these; my commute is ~125 miles round trip. My office has 2 HV charging stations in the parking garage as well, but there are no guarantees you can get one so the car would have to have the full round-trip range to justify the purchase.

If someone would make an EV with a ~150 mile range at the 30K-ish price point I would be all over it.

Yea I am with you on this... EVs are the future. Esp for commuting. My main issue is road trips though... that range is painfully low.

 

[troyguitar]

Not a chance, I live in the middle of nowhere like half of Americans. Need 200 mile range minimum, more like 400-500 before I'd actually buy something. Otherwise I still need 2 cars (3 cars counting the track car, 4 cars if I ever end up towing the track car :lol.

 

[danielj1]

I'm the perfect E Car candidate. 8 mile R/T commute and only rack up about 4k miles annually. Usually keeping within the city on my errand running etc. My longest trips are to drop my dog off when I travel, about 30 miles R/T. I do drive up to Canada a few times a year in which case I could rent a car or just take the train or bolt bus.

My issues is I don't have power in my garage to charge it.

My next car will definitely be more efficient but I'm not sure what it will be.

 

[Bozz]

EV cars don't have any maintenance intervals. (well minor shit) but no oil changes no trans fluid changes nothing.

Doesn't the regenerative braking sys require a lot of TLC?

If you are taking long trips, today's eGolf won't be suitable. In a few years though...

 

[corrado917]

I kinda like the idea, but then I realized that could end up being a tasteless car due the impossibility of tuning it wide open as other vehicles, a GTD on this sense could be friendlier.