GTI: First Road Trip

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
11/19/2018 at 20:26 • Filed to: None

I traversed the Valley floor through farm country, then took twisty Hwy 198 over the mountains west to King City. Morning meeting in Greenfield, lunch meeting in Salinas, and home over the Pacheco Pass. I am already in love with this car, and was smiling the whole way. Bravo, Volkswagen. Oppo, the governments of the world have failed us. In reparation for the diesel fraud, each driveway should have a manual GTI.

The car has a neat feature - SD card reader. I loaded 15000 songs on a 128 GB SD card and my car is now a jukebox.

This was one of my best decisions ever.

DISCUSSION (17)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 20:32

I told you so. I’m already over 4500 miles in 3 months.

Maxima Speed > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 20:34

Sweet. I guess I missed the post where you bought a Golf. Congrats! Imma need to get one to keep up with Oppo.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 20:42

15000 songs....

well you know what that means.... time for a roadtrip... no stopping till every song has played

its relaxing

(granted i usually do that with 20 to 30 songs but more is better and more relaxinger right)

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 20:50

You should have CarPlay/Android Auto as well.

wafflesnfalafel > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 21:26

you have more computing power just in the stereo of that rig than a Cray from 30 years ago... turn, it, up....

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 21:28

On my old Jetta that SD slot was for the Nav map package, is that still true? I elected to forgo said nav and just dropped an SD card full of music in there as well.

BeaterGT > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 21:40

Looks great, I can practically h ear the Zappa playing in the pics.

Svend > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
11/19/2018 at 22:08

On my Superb I've two SD slots and a CD player in the top of the glove box. The maps are stored on the head unit and updated via WiFi, SD card or DVD.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Svend
11/19/2018 at 22:15

Dunno, mine was the previous gen (2013) the SD slot was right under the touch screen. I still remember when the the sales guy asked android or iphone? Apparently that generation car had the older style apple connector in the armrest and that made a lot of iphone users grumpy. As an android user I didn’t care too much.

shop-teacher > ImmoralMinority
11/19/2018 at 22:24

So you don't like it, eh? ;)

Rico > ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 00:15

I wanted to hear more driving impressions!

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
11/20/2018 at 07:42

What Svend said applies to the GTI also.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 11:20

I recognize that location. This is where I took a stunning photo of my rental nissan rogue.

Kinja'd!!!

CaptDale - is secretly British > ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 11:28

It is a looker. I can’t wait to see it.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
11/20/2018 at 11:59

With 15,000 songs even at a quite short 3 min per song average, that 45,000 minutes of playback is 750 hours. So that could roughly be 40-50k miles of cruise time. I think that would be enough for a round trip of the entire continent.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 12:07

Definitely gotta take that car down 58 and/or 41 ASAP! I was thoroughly impressed with the Mk7 that I had rented, it is definitely a great car. The FWD somewhat bothered me but I think with proper tires it would do a lot better in the grip while accelerating department. Truly special in the canyons while also being super comfortable/livable on the highway. If I cared about comfort and interior quality, 100% hands down would choose a GTI over my STi.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > ImmoralMinority
11/20/2018 at 18:26

Glad you are enjoying it! They definitely seem like perfect back road cars.