Tweet
Just arrived home from a 2000 km trip from Melbourne to Sydney (via the coast) and back via Canberra and the Hume.
The R32 gave an overall average consumption of 9.4 lt / 100 km, using 95 octane fuel. Obviously consumption varied quite dramatically over the journey, with the best day coming in at 8.7, and the worst at 10.1.
We ditched the horrid space saver, and I carried a full sized spare. Takes up a bit of room, but with care packing we just worked around it.
The car was an absolute pleasure to drive. I ate up the rather poorly surfaced NSW roads....I was really quite stunned at just how a car fitted with such low profile tyres and low suspension could still give a good ride. Lots of tyre noise on some of the coarser road surfaces, but nothing to really complain about.
The combination of the grip, and four wheel drive came into their own on a couple of days, as we hit some very wet weather for three days of the trip, and the car always felt sure footed....nothing like the HSV I once owned which was terrifying on a wet road. And that engine was just delightful, especially when passing on some of the Princes Hwy sections.
VWs seemed to be everywhere, especially the GTI. Only spotted two other R32s (a blue one in a torrential downpour near Mascot, and a grey one parked by the lake in Canberra). I was surprised to see two R50s...I'd even swap my Hilux for one of those.
The car was almost faultless. It's coming up for a year old and has 16,000 kms on it now, and it's rattle free. Only fault that appeared is a sort of random 'bong'. It doesn't seem to be associated with anything, so we'll get it looked at in the service later this week.
The R32 gave an overall average consumption of 9.4 lt / 100 km, using 95 octane fuel. Obviously consumption varied quite dramatically over the journey, with the best day coming in at 8.7, and the worst at 10.1.
We ditched the horrid space saver, and I carried a full sized spare. Takes up a bit of room, but with care packing we just worked around it.
The car was an absolute pleasure to drive. I ate up the rather poorly surfaced NSW roads....I was really quite stunned at just how a car fitted with such low profile tyres and low suspension could still give a good ride. Lots of tyre noise on some of the coarser road surfaces, but nothing to really complain about.
The combination of the grip, and four wheel drive came into their own on a couple of days, as we hit some very wet weather for three days of the trip, and the car always felt sure footed....nothing like the HSV I once owned which was terrifying on a wet road. And that engine was just delightful, especially when passing on some of the Princes Hwy sections.
VWs seemed to be everywhere, especially the GTI. Only spotted two other R32s (a blue one in a torrential downpour near Mascot, and a grey one parked by the lake in Canberra). I was surprised to see two R50s...I'd even swap my Hilux for one of those.
The car was almost faultless. It's coming up for a year old and has 16,000 kms on it now, and it's rattle free. Only fault that appeared is a sort of random 'bong'. It doesn't seem to be associated with anything, so we'll get it looked at in the service later this week.
Comment