Golf Alltrack

[Kachingg]

Newish Alltrack owner here... bought in June and done about 2500kms so far. Got the MY18 132TSI premium in white with all options.


Coming from a MY15 WRX and then a MY16 GTi (manual) I’m thinking the Alltrack is the best car I’ve owned. Super practical, refined and just a pleasure to drive. Even took it light offroading on some dirt tracks up central coast NSW and it performed amazingly.


Strange omissions for me are the lack of blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic alert which are available on overseas models and other MK7.5 models in the range...


Also fuel economy could be better but hoping that’s just as the car is still breaking in.


Overall love the car and will actively check/follow this thread to see how everyone else is going with theirs.

Welcome to the alltrack club

I find mine does about 1.5 ltr/100 more than quoted on the economy figures thats a common complaint over all cars fudged fuel economy figures

Blind spot and cross traffic does not work in the alltrack because of the extra cladding we have around the wheels/archs ect it takes the space the sensors usually go

Yeah i love the car 2 after 14 months the gloss has still not worn off i still stand on the front porch and admire it (yes i am that sad lol)

Let us know if you do any mods

[mGlacius]

I’m probably driving everyone around me nuts as well while waiting for it!

Yeah. Most of the scrolling wing mirrors are smoked black to start off with. It’ll be alright during night time, and I’ve read reports of it being weak during the day time.
I did see transparent ones somewhere. It was cheaper too, and I think it was from eBay.
I’m on the same page with you on how the Alltrack doesn’t have scrolling blinkers on the rear or front lights. You can’t have ‘em all I guess..

I’ll let you know on how the LED fog lamps go. I’ve seen retrofits on the older Golf models, and none showed how the static cornering lights worked.

I got black paddle shifters! I looked at the red and didn’t really like the shade of it, unfortunately.
Was thinking of silver, but it may look like the wrong colour choice around the dash..

Ah right. Thanks for the heads up.
I wasn’t aware ACC uses the rear brakes.

I was doing my research around paint protection and decided to go with the dealer to save myself some time. I’m probably going to regret this in the future lol.
Thanks for the heads up on the bird poo/sap. I usually wash my car and take off bird poo/saps off in an instant once sighted lol.

Exciting times! I’ll share some pics when the day comes..

Once I get it home, I’ll be spending quite a bit of time on the same day replacing/upgrading parts..

Next thought: mirror caps...?!

[mGlacius]

I find mine does about 1.5 ltr/100 more than quoted on the economy figures thats a common complaint over all cars fudged fuel economy figures

Agreed.
Strange thing is my Corolla states it’s 6.9/100 for city conditions.
Mine’s in the high 9’s, if not, 10/100.

Only when I took it up to Hunter Valley here in NSW, then it was about 6.5/100.

I’m looking forward to see the fuel economy off the Alltrack in my area..

[Kachingg]

Yeah i think from memory the alltrack diesel is quoted as 5.9/100 combined even before the tune the best i got was 6.7ltr/100 over a tank and usually 7ltr to 7.2ltr/100

That's calculated from the fuel put in vs the distance driven not the mfd display which can be out

Tuned with me driving it my best for a run with conservative driving is 6.8/100 worst is 7.9/100 average 7.3/100

i will be interested to see what the petrol version gets

[mGlacius]

That's calculated from the fuel put in vs the distance driven not the mfd display which can be out

Same. I built a spreadsheet to track this down when I first bought my Corolla and realised the advertised figures were completely off.

i will be interested to see what the petrol version gets

.. I’ll let you know

[mGlacius]

What color paddle shifters did you get?

Just in case if anybody's interested on the black paddle shifters for non-GTI/R paddle shifters..

Will share more shots sometime in November.

[Rooboy]

Same. I built a spreadsheet to track this down when I first bought my Corolla and realised the advertised figures were completely off.



.. I’ll let you know

I've been using the fuelly website to track consumption since I got a Yeti in 2012. My Alltrack has been averaging 6.4 since I got it but I expect that will start to come down further over time.

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[ToomanyVWs]

Hi Rooboy. My 135TDI has just done 5000km. I got 5.4 after about 200km into an Adelaide trip from Central Vic. It climbed back up to a 5.7 average after crawling through suburban Adelaide. Not as good as my 103TDI Tiguan, but I'm happy, considering the newness of the vehicle, no AdBlue (why not?), and the extra performance available.

[Rooboy]

That's pretty good. Mine economy suffers a bit from the suburban sprawl but I did get 5.1 for the trip to Phillip Island and back for the MotoGP at the weekend. My understanding is the 135tdi still met emissions without requiring AdBlue while the 140tdi, as fitted to the Tiggy/Passat, does need it. Cheaper running for us

[mGlacius]

Thanks for sharing Fuelly, Rooboy. I forgot about that site!
I had issues posting on this forum since an update on my computer a few weeks ago.

Delivery on my end is sounding like late next week!
Pictures coming soon ..

By the way, Rooboy, do you know (or does anybody know) how to disable Auto Start Stop by default in OBDEleven?
I know the old method was to change the temperature, then the current method is to change the voltage to 12V.

I'm looking for the behaviour to be the opposite for the stock setting - instead of it being on when the engine starts, it should be off.
Basically, this gives the user to switch the feature on whenever needed rather than to switch it off completely (voltage method).

[Kachingg]

Wow so many good economy readings well done guys
Beats my 7.2ltr/100 average
What fuel do you use i mainly use bp ultimate?

[Rooboy]

Thanks for sharing Fuelly, Rooboy. I forgot about that site!
I had issues posting on this forum since an update on my computer a few weeks ago.

Delivery on my end is sounding like late next week!
Pictures coming soon ..

By the way, Rooboy, do you know (or does anybody know) how to disable Auto Start Stop by default in OBDEleven?
I know the old method was to change the temperature, then the current method is to change the voltage to 12V.

I'm looking for the behaviour to be the opposite for the stock setting - instead of it being on when the engine starts, it should be off.
Basically, this gives the user to switch the feature on whenever needed rather than to switch it off completely (voltage method).

Unfortunately, the voltage method is the only one I know with OBD11.

Kachingg - I use mainly BP too, except for when I head up to the snow where it's Caltex in Mt Beauty.

[notflyingscot]

I have had a leak with my German sunroof unfortunately was off road for 2 weeks

Apparently one of the rear hoses was kinked from the factory i ended up with a 1/2 full spare wheel well of water which shorted out the subwoofer all repaired under warranty had to drive a crappy rav 4 hire car for 2 weeks ugggg what a unappetizing car

Keeping a close eye on it now

Tho i was approached by a lady in the coles carpark on the weekend asking me if i had a issue with the sunroof leaking!
Apparently her's was in for the 4th time and was getting a whole new sunroof as it kept leaking

Fingers crossed it was just the hose and nothing more with mine

Son's car has now twice flooded level with trans tunnel on passenger side due to sun roof leaking. Off road for three months first time, already off road for five weeks this time!

[Kachingg]

Not good news there
I think next car will have to be sunroof free methinks just for piece of mind

[limiteded]

Not good news there
I think next car will have to be sunroof free methinks just for piece of mind

i did special order for my alltrack, couldnt be happier that i didnt get the roof, though shattered that the 135tdi is discontinued