I’ve had this car in Ireland now for 2 and a half years and I’d only change it for another one or an egolf if they looked a bit better I’ve 20000km on the clock and I’ve used approx 900 Euro s of fuel 75% of my driving is in electric with a charger at home and work This machine is genius

Excellent presentation as always. Always enjoy watching your reviews, especially when looking around at cars at the depot. Great backing sounds as well. Thanks guys.

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Always great to get feedback :)

Nice one lads. Bought my GTE a couple of weeks ago and your analysis was pretty similar to my initial thoughts. Battery hold comments were the same as my understanding. City councils will increasingly put tough emission standards on central areas. Therefore, drivers will need to save the battery for that leg of their journey.

Very, very useful. I have normal Golf and was considering the GTE, so this has been really helpful.

In regards to hold, I do use it on a daily basis. This is due to the fact that I cannot charge the car at home, but I will do within the next little bit. For the meantime I charge at my local Tesco lol. So for me, it ensures I still have battery left. Hold is a bit weird, it doesn't not use electric at all. It will actually use Electric at lower speeds and revs until it gets to a certain percentage below the current charge rate, and then charge back up the level it was when you put the vehicle in hold. This is usually between an eighth and a quarter of the gage. Again, it's a weird one that has small use cases, but for myself is very useful for the circumstances I'm in.

Excellent presentation and informative - I await delivery of my GTE. The 35mile issue is an important one. My friend who does similar distance uses hybrid on motorway and battery in town doing his but to town environment- don’t know the mpg on that one. Many thanks

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your insight, we've had mixed reviews of the mileage.

Yess the production cost can come down when you produce more but you need to keep developing and sell those slightly better developed cars too. So the best thing to do is to spread the inovation cost over all VW models.

I would maybe guess battery hold might come in handy when you know you’re going to hit standstill/rolling traffic in rush hour. So you can use the engine for good mpg on motorway for example, and then just slow roll in traffic on your battery to get the best ‘mpg’ overall, as that’s not efficient for the petrol engine!

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Good thinking Elliot

@iainansell5930

6 жыл бұрын

battery hold on motorway, and ev only in the emission zones like london, at some point cars will have to use a gps tracker system, which will switch between the 2 automatically as you enter/leave emission zones.... the ford transit phev thats been trialled in london at the moment uses this system...

Does the engine get up to temperature quickly as if your using hybrid mode it can’t be good to rev an engine whilst cold.

@stephenbagwell8275

2 жыл бұрын

I use GTE mode to warm up the engine

Have you tried to use the VW Data Plug with the GTE? According to Volkswagen, all features of VW Connect are not compatible with GTE models. But I'm curious about what features are working. I can not find this anywhere on the internet.

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

We'll give this a go when we next have the GTE to play about with.

I just bought one of these today, Is it still ok in 2021? 🤔🤔 with 11k on the clock

Gents The GTE is that popular you haven’t been able to order one since about Christmas in the uk. The demand is that high for them that I ordered mine back in October 2017 and at the moment the unconfirmed build date is for the start of June...

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a big delay! Hope it's worth the wait.

Thanks for this video, enjoyed it, looking out for buying new GTE, is there a difference between 2017 and 2018 Golf GTE?

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed our Golf GTE video. There's only a difference between the mk7 and mk7.5 Golf.

I own a GTE 2018 - when I use GTE-mode it generates more battery than in hybrid-mode. But I think it costs more fuel. I use GTE-mode often.

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks for the user experience Mogens.

@DaanBrandt

6 жыл бұрын

You can try the b mode in hybrid mode to get the GTE battery charge with the hybrid energy consumption. Although i do not know if i then brakes on the engine or brakes when throttle is off.

@benjamintjnneng4213

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaanBrandt how do you turn om the hybrid mode? Is it the E mode?

@thierrywhuttt

Жыл бұрын

​​@@benjamintjnneng4213hen you press the E-mode button you wil see the 3(or 4 in older model) options on the infotainment screen where you can choose the mode.

@thierrywhuttt

Жыл бұрын

​@@benjamintjnneng4213or simply use the button to switch but i'm not 100% sure, will try this later today

I think the explanation u gave for the batteryhold is reasonable.

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Albin.

Does the mark 8 have this

I actually own this very car now ... it’s fab .!

@kb8570

3 жыл бұрын

hi, what is the reliability of this car like?

I live in Norway and use Battery hold every time i drive with my caravan. I have a Burstner 460 premio that is 1500kg I want to save my battery for when i need the boost from GTE mode when i climb up our mountains, and when i need power to pass all the slow Danish motorhome drivers on our tiny Norwegian roads. Always trying to use my battery down to 10% at the mountain top, then i dont have to use my brakes on the way down and get back to 100% battery when im back to sea level. If im not at 100% battery close to when im on my way down, i switch to battery charge and charging battery faster and at the same time driving down the hill at a realy low cost. This make me drive my car + caravan at the cost of 0,85 to 0,90 Liter pr 10 kilometer. Thats not bad for a total weigth of 3540 kilo if you ask me :-)

@frodeblokhus7920

4 жыл бұрын

I also love to save some battery for when i drive into a big camping late at nigth on electric mode. When camping the electric is incluided in the cost, so i always leave the day after with 100% battery :-)

@marcelmaria804

3 жыл бұрын

has your golf got the sunroof?

Battery hold is used for commuting to a zero/low emission area, so petrol to get there then ev mode in the zone.

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting - seems weird when you see them in places that aren't even near a zero/low emission zone though.

@PlanetCypher_

5 жыл бұрын

not sure what you mean, i'm just commenting on the "battery hold" feature

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, we see what you mean now! Good point!

@Chris-hw4zq

14 күн бұрын

@@PlanetCypher_i know this is an old comment, and this might be a stupid question. But How would "they" know that ur using ev or petrol mode in a low emission zone?

I have a 2017 GTE Advance but don't have a battery hold mode?

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

5 жыл бұрын

Are you in the UK?

@AlexAllison1

5 жыл бұрын

I sure am. It's Mk7.5

Well explained. Thanks

We use battery-hold to give us a charge left for a zero emissions zone👍

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for helping out on that one...couldn't understand it.

@toad1961

3 жыл бұрын

Battery hold mode is also supposed to be used by the guys dropping demonstration cars off so you have full charge straight away !!

Can you do a vid where you investigate the 'battery charge' mode and how much petrol it uses etc and whether it's worth using that mode maybe when you're on the motorway and then using the electric when in a town centre

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

We don't think the battery charge mode is worth it at all! We'd rather use full petrol than be burning fuel for short electric miles.

Wheres the other a4 black edition content being uploaded?

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Geneva Motor Show took over but it's coming soon! :) Thanks for your patience

Had my gte on order since September 2017, expected delivery May 2018! VW have now closed there order book until backlog is cleared,I think they are taking it seriously,can’t make them quick enough.

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Hope it's worth the wait Terry, sure it will be. VW producing 3 electric or hybrid models across their range isn't taking it seriously we don't think.

Can the GTE be driven without ever having to plug in but still making use of the battery like I think Prius drivers can?

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't ever have to charge the battery, but you could still benefit from regenerative braking for example.

@vhog666

6 жыл бұрын

The answer is yes. Though it makes no sense...

@slaymax-xm3nt

3 жыл бұрын

@@vhog666 why not

@e.demirovic

3 жыл бұрын

@@vhog666 A lot of people buy a hybrid because you pay a lot less taxes, usually these people never charge or drive the car electric.

the gte mode recharges the battery so you don't lose range and can drive in gte mode all day.. ehm maybe check the specs??

Where did you put the fuel cap??

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Woaaaaah - how did that happen!?

@l2icksta

6 жыл бұрын

Stable Lease All good, the review made up for it! 👌

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

We try 😅

You missed the B mode

@StablevehiclecontractsCoUk

6 жыл бұрын

Good point, next time we get a Golf GTE we'll test the B mode (brake mode) I think most people generally just leave it in D.

@DaanBrandt

6 жыл бұрын

Stable Lease that is why. I too don't really know how the braking works because it works in electric and petrol mode the same way.

@DaanBrandt

6 жыл бұрын

originalMrRunninz don't know anything about being able to set the level. And yes.

I get 13 miles in the cold!!!

Any issues with high mileage car ?

@mattyfirth98

3 жыл бұрын

You wanting to buy one?

@h4x0rl33tee

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattyfirth98 yes

@mattyfirth98

3 жыл бұрын

I have a nardo grey one for sale in Doncaster

@h4x0rl33tee

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattyfirth98 no good to me am in Spain 🇪🇸

Did he say 'that's a good emoji'?

This car changes gears in electric

In case someone is interested how sporty the GTE really is - Nordschleife Onboards here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3uhuZmEc8aapbw.html | kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoB2sZiSqK_KesY.html

Why is the road tax on this vechile so high.

This car is pointless. Low range for electric only, heavy batteries and two drivetrains. It's only fast for 30 or less miles.

Does the mark 8 have this