Golf GTE Hybrid Polished T
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- VW have made one of the best cars in the world for years in the Golf. The R is easily one of the best cars on the road today. So why take a perfectly good car and ruin it by making it a plug in hybrid polished turd. Just to satisfy politicians.
#futuremyarse #electriccar #evcars
Double the tech, double the cost, double the trouble.
.........and none of the fun.
Calling this polished turd a GTE is an insult to the old Vauxhall Astra GTE. One of the greatest sport hatches of the 1980s.
@@alicedejanze4027 The 1980s were the best times for fun cars. Astra GTE, Golf GTi, 205 GTi, Fiesta XR2, Escort XR3, Lotus Carlton, and my personal favourite, the Ford Sierra Cosworth. These were glorious machines, designed purely to put a smile on your face. I'm actually cross that our children will never get to experience any of them. It's absolutely blooming criminal.
One of the "best" cars I drove back then was a Mk 2 Astra 1.6 SR. Obviously it didn't have the performance of the GTE but for some reason the engine just "worked" for it and it was great fun to drive. But if I could go back in time.... Nova GTE 😔
Only on a planet of delusions it’s!
@@blxtothis I think you're a little bit lost Bix. The Fully Charged Show is that way >>>>>>
GT now stands for ‘Giant Turd’.
You forgot about the E, so I think it stands for Giant Turd Excreta.
I drive full EV’s and Hybrids for my work. Uttawank, the bloody lot of them.
Get yourself a Honda Civic ehev and I bet you don't say that, self-charging, less than 7 seconds 0 to 60 and near 60mpg average, you have just been driving the wrong hybrid.
The trouble is most of those plug in hybrids have puny petrol engines. I was lent a Jaguar E Pace P300 plug in. Useless. 20 miles tops on battery and 30 mpg. Allegedly it had 300 bhp but didn’t feel like it. And the engine? A 3 cylinder 1.5!!! In a Jaguar FFS!!!!
That’s appalling. I’ve just bought a car with a 3.6L flat six, normally aspirated. 345bhp and sounds like it.
It’s 20 years old, though.
@@GT380man So you got the Porsche then Mike..😉awesome. I was looking at a newish turbo s a couple of years ago but couldn't justify tying up that much cash in a car. Got a stage 2 M140i instead. It's been amazing. I've had bikes forever and my Blackbird is still the best buzz for a couple of grand. All the best with the Porsche mate.
I'll buy any car that's USP is reduced complexity and greater simplicity. Ideally, no computers of any kind.
Morris Minor then, 1962
Plenty of sensible cars from the 80s
@@andrewwaller5913 why can't they build one new without a computer?
You can have that, but it will be many years old. Some say well over 40y, probably 45 gets you close.
I don’t object to computer based ABS & traction control. Computers calculating MPG and showing estimated range to empty aren’t much more complicated than the Casio pocket calculator we had at school (I’m old).
I don’t like anything that provides remote control of the vehicle.
No point is eschewing all connectivity for its own sake because you’re tracked by every roadside camera anyway.
But the earliest tech that gave you live traffic updates & then integrated that into navigation systems do not enable remote disabling of the car, as far as I know.
What I don’t know is when in U.K. there was mandatory installation of systems which could be used for that purpose, even though it was not disclosed to us.
Does anyone know?
I think it wasn’t the 1990s. Most of us didn’t really start noticing the web outside of work until the early noughties and this accelerated crazily once smartphones became mainstream. That wasn’t so very long ago.
@@davelowe1977Unfortunately, while technically they could, it would be illegal. EU regulations for years have required installation of hardware and software that enables remote interference with some functions of the car.
No one I know knows how far back this goes.
ADAS readiness has been creeping up on us for well over a decade. I believe full fat ADAS is mandatory on all new cars sold in the EU from summer 2024 & go live is a year later.
That’s why I’ve sold a modern (2017) car & bought a 2004.
I don’t know if that’s old enough, but it probably is.
I’m really shaken by seeing Geofencing & geotiming openly referred to in modern car software.
I bet that car is over 1.5 tonnes and the power to weight ratio means it's lost that raw nippy feel of an old GTI.
I recently drove an electric Abarth Fiat 500. Weight? 1.8 tonnes. WTF!
@@zm321 More than double the weight of my old 205.
@@zm321 That's light for an EV and I've not checked hybrid weights but I suspect their at least 250kgs-500kgs heavier than a petrol.
A hybrid is not as heavy as an EV - do your homework before you comment next time.
The GTE weigh§ 1624kgs - 176kgs more than the GTI.
@@zm321the curb weight of the electric fiat 500 is 1410kg -
More bland virtue signalling from a once respected marque.
Well said
Boring man,sad man not moving with the times
Bland as F
My Ford 1984 Ford Capri 2.8 injection had lovely Recaro seats in it.
When my F Pace SVR was in for repair at the main dealer 🙄 I was given a Range Rover Evoque hybrid as a loan car. It wouldn't even get up my drive without the stupid noisy little petrol engine kicking in, it went a max of 50 yds on electric, it did 30mpg and it was shite...what is the bloody point of that when my 5.0 V8 Jaguar does 25mpg..
Future my arse.
Milk float with lipstick 💄?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You introduced me to milk float
#BeingSaneInInsanePlaces
My mini electric goes like stink and costs £1.40 for 40 miles, my diesel estate car 🤷🏻♂️costs £7 for 40 miles plus it seems so slow in comparison,
It's a bullshit franchise based on 1 originally good car.
The Golf GTi.
i might be the only person that absolutely hates golfs 😂, never liked the look of them, and that interior pattern on the seats is horrendous. just my opinion of course
Golf the blandest of the bland IMO. The one in this vid is also silver which just tops off the dullness nicely.
Good on paper only in terms of CO2 so vompsny car tax
Otherwise you have a 1600kg car with a 1.4 turbocharged petrol engine and an asking price of £40k if you dare to want metallic paint,
If you want a hybrid buy a Toyota
Put some perfume and lipstick on it . Call it a Pig
My 2nd hand Mk 2 Golf 1800 GTI was a fantastic car, Black and red checkered seats, instant power, sunroof, nice stereo, comfee to drive, great road holding with fantastic reliability.
Is this why they want 20 MPH cities... because the cars will be that slow?
ADAS will permit the authorities to limit the speed of your car. It’s not there today, but the capability is already in your car. Unless it’s pre-ADAS.
@@GT380man Thankfully mine is old but not obsolete.
A Golf without a manual box?, i
the car that was the bench mark for a hot hatch , neutered at birth
100%. the last proper golf was manual 3 door. ended at mk7.5
I drove a recent Golf GTI today at work. Sounded great. I gave the accelerator a light poke, it shot off like a cheetah with a soldering-iron on its’ ballsack.
It’s still meh.
but not as quick as an EV.
@@mikewhitehead50 I don’t think anybody cares about the speed of an EV if it’s cack 😂
@@Isclachau no one cares about the range of an old astra diesel if it's cack.
@@mikewhitehead50 I agree although it’s still less cack than a modern EV👍
I had a 2002 diesel Golf wagon. Got 44mpg every day of it's life. Sold it in 1 day with 375K miles on the clock. Regret selling it almost daily. Best car I every owned.
Have you seen one of Geoffs vids in which he talks to Richard of Challenge the road where he says it’s cheaper and easier to travel in his V12 Aston than in his electric Taycan as he’s spending about £200 per week on charging the Porsche 🤯
A tuning company near me has one of these. Stage one, 273hp/360lb/ft and averaging 170mpg. Fantastic car.
Think about it- why do most climate change warriors have no money? And, why are they trying to change the world? Think about it... 🤣😂
Financial Times today - Elon Musk has shut down the division that runs Tesla's
Supercharger business, dismissed two senior executives and fired hundreds more staff as the electric-car maker continues its restructuring amid a sharp downturn in the EV market.
Musk announced internally on Monday that the head of the superchargers group, Rebecca Tinucci, and Daniel Ho, head of new products, would be leaving along with their entire teams. About 500 people were in the supercharger group, the memo said.
Tesla's supercharger system is among the largest charging networks in the world, and was one the reasons the company enjoyed such a commanding lead over rival carmakers for so long. While the supercharger operations will continue, the move raises questions over the future of the charging business.
The entire public policy unit will also be disbanded following the departure of its leader, Rohan Patel, in the middle of April.
All this anti EV nonsense won’t change the future which is set in stone.
What it will do is cost jobs. Continuous negative rhetoric gives politicians good reason not to court future EV production or battery manufacture.
Other countries are way ahead. EVs are coming because that’s what other countries are making. If you want Britain to be excluded from the future of car industry keep knocking it. Soon every car you can buy will be Chinese and you can pat yourself on the back.
Well done. 👏
Were you in Sport mode, drive mode or eco? They drive differently according to the mode you're in.
My physics o level brain cant get the point of a hybrid. Weighty, complex and pointless. Doesnt make sense!
I have a GTE which is a proper GTE because it is a mk1 Astra GTE.
Why did you buy it? Hybrids are a waste of money! Buy a long-range EV !
Went into my local VW dealer on Monday. Told him I am in a position for the first time to buy a brand new car. Could I buy the latest Golf GTD? He looked shocked. ‘Before you ask-no, I don’t want an EV’ he said there isn’t one available at the moment. I said that’s bad news for VW. Asked him what a Golf Milk Float (Golf buggy😁) would be worth in three years time-he couldn’t give me an answer. I said the Golf GTD would probably be worth 75% of its purchase price. He knew that I knew EV’s are shite. He didn’t want to admit it either. FUTURE MY ARSE.
What a boring car 😂
A couple of examples from where I work:
Mini Countryman Cooper S PHEV, manufacturer's published mpg is 140. Real world we get 35-38mpg.
MG4 PHEV, manufacturer's published mpg is 84. Real world we get 27mpg.
These are replacing diesel Astras which did 65-70mpg. Future my arse.
Another nice one Tony, net zero my arse…
You would have thought after the many years hybrid tech has been racing in Le Man's, F1, road supercars and now seen in other motorsports, that the manufacturer's would been able to make a fun hybrid road car.
Thanks mate feeling down today.NOT ANY MORE❤
Every time you let off the accelerator pedal , Fart ! Call it a blow off valve
why do people buy this shite ;;
that's not even polished .
Those wheels are awful
Stupidity breads stupidity.
I'm not pro-EV but check out the new Civic hybrid. 2l engine, doesn't plug-in, goes like stink off the lights.
Yes, it does and well over 60mpg on a mixed run, anyone who doesn't have home charging should definitely consider one they are a brilliant handling car as well.
Ford down $1.3bn on Mustang e.
Hertz down $440mn on ev rental fleet.
Brilliant 😂
Such a con!
There's also the issue of the engines in hybrids frequently being asked to go from off, stone-cold to full chat. Manufacturer's say that they've designed around this but I just don't believe it, engines subject to this simply cannot last, at least not the extent a well treated ICE only vehicle will, where people get high 6 figure and even 7 figure mileages out of them.
I have Cupra Formentor hybrid. Don’t ask…….
So why did you buy it?
@@IsaacLoven I didn’t buy it. Never said I did.
In the 1980's, a Vauxhall Astra GTE (with the GTE standing for Grand Touring Einspritzmotor) was a car I really wanted. Pity that VW are now using the 'E' to mean something crap.
My daughter, tell souls that I am giving them My mercy as a defense. I Myself am fighting for them and am bearing the just anger of My Father (Diary, 1516). to Saint Faustina
+ extra weight, never works.
Notice how he said right at the end that it's useless unless you plug it in every day?
That's kind of the point of a plug in hybrid, hence why they're called plug in hybrids.
Don't buy one if you don't want to or can't plug it in regularly.
Yup I know you're absolutely on the money there, Hybrid engines just in there to put people off driving! It's clear to see
It’s 50 shades of grey for the interior. Bland and boring plus expensive!
This was the closest I came to an electric about 7 years ago. I thought the hybrid would be good so I had cheap commuting to work, but the benefit of no range anxiety for longer journeys. I looked into it and on a full charge, it couldn't get close to my 35 mile commute, so would have to be in 'hybrid mode' all the time, or part way electric, and then finish the journey off on ICE (not good for the engine as just a shorter journey). I looked at mpg figures and it was far better just to get a diesel. These are ok if all you do is 10 miles each way or pop to the shops up the road all the time in the car, but that's about it.
👍Not a dub fan personally, although I know they're nice to drive. Just made it even more expensive, especially when it goes wrong out of warranty. Like you say, polished turd 😂
They should design a four spoke version of the wheel mags. Very German...
A polished turd would be a shit car they've tried to make better. So that's a compliment to the hybrid system.
200kgs of batteries rather slows the acceleration. VW seem to have got it wrong here .
Lack of pick up probably due to Atkinson cycle petrol engine
A disappointing Volkswagen Golf
At least we can rest assured that your videos will age as well as you Tony😂
Was very interested in the latest GTD, ever done a test on one of those?
Interesting... Still got a 1992 MK2 Golf GTI 16v in the garage. I have had that one 23 years and I am never selling it.
I am praying for SadDick Khan to get kicked out on Thursday so I can drive it this summer without wasting £12.50 a day.
Need to vote Susan Hall as she is the only candidate with a good chance to beat him.
Too many candidates.Be Khant again.
What a horror show we are living in.
What a shit review I had a 7.5 golf gte it was great economical fun to drive my daily commute was done in pure electric every day for 4 years.
We’re going to Plaid ? Floor it
Time to mention aviation pollution
Well let’s. Did you ever consider looking up CO2 per mile per passenger on commercial aviation? It is actually lower if compared to single occupancy driving. Any more questions?
@@lnomgaudas1307Yes. Show me the evidence that atmospheric CO2 drives temperature.
I’ve copious evidence that it doesn’t.
The premise underlying EVs is a lie.
It’s not even a subtle lie. It’s a big fat lie.
Yes, especially private jets.
Not your Ryanair or Easyjet flight to Alicante.
Problem is it’s only about 140hp but it’s 300kg heavier than a more powerful Gti not really what the hot hatch was designed for a token gesture to be greener but it actually isn’t.
the petrol engine is 148bhp and the electric makes it up to 242bhp together. It weighs 176kg more than a GTI, so power to weight is maybe a touch worse. Better than a 1.5 petrol though.
@@mikewhitehead50The underlying premise is a lie, so who cares what awful “solutions” they come up with.
Hyundai ioniq EV.
Best car I ever had in 45 years motoring.
Period.
Said no one sane, ever. Period.
@@escapetheratracenow9883 what I expected.
I know the majority don't agree, and as a result post comments such as this, but really, combustion engine cars in the modern world are just a built to fail money pit and I could not care less.
I owened a peogeot 207 for far too long and it gave me absolute hell with its modern design techniques.
Never again, well rid.
That's my opinion and I stick with it.
@@Philip---pip267 In the US, the IonIQ costs ~$60k to replace the battery pack. MSRP for a new IonIQ runs a few grand more, so by the time your battery pack fails, the car is worth less than the repair due to depreciation.
Not saying they aren't good cars - everyone I've spoken to that owns one seems to love it, aside from a needed firmware update that illuminates the brake lights under aggressive regen so drivers don't get rear-ended for decelerating rapidly.
@@Philip---pip267 Good for you. Free market economics works very well, and Hertz has learned a very painful lesson by backing the wrong horse.
What an ignorant review.
Don’t like it? Go away. Nobody will miss you.
Some youtubers are making money by spouting false and misleading crap to annoy everyone. This channel is a prime example.
Hybrids are the second fastest sales dropping engine type after diesel. As soon as they are gone, like diesel, the better. Thankfully it’s less than 30 years before all ICE engines are gone.
Two (crappy) posts in a day. Short of a couple of bob? Don’t give up your day job…
Don’t like it? Go away. Nobody will miss you.
You can't expect it to compete with EVs. You've become used to the wonderful acceleration of EV cars.
How are they ruining a good car? They still make the GTI and R and all manner of other models with a plethora of engines. This is a completely different model that will suit a lot of people. Click bait videos keep the gravy train rolling though.....
Clearly you didn't watch the video. It's a milkfloat Golf 😂
With added plastic,plastic and more plastic🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
@@andrewwaller5913 yes, as per my other comment, it's a GTE. A tuning company near me has one as a demonstrator - 273hp/360lb/ft and is doing 170mpg average. Pretty good IMO.
My comment still stands - I don't know what Trevor is getting flustered about (other than he seems to get is a fuss over absolutely anything) the GTi and R are still available, so it's not like VW have ruined anything; they've just provided a different model if people want to buy it.
Like I said, click bait keeps the pounds rolling in
@@markburton8303 Don’t like it? Go away. Nobody will miss you.
A polished turd how VW have fallen
Utterly joyless.
Like a dry wanc.