PoloGaz

I think the official figure is 9.6 useable. 9.6 x 4.4 = 42.2 miles Did the remaining 2 miles this morning as it didn’t charge last night 🙈

achieved 40 miles elec range today with 5% remaining so probably could’ve done 42 miles total. 2 journeys again. First one about 5 miles and 2nd one about 35. Some motorway on 2nd run but mostly town driving and a few 40mph stretches.

Thought I was having the same issue again this week. Dash warning of low 12v but this time the charger plug lock and charger are still working so far. Looks like I still have a power drain issue. I’m using the car daily and the hv battery is always charged i have a dashcam as well but it goes off with ignition. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Fully charged last night and all good today. It’s going to be parked at the airport for the next few days so will see if it breaks while it’s there

If I’m going on a longer motorway run, longer than I know the battery will last. I’ll set it to hybrid mode once I’m joining the motorway and then untick the “auto” checkbox next to the mode selection. which then holds the battery level where it is. It’ll still use the battery in traffic and under those circumstances it’ll discharge. So it’s also not actively charging the battery from the engine in this mode (which wastes fuel) if you don’t uncheck the “auto” box, it seems to discharge the battery assisting the engine but I’d prefer to save the battery for the end of the journey when I’m not on the motorway anymore.

I never got around to calling the dealers or vw assist last week. The car hasn’t moved since Friday morning. I tried to drive the car today and it was totally dead. VW assist came out and now charger port is working again. Said car might not’ve been driven enough. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I have an IV but it’s the 204bhp non-vrs version. I am not certain about the exact difference between the vrs and non-vRS phev but I suspect the extra performance comes from the electric motor and not from the petrol engine. So would expect you’d achieve similar or slightly less mpg than me You’ll get 20 - 35 miles out of a full charge. A 3 pin recharge using the “granny” charger takes about 5 hours. So I use octopus intelligent and charge off-peak. A full charge currently costs me around 80pence I do all my local journeys in ev mode. Which is what the car defaults to unless the EV battery is flat. Once flat it runs in “hybrid” mode. The first part of hybrid mode is like any other petrol/diesel car. The engine will run until it’s warmed up, then will cut off when coasting/stationary. Ive done half a dozen longish drives since getting the car now. Here’s an example which I would say is fairly typical Starting day 1 with 100% battery Local driving (school run) followed by a trip from Manchester to kings Lynn, 169 miles average 61.3mpg. I used 50% of the battery and saved the rest for the following day Day2: Travel around kings Lynn in ev mode using up remaining battery. Then drive from kings Lynn to heathrow. 156miles, 55.4mpg Day3: Heathrow back to Manchester. EV Battery totally flat. 197 miles, 48.7mpg. bad weather and a slow start (where the engine was running) really pulled down the average. I think normally I would’ve been in the low 50s. Mainly sticking to 70-75 on the motorway when conditions allowed. Not trying too hard to save fuel HTH

This morning I had “low 12v battery voltage - please drive with caution” warning on dash but car still operated normally rubbish on fuel on short journeys with a flat battery. 😭 Calling vw breakdown Friday to try and resolve

All faults cleared and no change in behaviour. Car is aware cable is connected as it displays the information on the dash but doesn’t lock in position. I guess it’s time to call the dealers

I’m seeing if obdeleven can clear the fault. First scan showed up 37 faults…

Mine didn’t charge last night and it seems it’s due to the charger lock not engaging. (Doesn’t engage when tried this morning several times) so I’m wondering now if I’ve also got a dead 12v battery to look forward to

Yesterday I only managed 17 miles on electric (2 very short journeys plus 2 longer ones. Heaters used, seats, wheel, etc Today I got 32 miles on elec. 22 miles in one journey and then 10 miles on another until the battery was empty. I only used heating on the 2nd journey. Had I not bothered I probably could have added another 2-3 miles on there i was trying pretty hard to be efficient. Regen on auto and taking it fairly steady (60-65) on motorway) I’m hoping in the spring I can achieve the advertised 40 miles out of it. Have done a couple of trips on electric which were above 4 mi per kWh average so it looks quite possible

Yeah mine is 1940 as well. Picked up in October. It’s a phev

Mk4 towbar noseweight limit is 80kgs so yeah would be a struggle with 4 bikes + the weight of the carrier which is probably 15-20kg itself. Depends how fancy the bikes are I guess! I have a Thule 2 bike towbar mounted carrier. Had it about 10 years, it’s been great. There is a drop down mechanism to allow boot access without taking the bikes off. Definitely needed on all the cars I’ve used it on. Depending on the hinging a hatch bootlid might clear a towbar mounted carrier

Anyone still waiting on a 21/22 order or are they all fulfilled now? anyone who ordered in the last few months I guess you won’t have to wait so long unless there is another crisis of some sort after an 18 month wait I got my SEL IV 3 months ago. Very happy with it so far!