98.6K miles/5 years today. '18 Golf Sportwagen S w/4mo and DSG purchased new in November 2018 for $19.1K before TTL. General hard driving, hundreds of launches/drag runs, 15 track days. The rest is highway commuting/general daily use. Car consistently returns 30 mpg on highway trips and runs/drives “like new” with no current issues, leaks, etc. Car can hit 140mph on the back straight at VIR. 180psi compression across all 4 cylinders.
Tuning (OE power 170hp/199 lb-ft)
Warranty repairs (6yr/72K warranty):
Repairs outside of warranty:
Maintenance:
Details of my car and all the mods can be found in my golfmk7 forum build thread or my YouTube:
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/do-it-all-sportwagen-street-hoon-track-drag-you-name-it-this-is-the-way.360080/
https://youtube.com/@karstgeo7290?si=-y6jzSIFUQntDCy6
Tuning (OE power 170hp/199 lb-ft)
- Unitronic Stage 1 at 3K miles/Jan 2019 (242hp/273 lb-ft) - software only.
- Unitronic IS20 at 21K miles/Oct 2019 (301 hp/310 lb-ft) - larger GTI "IS20" turbo + high-flow catted downpipe.
- Unitronic IS38 at 47K miles/Oct 2020 (352 hp/324 lb-ft) - larger R "IS38" turbo + larger intercooler and all remaining bolt-on hardware.
- United Motorsport Gen 5 Haldex tune - removes torque limiter to send max available torque to the r. wheels.
Warranty repairs (6yr/72K warranty):
- HVAC recirc door motor (twice).
- SAI combi valve + wiring harness repair…I think this was always just a loose connector not the valve itself or the wiring harness as it’s come back a few times and just unplugging/plugging in the connector fixes it.
- Water pump/thermostat at 74K/Feb 2022. This was approved for reimbursement of $1,150 per the class action lawsuit….got my check so we’ll call that a warranty covered repair.
Repairs outside of warranty:
- Timing chain tensioner/all the related bits on the f. of the engine at 84K/Oct 2022. It happens….no clue on this one, lightweight aluminum bolts (shop thought they were the wrong bolts?) that hold tensioner to block snapped. I drove it like that for ~6 mos. Including a trip to Helen GA/mountain runs as well as 2 drag events with probably 40 drag runs. Noise and increased aluminum in my oil analysis said something was wrong.
Maintenance:
- 19 oil changes (doing one at 100K)
- 3 DSG services
- 2 Haldex services (doing one at 100K)
- 1 bevel/r. diff services (doing one at 100K)
- 9 plug changes
Details of my car and all the mods can be found in my golfmk7 forum build thread or my YouTube:
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/do-it-all-sportwagen-street-hoon-track-drag-you-name-it-this-is-the-way.360080/
https://youtube.com/@karstgeo7290?si=-y6jzSIFUQntDCy6
