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I wonder what that 15 to 20% loss of range does to the warranty on your battery. VW would probably void it, cause it beats the sh i t 20% more than your already spirited driving does. Kind of like a power user with an Apple I-Phone that wonders why their smart phone battery is dead in 18 months.

Model year. You bought an early production 2016 model, built in June of 2015. I bought a late production year 2015 SEL built in May of 2015. Usually, for VW, May is the last month of production for any year model. Usually.

In the USA, in 2015, both the LE and SEL models were with 7.2 kWh chargers on board and fast charger features. In 2016, VW offered a bare bones stripped SE model with a 3.6 kWh charger on board. As well as with the optional $1600 DC fast charger and 7.2 kWh charger. The 2016 SEL came with...

Sorry, I know nothing about leasing. I either buy the car to own it, or I don't. Residual values just are what they are, a car is just a depreciating piece of equipment. If I can, I'll let it depreciate the first 5 years in someone else's garage instead of mine.

I would just wait until the next newer model comes out, or look for a 2017 for cheap. As you know, I own a 2015 SEL, and I've test driven 5 or 6 2019's in SEL versions. Even though the battery pack is almost 36 kW, while the one in your 2016 is 24.2 kW, I struggled to get 5.2 miles / kWh in any...

Obviously, Volkswagen considers this a "feature". The brake pads are just occasionally noisy.

Press it and hold it IN, straight down, for at least 1 to 1.5 seconds, with your foot on the brake pedal, firmly. It should work every single time, if you depress for at least 1 second.

F1geek is correct on the good lease deals. They have pretty much evaporated into thin air from VW of America. Leasing is now exceedingly expensive for these cars, the incentives are poor.

4 year old 2015 SEL. I bought it new, purchased outright. Still have it. 26.5k miles on it. Located in Southern CA. Really not too concerned what it's worth. When new, it showed 129 miles of range on a full charge. It's now showing 112 to 114 miles of range on a full charge, in the...

Asking people here about value of TDI's used, when most of them are extremely liberal, green, and hate diesel and any ICE car in general is a folly. Go ask the folks over on TDIclub.com for more accurate valuations. I"ve owned many TDI's. They never sold for cheap, they held their value well...

Nobody has a crystal ball to predict the future, or value of cars. My thought process is that electric cars with non replaceable batteries are a lot like Ipads, and iPhones, they become easily disposable and are valued accordingly, especially as newer, more powerful, or more automated cars...

As for stress levels... you'll never once have range anxiety with a TDI. I speak from 4 + years of experience with a 2015 e-Golf SEL, and 20 + years of experience with many TDI's. From time to time you will have range anxiety with an e-Golf no matter how well you plan. It's just a fact of life...

I've always read that there's about a 16 to 17% loss of power from the motor or engine output shaft, through the transmission gears and drivetrain, to the wheels. How did you come to the 5% loss?

I've owned a lot of VW models, over the years. I currently own two other VW's, both TDI's, that are much more comfortable on long distance trips than my 2015 e-Golf SEL that I've owned 4 years. My e-Golf has very stiff suspension. The seats are "leatherette" and nowhere near as comfortable...

Put your child in the back seat, and strap them in with seat belts. Non issue. Many of the problems you read about here, not all of them, are operator errors from new owners in new to them vehicles that fail to read completely through the Owners Manual that came with their cars, that provide...

This is a perfect example of why I don't use public EVSE chargers. Abused, ruined, and they leave crap behind in your charging port. Charge at home and avoid this nonsense.

I've had Ford hybrids pull up behind me while driving in heavy traffic and the sensors in their front bumper manage to set off the sensors on my rear bumper. Probably they are both on the the same wave length or frequency, causing this situation.

Generally, it's not a charger problem, it's user error or operator error.. Re assess your technique when plugging in to the charge port. Also, it helps to spray some SILICONE spray on the engagement pin on top of the port and on the outer portion of your EVSE handle to improve ease of...

Public chargers are generally abused, and far more problematic than having your own, at home EVSE station, that you you can take care of and maintain, without abusing it yourself, if you learn how. Something about pride of ownership does that.

If you have a Dedicated 120V 20 amp circuit, with a hot, neutral and ground wire already pulled in 12 ga wire, I would look into seeing an electrician that can pull the neutral wire from the neutral buss in the power panel and color code it correctly and tie it in to the other leg of the panel...