When my girlfriend have just tossed a ball for an older BMW, but eventually look for B-segmentation of no more than 3 years

Because of job change and transport (from leased to 1st class train) I'm looking with my girlfriend went to a new car. When my girlfriend have just tossed a ball for an older BMW, but eventually look for B-segmentation of no more than 3 years, 5 doors, with air conditioning and cruise control. Eventually we decided after test drives in a Clio and two Polos for Polo (despite the TCE engine in the Clio). The decisive factor was the sale of the VW dealer in Ede.

LOOK
Well, the Polo is a polo. Maybe a little boring, but I do like solid appearance. No nonsense. VW's have always been charmed me well. Too many designer lines, as almost all new Kia and Hyundai, I do not like.

DRIVING
The Polo is a 1.4 engine with 80 hp. On paper, not much, especially if you fine TSI VW or Renault TCE opposite move. However, with driving I was surprised by the pull at the bottom. This engine was much smoother than the 1.4 which was in my Peugeot lease. It is certainly no streaks trigger, but the Netherlands is fine. In Germany I got with difficulty 175. Why does the 1.4 at high speed (over 120 - which may now also in NL) quite a lot of noise, although it is never distracting.

Handling is verleken with my previous car set more comfort. For longer pieces is saved (I've been back to the North Cape in Norway). When quickly taking a curve, the car leans a bit about.

On the brakes, I am speaking the least: they are really much less than in my Peugeot, something I did not expect from a VW. I think that the feeling of playing along, the Peus hold much earlier, at the Polo you have to push harder before it slows.

EASE
chairs sit. The comfort line fabric feels fine. On long journeys, I have no problem to keep good full. The equipment of the car while it plays: a small car it is quite complete: air conditioning, cruise control, radio / CD / MP3, central locking, adjustable windscreen, adjustable seats. Fine. In the back you can sit nice, but for long distances (holidays or something) with adults is not recommended. The rear cargo area is not very big, but nice rectangular.

COSTS
The Polo is relatively expensive to buy, but you get to sell therefore more in return. The residual value is important to me, although I now can not see how that's later. Furthermore, the car runs smoothly economical. The low (compare 207) weight of 1000 kg certainly plays along with this. I drive an average of somewhere between 6.0 and 6.4 liters per 100 kilometers, including highway and city. Geinig is the catch in tankvul input (how hot it actually). When you catch pressed, runs the remaining air from the fuel tank and you may just 10 liters of extra fuel. It is stopping in there 56 liters already succeeded. Then you get more than 800 km on a tank.

The road tax is almost 100 euros in three months.

PROBLEMS
No genuine. However, the right rear tire is what square. Soon need a new set of rear tires. The tailgate closes sometimes not good and you must onVW's hard push to get him close sloppy.


Because my DS3 after 2 years and 3 months 152 000 km had driven, time for a new car was. As a new DS3 (for 3 doors and room) was not attractive, I'm going to look at another car. My choice is ultimately fallen for the Renault Clio 1.5 dCi Estate. Because the delivery times are quite long the Clio and the DS3 with this mileage yet yielded a great amount, I decided to take a temporary vehicle, namely a VW UP!

In the first instance, the UP! a slick auto'tje. Nice I like him, but it all looks neat (for this class). The dashboard is shiny and tight. It feels itself to leather steering wheel and shift knob + handbrake.

Once behind the wheel crept'll instantly fine chairs of the DS3. The seats are narrow, hard and uncomfortable.

While driving the car feels itself like a grown-up car. It sends reasonable and you do not immediately feel that you are riding in a tin with a lawnmower engine in the front. Yet to mention the suspension is not comfortable when you come to the somewhat poorer highways, you notice that the car begins to sway as if the shock absorbers are worn.
German thoroughness does not exist (22,700 km)After more than 6000 km in the UP! having driven, you will soon notice that the UP! not indeed if he does exist in the first place. Here is a list which I irritate me

* In a cold start, the UP is running! incredibly bad, it seems as if a bucket of nails is in the engine. After running for about 20 seconds stationeer to have him start to run quieter.

* Knapp Ende feathers when taking a threshold

* The gearbox I find very questionable, the switch / link is not always to perfection, you hear all sorts of nasty noises and occasionally you get the car not even in gear.

* In cold and wet weather you should really always drive with the air conditioning, the car covers very quickly. The ventilation ducts are all open, and the slider is NOT circulate air, but let. I find this very annoying as dry air is not conducive to my contact lenses.

* The original navigation system is not intuitive, and the built-in car kit works very badly.

* Also, the mounting of the navigation system is very doubtful. You need otherwise is hard to press the system it right back from the dashboard.

* If you drive with activated wipers, you sometimes hear just the relay rattle under the dashboard

* Flasher's terms of service is not accurate, sometimes you think you've turned on the turn, but nothing happens.

* Unfortunately, the car is also not rattle-free, as already described above, the snap springs during the taking of a speed bump. The dashboard left and right taps (at the A-Style) when driving on a brick road.

All in all a disappointing car. I am very happy to have bought Volkswagen Golf.
Funny that my review a poor rating Kri (22 910 km)Apparently you can not say bad things about Volkswagen Netherlands, because you get directly a bad rating. Volkswagen is no longer a German thoroughness more and which may be best known, the cars they make are way too expensive to be poor. I'll have just a Frenchman or a Japanese, they remain very least.

Ontopic: I still wanted anything to report about the suspension. The car springs in the initially good, but once you take a bumpy road, it looks like the car really begins to wobble and sway. In other words, I believe the attenuation of this car is set very weird. The DS3 was relatively stiff suspension, but lowered these bumps still immaculate.
bad start (23.900 km)This morning with the cold weather started the UP, he hit smooth, but he kept running very low (300-400 rpm), he found it hard to stay on. All the lights remained on.

Again, a lot of problems with condensation in the car. I suspect that the car is leaking somewhere.

Another strange point, the start and stop system works only when the car is at a standstill. Most Dutch people today have the nasty habit to go at walking pace for a traffic light ride. This allows the start and stop system is not activated. My DS3 joined 15kmpu though if you put it in neutral and the clutch let go. minus for the small VW
Last weekend a lot of rain (25 453 km)And much rain is much condensation on the windows of the UP!

It is for me with rain almost mandatory to drive with the air conditioning. Without air conditioning running all closed with condensation. I still expect that the UP! oid is leaking somewhere

With regard to the navigation system, as regards the cumbersome operation of the system. I'm already used to it. You know eventually it what buttons to press you to get things working. However, the system is totally not accurate. I watched previously often to the card when I knew I had to turn somewhere, however, the system displays the information is sometimes different from the reality. It seems like you have to beat off alone is not until the next street.
So I thought: I watch it for the remaining number of meters (for exit) also this often gives a distorted picture in residential areas, the count of the remaining number of meters before the exit is already at 0 meters, you would expect that your right However, it is the turn then another 30-40 meters. If you ask me, in the advertising of Planet Internet (go with your mouse to the upper right) uses a Volkswagen navigation system. As the car drives without mercy because the navigation system indicating the bushes.

Oh yeah! WHY do I have the button you turn the mirror adjustment to turn the mirror heating ???? Regularly that the mirror heating is switched days long pointless because I forgot to turn back The switch! When I went DS3 automatically when I turned on the defroster, and switched automatically forward to a roughly 10-15 minutes.

We will keep this point, but the lack of intelligence on the Germans?

All in all, the UP! a very disappointing experience. Fortunately, I can probably UP! soon exchange for a Polo, this is not everything, but I got along better experiences than the UP
INSPECTION (27 676 km)Recently passed the vehicle inspection on .. I assume that as from this regular turn, which is coming.

As for reliability, I believe there are daily beatings in, I get the feeling that, in the next turn directly a few days should bivouac at the Volkswagen garage.

What I really do not understand VW, why is all rainwater inside if you have the window open a crack in the rain (on the highway). Pretty much all the rainwater that lies on the windshield, running as a small crack inside. Germans who have never heard of a small "drainage canal" along the windshield?

One advantage: he has so far not again refused to start.
Bye UP! (28 042 km)Yesterday I got a call from the rental company if I wanted to exchange the UP for a new one. Fortunately, I did not sit to wait turn at the 30.000km to all these problems would be solved.

I now have a fresh Move UP! 6 kilometers on the clock. Well, now he already has 300km on the clock. So I start a new review on the Move UP!