One-year inspection of Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf 7 that my husband uses for commuting and as a family car.(This is the final special edition model, limited to 300 units in the first half of the Golf 7, with a 1.2-liter turbocharged engine and 7-speed DSG.)too, two years after purchase.The mileage is now 22,751 km.

The performance of the Volkswagen Golf is amazing - you may not need a Panamera!

Every time I get on the golf course since about June, it's at the meter.Please bring it in for inspection."I had been thinking, "It's time to go, it's time to go," and then it was time for my trip to the U.S....and I was finally able to take it out the other day.

This inspection was conducted byMy husband brought the Golf to the dealership at 10:00 in the morning, and the replacement car, a previous generation POLO(Free)I returned home at 5:00 p.m. that day to receive a call that all inspections had been completed.I wonder if the inspection was quite crowded.

My husband raved about the POLO, the replacement car. I also drove it to a nearby supermarket and found it to be a very solid car compared to a domestic car of the same rating, which I will introduce in a separate article.

VW Professional Care

When I bought my Golf new, I wasVolkswagen Professional CareThe service came free of charge for the first three years after purchase.The 12-month statutory periodic inspection, the inspection fee for services designated by Volkswagen, and the labor charge for periodic replacement parts (*excluding the cost of parts) are free of charge.becomes.

In addition to this, New ServicePLUS(41,000 yen for golf)If you enroll in New ServicePLUS, the cost of parts and consumables is also waived up to a predetermined number of times. When we bought our Golf, the dealer recommended New ServicePLUS, but my husband said he didn't want it, so we didn't sign up.

Reason number one.The Golf is a well-built car, so there shouldn't be that many parts that break or wear out heavily in the first three years after purchase."So. In fact, in the last two years, the Golf has never broken down once, not even to refill the oil. And the second reason is.In the case of Volkswagen, the manufacturer's stance is that changing the engine oil after a dry run is optional, so it is not included in the prescribed inspections.From. So we decided to pay the actual cost each time................................

*Reference information: Volkswagen is not required to change the oil after a break-in period.
By maximizing the engine performance of Volkswagen vehicles and maintaining extremely high basic performance for a long period of time, engine oil changes, which used to be required after 3,000 to 5,000 km or 3 to 6 months, are no longer necessary for up to 30,000 km or 2 years. In addition to reducing the labor and burden of oil changes, the new system also contributes to environmental protection and the effective use of resources by reducing the amount of oil wasted due to oil changes.
*Source: Volkswagen engine oil

Click here for inspection details and amounts.

So, the contents and amount of this inspection are as follows. This time, my husband said, "Please do it! I was expecting to be charged a very high amount of money....

That's great...in the case of the Panamera, the oil cost is high and the capacity is high.(9L)Compared to an oil change and filter change alone, which cost less than 50,000 yen, this is definitely cheaper.

Are domestic cars really the best in the world?

After taking the Golf in for inspection this time, and also driving the replacement POLO, my husband once again had this to say.

Many people still seem to think that "foreign cars break down."The Golf has run over 20,000 km in the last two years with no repairs at all and runs great with no problems.to do.We also asked for a one-year inspection and all the things recommended by the manufacturer, and still the total cost was 30,000 yen.And. People say that foreign cars break down and are expensive, but that is not true at all. Now is not the time when "domestic cars are the best in the world" anymore.

And. Indeed...I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I'm not sure. Incidentally, it seems that only in Japan is the term "domestic car" used.It is said that in other countries, people only refer to each car manufacturer as "Toyota" or "Porsche" and do not think of them as "domestically produced". I guess that is because Japan is an island nation.

Times are definitely changing, and we are no longer in the Showa period.