GolfGTIforum.co.uk
Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: gaurav_aidasani on 10 March 2015, 11:38
-
Just wanted to get some colour from you guys on doing very short commutes where the engine barely gets hot.
My work commute is about to change and I will have to get to the train station which is about a mile away.
I just wanted to check if it's harmful for the engine & other parts to do such a commute of 5 mins, twice a day, Monday to Friday. Weekends would be normal use of course.
I have a 59 plate GTI
Thanks!
-
If it's only a mile, I'd cycle.
-
I got rid of my GTD for a five mile commute, a one mile commute will kill it. The DPF will not like it at all. Also the GTD barley registered the oil temp in the 5 mile commute the mk7 R on the other hand it nearly fully warm in the same distance and this is in the winter.
-
If it's only a mile, I'd cycle.
This.
-
15-20 minute walk
-
15-20 minute walk
^^ Nice refreshing wake up walk to kick off the day and nice wind down walk back in the evening. Or cycle. Either way, leave the car at home.
-
I got rid of my GTD for a five mile commute, a one mile commute will kill it. The DPF will not like it at all. Also the GTD barley registered the oil temp in the 5 mile commute the mk7 R on the other hand it nearly fully warm in the same distance and this is in the winter.
He has a GTI, so no DPF issues. I'd still cycle tho'.
OP - Do you have to pay to park at the station?
-
This is such a first world problem! When I had my GTI I was only doing a couple of miles and back to the station and it didn't seem to do it any harm.
I'm now doing about 48 miles each way so diesel makes more sense.
Its the other way round which would cause a problem since the GTI would be hugely expensive to run for a big commute, and the diesel would have DPF problems on a short commute.
-
Why don't u walk? Driving such a short distance will not be gd for it.
I use to feel bad about a 10 mile drive to work!
-
Thanks for the replies
Had thought about walking or cycling but at 6am I am not really keen on it, especially in pitch black winter darkness.
Bus was my other option.....but it's a bus.....
I will have to pay for parking but it could come as a package with the season ticket.
Might get a cheap station car.....
-
Thanks for the replies
Had thought about walking or cycling but at 6am I am not really keen on it, especially in pitch black winter darkness.
Bus was my other option.....but it's a bus.....
I will have to pay for parking but it could come as a package with the season ticket.
Might get a cheap station car.....
Bus it in the winter months, walk/cycle in spring summer months.
-
I got rid of my GTD for a five mile commute, a one mile commute will kill it. The DPF will not like it at all. Also the GTD barley registered the oil temp in the 5 mile commute the mk7 R on the other hand it nearly fully warm in the same distance and this is in the winter.
When you mentioned the "one mile commute will kill it" now i'm worried!
-
Generally engines that don't get warm, will sludge up. The water condensates in the inside and eventually you end up with crappy oil. As it doesn't get hot for the water to evaporate, I expect if you took it out for longer runs at the weekend it should be ok. The other thing that wont like it will be the battery, they say it takes 7 miles to put the charge back after starting it.
-
You need to change the oil and filter more often for short journeys when the engine does not get fully warm. On an 8 mile commute it does not get fully warm so I change it every 6 months even though I regularly also do longer trips.
-
Generally engines that don't get warm, will sludge up. The water condensates in the inside and eventually you end up with crappy oil. As it doesn't get hot for the water to evaporate, I expect if you took it out for longer runs at the weekend it should be ok. The other thing that wont like it will be the battery, they say it takes 7 miles to put the charge back after starting it.
that's a interesting one about the battery didnt know that! :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:
-
Generally engines that don't get warm, will sludge up. The water condensates in the inside and eventually you end up with crappy oil. As it doesn't get hot for the water to evaporate, I expect if you took it out for longer runs at the weekend it should be ok. The other thing that wont like it will be the battery, they say it takes 7 miles to put the charge back after starting it.
Just found this out to my cost - 5 years and battery on its way out so £60.00 for new one with 5 years guarantee :angry:
-
Thanks for the replies
Had thought about walking or cycling but at 6am I am not really keen on it, especially in pitch black winter darkness.
Bus was my other option.....but it's a bus.....
I will have to pay for parking but it could come as a package with the season ticket.
Might get a cheap station car.....
My daily commute used to be in the region of 100-130 miles depending on the office i was working out of, however with a change in job and my office being so close to the station in Basingstoke and only a 25 minutes journey i could easily catch the train. It would however require me to use public transport - which i hate!!
I have to concede once a week when i work out of a clients office in Reading and hate the inconvenience of paying nearly £20 return and having to stand both ways. :angry: