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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #10 on: 17 July 2016, 22:30 »
I agree with you watts... Personally I'd say maximise the company car tax benefits for the company car drivers. First phase they realised 4x4 pickups would fall under company van  tax at £70 per month and now the hybrids sat at 5% benefit in kind so £55 a month company car tax, for a 210bhp VW with gadgets is not to be missed.
I was worse off as I took it out under salary sacrifice as my company refused to take out a VW lease and wanted me to have a naff car under the company car scheme.
But I did my figures on the GTE and achieving a decent MPG would have fallen in my favour.
I kick myself now, would have never taken a GTE out if I'd have know these issues were going to arise. The charging cable costs £900!!! How crazy is that?!
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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #11 on: 17 July 2016, 23:03 »
I'm assuming you do get a "free" charging cable with the car?
At least the GTD looks like it packs some punch.
Did you get a full refund on the GTE?
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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #12 on: 18 July 2016, 07:33 »
Yeah PCP was cancelled
And yes the charging lead was included but to replace was £900
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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #13 on: 18 July 2016, 08:31 »
Hopefully you're a lot happier with the GTD.

I dread to think how much these hybrid vehicles will potentially cost to run out of warranty.
I can't get over the charging lead cost.
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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #14 on: 18 July 2016, 09:05 »
Pretty much all of the current hybrid versions of various cars have only one purpose in mind - BIK avoidance for company car drivers.

They don't do anything clever, they aren't very useful and they aren't very well thought out yet.

The tax avoidance is something I can appreciate people want, given that my GTD will be 50% more tax by 2020 - that means that by that date you'd be paying more tax for a GTD than I would have paid for a GTI 2 years ago when I leased my current car.



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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #15 on: 18 July 2016, 10:44 »
Quote from: Tory on 17 July 2016, 22:30
The charging cable costs £900!!! How crazy is that?!

This could be a VW price however a google search shows many specialists now and given that the cables and connections seem to fit lots of different makes they are cheaper. A standard 3pin mains cable about £310 or a 16a fast charging cable from £110 but you'd need the point wiring in first which seems to cost from £200.

I think though the achille's heal for all plug in hybrids and ev's for many potential buyers is that they can't charge them from home due to living in flats or having on street parking which is prevalent in the areas where you want to use these types of vehicles, inner city!
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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #16 on: 18 July 2016, 20:14 »
While in Oslo in 2012, saw many electric and hybrid cars, even then. Every carpark had at least one row of charging points and most were full. Norway is a special case though, with much undersea gas, as well as hydro-electricity from the mountains, energy is very cheap.
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Re: Golf GTE: Who has one? And why? And what's it like?
« Reply #17 on: 18 July 2016, 20:51 »
Quote from: Watts on 18 July 2016, 10:44
Quote from: Tory on 17 July 2016, 22:30
The charging cable costs £900!!! How crazy is that?!

This could be a VW price however a google search shows many specialists now and given that the cables and connections seem to fit lots of different makes they are cheaper. A standard 3pin mains cable about £310 or a 16a fast charging cable from £110 but you'd need the point wiring in first which seems to cost from £200.


Yes but similar to the Apple iPhone cables, it can detect an inferior product. Albeit I was only warned by the VW salesman about it, plus I had the 13a to 16a exchange which meant I could charge it in my garage from a standard socket

I bought my GTD outright this time, I changed job so it was a good time to raise a complaint to VW and get the car returned
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