Seeing as others have updated their vehicles I figured maybe I should post a little summary of what has gone on over the past few years.
Not too many out of the ordinary warranty work done since owning.
There was a rattle in the hatch when I first bought the vehicle and it was due to the factory not putting some cushioning tape in one of the areas in the back hatch, that was fixed in the first month of owning.
This past spring after I did a thorough cleaning both inside and out, one of the clips that hold the weather stripping on the bottom of the passenger side door let go and I couldn't for the life of me get it back in. While I got them to fix that I also figured I'd tell them about a noise the rear suspension makes when going over a certain kind of pump (it was more of a squeak than an thunk and it happened every time I drive over a certain bump going to work). The dealership fixed the clip and tightened and lubed the suspension and the noise was gone.
There's been a few blemished after almost 4 years of ownership. Some small paint chips on the front grill, one larger paint chip on the roof (I swear some piece of crap Chevy threw a bolt at me), I cracked one of the rear trim pieces when I was cleaning her, I snagged a microfiber cloth on it, and lastly the outside window weather stripping has a few impact cuts in it (kind of hard to describe as it almost looks like it was cut with a knife). I have no idea how they happened as I'm always gentle when scrapping ice of the window. I asked for a quote for the trim piece and the weather stripping and the dealer started by saying the trim piece was $180, that's when I cut him off and just asked for the part numbers as their prices for these things are crazy. I found the exact pieces that I needed on the web for less than half the price they were quoting. I'll probably order this stuff and have it put back to whole before I trade it in next summer.
There have been a few quirks here and there, mostly during the winter months. Sometimes when I start the vehicle the radio is on mute and won't pay music until I switch radio stations. From time to time the different drive modes won't allow me to switch between them, but it's fixed the next time I'm in the car. When it's super cold out and I just start the vehicle I have a hard time putting the gear in reverse. I know to put it in the gear I'll need the next time I start her or allocate enough time for her to warm up before trying to shift gears. It really isn't a big deal now that I know how to avoid it.
Current mileage is at 27,800 kms. I've loved driving her and she has been great in bad weather.
Something that makes me sure that I will be trading her in on something new in 2020 is the fact that my back can't handle driving her for more than an hour at a time. I don't know what it is about the seats but I just can't get comfortable driving her. I've made all sorts of adjustments to them but nothing seems to help. This is my first car with "sports seats" and I worry that I'm a poor match to such seats. I'm only 37, fit, and not prone to back issues. I'm hoping it's just these VW seats that don't work with my body and not all "sports seats".
I haven't been too impressed with the dealership here in Fredericton. I guess I expect a bit too much maybe. I have never once felt that they went over and above for me and that was something the owner stated they would be doing for their Golf R owners. I don't want to say the dealership is crap because that would be a lie, they are just average and not something that would sway me to pick VW over other products. It's a little unfortunate because the current VW offerings there are few that interest me and that I would pick over the competition, and all of them would have the same seats as my Golf R (R, GTI, AWD Manual Sportwagen).
