Volkswagen "Jetta" SportWagen
sold as a Golf SportWagen or Golf Estate/Wagon elsewhere
model year: 2009
purchased: December 28th, 2008
miles after 36 months: ~88,000 miles (~141600km)
6spd manual transmission
added factory options: panoramic sunroof
In the US, the TDI is a package, which includes items like leather steering wheel, shift knob, and shift boot, leather-look vinyl seats, heated front seats, highline instrument cluster, power front seats, etc. Most other items are standard including the AC and cruise control.
engine
2.0L Common-Rail 16v "clean diesel" TDI
factory rated power (crank): 140hp/236 ft-lb (319 Nm)
stock dyno'd power (wheel) (conservative Mustang dynamometer): 126hp/212 ft-lb (287 Nm)
REVO dyno'd power (wheel) (conservative Mustang dynamometer): 136hp/235 ft-lb (318 Nm) (this dyno session had issues. The engine wouldn't rev freely, so the power reading is down from what it actually is). Estimated power is roughly 145hp/245 ft-lb (332 Nm)
fuel consumption
I'm agressive with the throttle. My driving is about 90% highway. The car has averaged around 33 - 34mpg (6.9 L/100km) since I've owned it. The highest I've seen is 44mpg (5.3 L/100km) and it's very tough to get the average below 30mpg (7.8 L/100km) if driving for more than a few minutes
current mods:
- GTI grilles, silver stripe
- currently off the car: Golf GT grille, painted flat black. Lower grille trim piece, painted flat black
- currently off the car: "R-Line" fog grilles
- OEM European GTI front spoiler
- OEM European aspherical side mirrors (Euro driver & UK passenger)
- Parts4Euro smoked side marker lights, LED amber bulbs
- OEM Euro headlight switch (front & rear fogs)
- OEM European taillights. Driver's rear fog enabled.
- OEM European front projector fogs, Ziza yellow H11 bulbs
- OEM North American HID projector headlights, 4300k Philips bulbs
- rear "Jetta" badge removed
- STaSIS/Koni Street Sport coilovers (24" / 607mm fender-to-ground)
- H&R 24mm adjustable rear sway bar, medium setting
- Revo Technik Stage 1 software upgrade
- Porsche 986 Boxster (non-S) Brembo 4-piston front calipers
- GTI spec rotor sizes (312mm front, 286mm rear), Zimmerman vented rotors
- StopTech Street Performance pads
- Brembo LCF600 Plus fluid
- StopTech stainless lines (rear), generic stainless lines (front)
- Hartmann "Euromesh 3" 18x8, ET-47 wheels, Continental ExtremeContact DWS 225-40 tires, H&R Track+ 5mm spacers (front)
- Audi 5-spoke "Sport" 17x7.5, ET-45 wheels, Dunlop Direzza Z1 'Star Spec' 225-45 tires
- (the 16" "ditto" wheels are now sold)
VCDS computer changes: (highline CECM is installed)
DRL's disabled, inner lights also act as highbeams, rear fog enabled, windows & sunroof open/close via remote, comfort indicators turned off
what has been replaced or fixed so far:
- February 14th, 2010 - passed 36000 miles and left my factory warranty behind
- June 2010 (about 48000 miles) - powered sunshade (for the sunroof) tore off the track (have not fixed yet)
- January 2011 (about 60000 miles) - ice lodged in the intercooler piping kept the car from starting (cleared and started fine)
- March 2011 (about 66000 miles) - hit a deep pot hole the length of the car. Damaged one wheel & killed the tire. Kocked caster & camber out slightly on the front-right, but is still within spec.
- May 2011 (about 72000 miles) - replaced front-left wheel bearing and serpentine belt
- September 2011 (79000 miles) - replaced front-right wheel bearing
- October 2011 (84000 miles) - horn reduced to one tone temporarily, then back to two. Probably something clogging the hole.. hasn't happened since.
- October 2011 (84000 miles) - exhaust leak around the V-Clamp between the exhaust and the EGR filter. Replaced clamp.
- October 2011 (84000 miles) - turbo return pipe to the block is leaking some oil.. will probably fix around 100k miles (crush seals probably need to be replaced)
- February 2012 (91000 miles) - lower control arm bushings noted to show some cracking. Will probably deal with these later in the year
- first year.. drove about 34000 miles
- second year.. drove about 28000 miles
- third year.. drove about 25000 miles
show trophies:
- WaterWerks 2009 - first in class
- WaterWerks 2009 Autocross - 3rd place Novice
- Euro Expo 2010 - first in class
- WaterWerks 2011 - first in class (silver points level)
- Great Canadian VW Show 2011 - first in class
- Pacific Waterland 2011 - first in class
track times:
- Pacific Raceways (very wet) - 2m 5s
- Pacific Raceways (dry) - 1m 50s
- Oregon Raceway Park - 2m 20s
video
- my first ever autocross in 2008. The car was on the factory Michelin 'Green' tires, which lost all traction once they were warm, and the pavement was very sealed and slippery, so traction was minimal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWuwXGDLoHk
- track day in March 2011 at an old air strip (Bremerton Motorsports Park). Video is from inside a 4th gen Legacy GT wagon that was much faster than me (first two laps are behind my car)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4cxqaRNAm4
- track day in April 2011 at Pacific Raceways... very wet day. Video is from inside the wagon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaj7DWYJ__g
- autocross with the Chuckanut Sports Car Club in Bellingham, July 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ubl3jwX-k
- WaterWerks 2011 autocross, Cheney Stadium, August 6th, 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9AbZ7hEHtQ
- evening lapping session, July 27th, 2011, at Pacific Raceways:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVoYlmnH3S8
- HPDE at Oregon Raceway Park, Septemer 10th, 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTaMu67DhyU
- lapping at Pacific Raceways, January 28th, 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUxhHw4OzU
- lapping at Pacific Raceways, February 4th, 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp24CForP2I
photos - showing mods and progression
day after purchase
first drop on coils
dropped farther on the coils
autocrossing
rear fog
showing some fitment with the 18s
at WaterWerks 2010
the Euro GTI lip & HID's
Brembo calipers
the Audi Sport wheels (track mode)
GTI/GLI honeycomb frontend
WaterWerks 2011 autocross
at Pacific Raceways
