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GTI: Oil update

5555km, half a quart of oil burnt. No additional oil was added, will monitor in another 1000km or so.

GTI: Burning oil

The GTI seems to be burning oil at an alarming rate. 2 qts have been added in just over 4000km.
I have 2 theories:

The oil was at the minimum level during delivery and wasn’t topped up during PDI.
The engine is burning oil.

Anyway, the oil is topped up, and I’ll continue to check the level over the […]

GTI: Break-in period over

Alright, finally past 1500km and stepped on it for the first time. Coming from the P5, the amount of torque is just ridiculous! I can’t imagine it chipped. Aside from that, fuel economy is staying fairly constant at about 400km per fill up. I’m not driving much anyways, commuting by bus is actually not too […]




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