![]() That, coupled with the large size, we thought it would help us stand out from the other companies in the area. Very different from the rest of the service vans currently on the road. Mine gets about 15 mpg around town and 20-22 mpg hiway at 65 mph. Heater is very efficient in the winter too. The AV works great even on a 100 degree day. Love my road trips in it and its ability to swallow just about any cargo. Not perfect, but very good at many things. In the past 11 months I have enjoyed the heck out of this funky van. Batteries will run it easily all night and then solar recharges in about 4 hours during the day. I use a pure sine inverter to run a small apartment sized fridge. I have 300 watts of solar panels on the roof supplying two 90 amp hr deep cycle batteries. Now it rides quiet at 70 mph on the hiway like a good mid size car. ![]() I started off with 100 squ ft of sound insulation in the box and a thickly padded carpet on the cargo floor. I am slowly turning it into a sleeper van as I can afford it. I installed a big center console between the seats just to have more useable cup holders and a place to lay a sandwich. And even that one if kinda far away from the driver. Except for the one up on the dash, they are difficult to reach. The seven cup holders are kinda useless too. ![]() Sturdy handles on the A pillar like my old van had would be much better. You have to be over 6' tall to use them! We're short people. The ones provided are up way too high in the ceiling. But it needs better grab handles for driver and passenger entrance and exiting. I find the seats very comfortable on road trips. In a parking lot, its like driving a forklift backwards! Between the large side mirrors and back up camera and back up sensors, you can really maneuver this van well in a tight space. Tracks straight as an arrow even on steeply crowned roads. This is one of the better auto transmissions I have owned over the years. This van takes off like a rabbit from a stop. The transmission does a great job of putting the torque to the ground too. Very easy access to everything to service it! The good stuff. I gave it it's first oil/filter change at 5k miles and will do another next month as it hits 10k miles. It had an engine sensor go bad, but was still safe to drive. I showed it to the dealer and they ordered a new radiator in for me and swapped it out. Mine did suffer a weepy radiator as many '14 models did. Mine's doors and all accessories work just fine. No issues with latches or anything that some people have had with them. Problems? Brakes do squeal a bit, but not enough for me to care enough to try to change it as they are powerful and will stand this van on it's nose in an emergency. I bought a new left over 14 model hi top mid wheelbase gas model last Sept. Its reasonably priced and offers a lot of value. It is the van VW should have built, instead of the super expensive and impractical stuff that they did build. Spiritually, this is a modern day VW van.
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