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    Occasional Highway Driving

    Hi There. I'm looking into a new (used) car for my wife, and just starting my research. The VW up! looks like a nice little package that might suit her town needs, but I'm wondering if any owners could let me know how it goes with occasional highway driving. We live in the country, and she drives to Canberra (230km round trip) at least once every two weeks, and to Sydney (800km round trip) about twice a year. She currently drives an early model Hyundai i30 CRD. The alternative to the up! is a used Polo 6R TDI manual, which would be much more like her current car. Cheers.
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    Buy another Hyundai
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hillbilly View Post
    Buy another Hyundai
    Even in preference to a Polo TDI?
    Daily: 2010 Tiguan TDI | Candy White | Manual | 4MOTION | New York Wheels | Comfort Pack | Tinted Windows | Discover Media | MkVI MFSW | Mk7 Climatronic | RVC | Fog Lights | ECB Nudge Bar | Hella 160 Driving Lights | Rola RBXL135 Cross Bars | To Do: Colour MFD
    Toy: 2008 GTI Pirelli | Sunflower Yellow | 3 Door | DSG | Pirelli Wheels | RNS-510 | 9W7 Bluetooth | RVC | Rear Sensors | Fog Lights | To Do: Mk7 Climatronics, MkVI MFSW, Colour MFD

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    Quote Originally Posted by arcadelt View Post
    Even in preference to a Polo TDI?
    If you are happy with the one you have,yes Services would be cheaper for a start I would think. Oil certainly would be TDI oil is $90 for 5L. Our TSI Polo services averaged just over $350 a time without oil which I supply.

    UP's are gone now so should be cheap as. Wouldnt like to go 500k in one I dont think
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    Get the Up!

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    The Up is certainly capable of the journey but in my opinion, a larger car might be a safer car to use. better to get a 90tsi at least
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    As the thread is a month old hes probably bought a car and done a thousand K by now LOL
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    No car bought yet, as buying a new car for my wife is always a long, drawn out process. Thanks for all the input, although it has not provided a definitive direction.
    Daily: 2010 Tiguan TDI | Candy White | Manual | 4MOTION | New York Wheels | Comfort Pack | Tinted Windows | Discover Media | MkVI MFSW | Mk7 Climatronic | RVC | Fog Lights | ECB Nudge Bar | Hella 160 Driving Lights | Rola RBXL135 Cross Bars | To Do: Colour MFD
    Toy: 2008 GTI Pirelli | Sunflower Yellow | 3 Door | DSG | Pirelli Wheels | RNS-510 | 9W7 Bluetooth | RVC | Rear Sensors | Fog Lights | To Do: Mk7 Climatronics, MkVI MFSW, Colour MFD

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    I did a trip from Lane Cove to Casino (northern NSW) via Byron Bay in my Up!, with loud exhaust and lowering springs. Not the MOST comfortable trip I've done, but its still a Volkswagen and as such handled the trip fantastically.

    Fun fact, I filled up at Casino, drove halfway to Lismore, turned around and took the back country roads to Grafton, then down the highway and back to Lane Cove. It did that whole 750km trip home on one tank of fuel! 35L!
    Here's proof: Tyrone (Volkswagen up!) | Fuelly (07/05/2015)
    2012 Octavia vRS TDI. Darkside big turbo, 3bar tune, other stuff. 200kW/650Nm.
    1990 Mk1 Cabrio. 1.9 IDI w/ 18PSI.
    1985 Mazda T3500 adventuremobile. 1973 Superbug. 1972 Volvo 144 in poo-brown.
    Not including hers...

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    I own an Up! five door; a VW Golf wagon diesel, and a brand new Passat Comfortline with R pack. I use the Up! as my 'fun', city and work car; I've driven it all over NSW (based in Sydney) and even to the WRC at Coffs Harbour (it's good on gravel roads too!).

    An under rated car by those who don't drive them, it's uncomplicated, goes like a cut snake ( OK it's 1.0l and 3-cylinders - but it lacks nothing) and I've never felt unsafe in it at all... Given it has GPS, a good sound system and bluetooth, it's also well equipped. The only options I have are the VW alloy 16 inch upsilon wheels and the PID centre.. Highly recommended and a lot of fun!

    PS: It averaged 5.5l per 100kms on the open road at full highway speeds (110km/h average - no problem!)
    Former owner of VW Beetle, VW Combi and now VW UP!, Golf 103TDI DSG Wagon and Passat Comfortiline R Pack (132Tsi)

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