Arrival of our new car - VW Golf Sports 1.4TSI

After two weeks, we finally welcomed the arrival of our new car - a Tornado Red Volkswagen Golf Sports. Powered by a supercharger and turbocharger, the 1400cc engine produces 160bhp sending the car to 100km/h in 8 seconds.

We were quite surprised by the good pace and equipment level of the Golf which far surpasses our previous Mercedes CLC180K which may account for why the Golf was voted World Car of the year in 2009.It's also as safe a car as you can get with 5 star NCAP rating for crash survivability and equipped with 11 airbags with the first knee airbag in production. The car comes with factory fitted touch screen multimedia entertainment, featuring AUX for your Mp3 player and an outlet for SD card if you store your MP3 in it. Other equipment include paddle shifters for F1 wannabe racers, self dimming rearview mirror, tilt reverse mirror, automatic aircon with air filter and dual zone airconditioning, rear aircon vent, cooler in glove compartment, leather sports seats, multi-function leather steering, sports suspension,illuminated sunvisor mirrors, ISOFIX for 2 child seats,tyre pressure loss monitoring, vehicle information display,hill hold control, chromed fittings on dash panels and the list goes on.

After delivery of the car, it was off to Poh Heng Tyres in AMK to trade in the tyres for 18 inch ones with the Audi like LS replica Rims and then to CoolnLite to install the 99% anti-UV window film. We opted for cash discounts instead of the usual freebies and here we really have to thank our sales executive from Volkswagen Centre Singapore - Jessie Chia who work tirelessly to secure the car at a good price, and to get the car delivered to us speedily. It is really important to be able to feel at ease and reassured in the process of buying something expensive like a car and we do recommend her if there is any of our readers out in the market for a VW car. She can be contacted at 91461678 for those who are keen.

So far, we have clocked about 300km plus during this running-in period and the car is especially smooth and on the expressway, it easily zips at 100km/h at just slightly below 2000 on the rev counter,all thanks to the 7 speed DSG gear. With the petrol gauge at 3/4 tank full, i had already travelled 250km from full tank. The car at idle is so quiet sometimes I wonder is the engine on. The only drawback is road noise which is slightly louder than other continental car but this could be also due to my 18 inch wheels and the brakes take some getting used to as you have to just tap a little to bring the car to a halt so at the start, you may be a little jerky in your braking style. However, the car is really modern and comfortable and corners really well without losing speed or traction.