Just took this hog on a pretty epic trip. 2300 miles round trip!
Only the basics? Dropped these off with Thielen since he had some extra room in his car.
My brother and his (now) fiance flew in from Florida & North Carolina to Minneapolis and we headed up to Fergus Falls to pick up my dad.
Strapped on dad's rooftop carrier and filled with skis, snowboards, cookies, and more beer
Four people, all our ski stuff and a weeks worth of stuff, we were fully fully loaded but still averaged 25mpg teh whole way there and back. Ran misc 91 octane and the thing didn't skip a beat. Sixth gear on long uphill mountain climbs the car would do 85mph no problem, boost up to about 5psi and fall as we reached the top.
Once we got there, the skiing was epic. Laps of untouched powder in the bowl, pole-deep powder tree skiing, and I don't think I went to bed before midnight any night...out drinking
The lowered suspension seemed to fine with the extra weight, we didn't bottom out too many times and made it through the deep deep ruts in the mountain parking lots. Roads were shyte through all of the hairiest parts of the trip but the snow tires did just dandy.
Changed the oil when I got home for the second time nice and easy on the TSI engine. Love it. 5800 miles on this oil change and either it burned 1/5 of a quart or I didn't fill it to tippity-top max last time I filled it. Either way I'm happy!
Seats were comfy and enough to take care of our bashed bodies all the way home. I'm super happy with another round of TRUCK STUFF!
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