HOW did I miss this until now?! Our cars are almost twins! I had created a video in 2019 to introduce my plan to try a camper build in my GTI, starting with a "rear seat delete" that features flip-up doors. However, I was distracted in 2020 (weren't we ALL?) and went a different direction. Still, much of what I've done to my car is overland-inspired, including my 1280-Wh lithium battery, the fridge, and cargo options. As a result, I coined the term "microlander" with plan to do some camping at some point. I never did camp IN my car, BUT I could easily slap-on a rear "car tent" at the hatch and use the extra utility of my "micro utility vehicle." I need to update my RU-vid content, especially in light of my recent cargo modifications. My IG has the most recent photos, if you're interested. I hope to see you share more content in the future. Take Care! -Scott
Wow, I love what you did here! Right now, I'm rolling with a no-build MK7 VW GTI car camper conversion. I hope you do follow up with those build videos. A retrospective would also be interesting. What would you do differently, now that you've had this build for a while? You've inspired to do something similar!
VW GOLF is a pretty fuel efficient car, despite having 220HP on a 2.0 turbo diesel engine. It's also one of the most feature packed and modern looking cars you can get, especially the new Golf 8 with full interior/exterior max trim adds. I drive pretty dynamic, I don't go crazy but I don't cheap out on pressing that gas peddle either and I'm getting around 6.8L/100km while city driving and when driving mostly on fast roadways and highways, I can get it down to as low as 5.1L/100km. I'm pretty sure someone who drives more fuel efficiently than me has even better fuel economy. However, if you like to press that gas peddle a lot, then your fuel economy can go up to 8-9L per 100km while city driving... All in all, it's a pretty amazing car and has pretty stylish interior design, on par with Audi, Mercedes and BMW. Also, GOLF is supposed to be a compact hatchback of some sort but the newer models are actually huge, despite looking quite small. Gold 7 and 8 are almost 4,300mm in length and the size of the interior is roomier than that of a BMW 3 series, despite the Golf having almost 300mm shorter exterior length. Golf is a pretty amazing car oh and also to top it all off, they are also dirt cheap to maintain and repair.
