🔧 BUILD 2021 VW Atlas 2.0T AWD Family Wagon

[Bob Kazamakis]

Nice, congrats! These are great looking cars

 

[IDAFC21]

congrats! that is a sweet color

 

[Mook]

Great color

 

[SleeperLS]

Great looking vehicle and that is an awesome color.

 

[95SC]

Congrats, I almost bought one few months ago for my wife but the biggest complaint was the power after we test drove one . I thought it was very underpowered for a such of big suv

 

[The Beast]

Congrats on your purchase love the money green color. Is this the same engine as the Tiguan?

 

[Bru]

Congrats, I almost bought one few months ago for my wife but the biggest complaint was the power after we test drove one . I thought it was very underpowered for a such of big suv

I’ve heard this a few times. So I gotta ask, power compared with what?

 

[Bru]

Congrats on your purchase love the money green color. Is this the same engine as the Tiguan?

Nah, this the 2.0T from the GTI/GLI/Arteon. APR at one point put a Golf R turbo on one and made 350 hp. They do tunes for these, and Burger too, that can surpass 300 hp/torque on 93.

 

[Gone_2022]

Nice pickup.

Change the rims asap

 

[Bru]

Lift or lower?

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Lift or lower?

Shit. I hate lowered trucks/SUVs/CUVs, but that white one looks shaarrrrrrrp.

if I knew mine (I don’t have one) would never leave pavement I’d go with the lowering, if the ride isn’t harsh.

 

[Gone_2022]

Leave stock or slight lift I guess if you have to. I never got or understood why people would buy and suv and then make it lower than a car

 

[Bru]

In complete transparency, I will be doing nothing to this car. But being VW MQB means there’s a ton of possibilities, which is fun to daydream about.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Lowered ftw but probably smart to leave it alone.

 

[Gone_2022]

Put those black rims on from the silver photo. Would look great with a set of gloss black rims

 

[The Broken Regal]

I'm glad to hear they put that EA888 or whatever from the GTI in there, congrats btw! Time for the group jb4 buy from berger through mook lol

 

[BS ISF]

Congrats!!

 

[boostedguy05]

Congrats. these always catch my eye when i see one driving around. i do not believe i have seen this color. good picking!

 

[Blood on Blood]

Great color. Solid vehicle and choice

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

My vote is lift.

Congrats on the new V dub

 

[Bru]

5,000-mile reliability update. No issues, still fantastic. Just squeaky brakes when ambient temps are cold and the brakes are cold. Might have the dealer check it out at the first oil change. I can surpass the rated fuel economy very easily, which I could never do in the 3.6 Atlas we owned at work. 21/24/22 mpg city/highway/combined for the 2.0T with AWD, and on one 160-mile round-trip I cracked off 29 mpg.

N20GT One thing I like to use on the highway that's hidden in the UI is the lane centering function, called "Adaptive Lane Tracking," I think. It's a step above lane keep assist and will aggressively keep the car centered in its lane like Tesla AutoPilot or GM SuperCruise. It doesn't have any fancy functions otherwise, but does a good job keeping the car centered in its lane.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Why isn’t it lowered yet?

 

[Bru]

The one thing I'd like to do is downsize to the Atlas Basecamp 17-inch wheels. This car has great ride quality that's ruined a little by the harsh impacts of the 20-inch wheels. They ride much better with the 18s, and I'd bet like on a cloud with the 17s They look a little goofy, though, like it could use some spacers.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

5,000-mile bump. No issues, still fantastic. Just squeaky brakes when ambient temps are cold and the brakes are cold. Might have the dealer check it out at the first oil change. I can surpass the rated fuel economy very easily, which I could never do in the 3.6 Atlas we owned at work. 21/24/22 mpg city/highway/combined for the 2.0T with AWD, and on one 160-mile round-trip I cracked off 29 mpg.

N20GT One thing I like to use on the highway that's hidden in the UI is the lane centering function, called "Adaptive Lane Tracking," I think. It's a step above lane keep assist and will aggressively keep the car centered in its lane like Tesla AutoPilot or GM SuperCruise. It doesn't have any fancy functions otherwise, but does a good job keeping the car centered in its lane.

thanks for the info! Did you change out the horn? I hate the way it sounds lol, already ordered a lower one