Picked up my R

[king monkey]

Hi everyone

Picked up my R today. Terrible weather but a truly brilliant car. So pleased! Will try to post some thoughts later if anyone’s interested.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Terrible weather... but not for an R! 

Enjoy! A picture always helps 

[Zermatt]

Congratulations- look forward to hearing your thoughts.

[Toppy]

Nice 1 mate, I am really tempted myself

[Booth11]

Hi everyone

Picked up my R today. Terrible weather but a truly brilliant car. So pleased! Will try to post some thoughts later if anyone’s interested.

Congratulations!  Look forward to hearing your thoughts on it and hopefully see a few pics of the beast.

[king monkey]

After a really quick drive I can’t believe how quick it is. It certainly feels a lot quicker than my S3 but that’s possibly down to the dsg. My S3 was a manual.

Handling wise it’s a huge improvement over the Audi. This is helped by the far better driving position. Someone once described the Audi as using a pogo stick whilst on top of a barstool!

The sound of it is brilliant. I believe that the R now has no resonator which helps obviously.

I need to have a proper drive but overall I’m glad I didn’t wait for the TCR.

Going to apply my Gyeon fabric coat Q2 as soon as I can and door sill protectors.

Also I saved a further £500 as the dealers had included Vw Gap in their price so the discount was even better than expected. Result.

[kalimon]

After a really quick drive I can’t believe how quick it is. It certainly feels a lot quicker than my S3 but that’s possibly down to the dsg. My S3 was a manual.

Handling wise it’s a huge improvement over the Audi. This is helped by the far better driving position. Someone once described the Audi as using a pogo stick whilst on top of a barstool!

The sound of it is brilliant. I believe that the R now has no resonator which helps obviously.

I need to have a proper drive but overall I’m glad I didn’t wait for the TCR.

Going to apply my Gyeon fabric coat Q2 as soon as I can and door sill protectors.

Also I saved a further £500 as the dealers had included Vw Gap in their price so the discount was even better than expected. Result.

Sounds like you've got yourself an awesome car there

[Booth11]

After a really quick drive I can’t believe how quick it is. It certainly feels a lot quicker than my S3 but that’s possibly down to the dsg. My S3 was a manual.

Handling wise it’s a huge improvement over the Audi. This is helped by the far better driving position. Someone once described the Audi as using a pogo stick whilst on top of a barstool!

The sound of it is brilliant. I believe that the R now has no resonator which helps obviously.

I need to have a proper drive but overall I’m glad I didn’t wait for the TCR.

Going to apply my Gyeon fabric coat Q2 as soon as I can and door sill protectors.

Also I saved a further £500 as the dealers had included Vw Gap in their price so the discount was even better than expected. Result.

Sounds like early impressions are good.

Very glad to hear you didn’t part with £500 for GAP with VW, when it can be had for a fraction of that price from providers such as ALA. VW GAP is a total rip off.

[Mr.Edge1974]

Hi King
What colour spec did you get what's the drive like overall?

[king monkey]

Hi King
What colour spec did you get what's the drive like overall?

Lapiz, 5 dr, dsg, silver prets (which actually look darker in the metal which is good), 90% tints. I think the car is so well specced as standard I didn't really feel the need to add a lot of options in comparison to the S3. Especially now you get rear camera etc included.

The ride is great, even on the 19s. Better than the Audi on 18s. I absolutely love the car. But then again I am a total vw fanboy.

Picked the car up from their valet bay as I didn't want the dusty blue sheet thing being put over the new paintwork. They had a gti, gtd and my R in there. All looked amazing.

Dsg is a thing of absolute beauty too.