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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: RickS on 06 July 2012, 05:17
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After 7 weeks and just 650 miles - impressions - still awesome.
(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae286/rslodyczak/Golf%20R/osfrontviewnonumber.jpg)
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Very nice! I saw an R on the road yesterday for the first time and it looked very nice indeed. I wonder if those small spray guard will fit the 35? Wonder if they'll do much too. Hope you enjoy the R as much as I love the 35.
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Very nice! I saw an R on the road yesterday for the first time and it looked very nice indeed. I wonder if those small spray guard will fit the 35? Wonder if they'll do much too. Hope you enjoy the R as much as I love the 35.
Thanks Ginge, I loved the GTI so I'm sure the R will be at least that good - I've a feeling it'll be superb. Don't know if the little spray guards will do much, but they add a certain something to the appearance :cool:
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
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Very nice, the best colour too.
Jim
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That is very very nice, with the best colour and wheel combination, you must be delighted :cool: when you talk about the spray guards do you mean the little black plastic wheel arch extensions? If so my wife had these on her Eos and I asked the dealer what they were there for and I was told as it had 235 tyres (same width as the R) these are a legal requirement as the tyres stick out of the arches a little. Hence why you don't get them in a GTI. Also they did nothing for spray as this is not what they are for.
Good luck with the new motor :smiley:
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Awesome RickS, looks blooming stunning...enjoy!!! :cool:
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+1 :cool:
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Very nice :cool: :cool: :cool:
Also those tyres look like the sport gts which are supposed to be miles better than the sport maxx :wink:
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Lovely car and colour, enjoy :cool:
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Very nice :wink: you win in the pictures race! :grin:
Edi35's right about the small deflector type things. 235's stick out from the arch slightly, which legally isn't allowed...this is how they get around it
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That's sex on wheels :cool: :cool: :cool:
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another blue R! these are getting pretty common on here now!! :grin:
lovely car. enjoy it. :wink:
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another blue R! these are getting pretty common on here now!! :grin:
lovely car. enjoy it. :wink:
Another person with impeccable taste! :smiley:
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That is very very nice, with the best colour and wheel combination, you must be delighted :cool: when you talk about the spray guards do you mean the little black plastic wheel arch extensions? If so my wife had these on her Eos and I asked the dealer what they were there for and I was told as it had 235 tyres (same width as the R) these are a legal requirement as the tyres stick out of the arches a little. Hence why you don't get them in a GTI. Also they did nothing for spray as this is not what they are for.
Good luck with the new motor :smiley:
Tbh I did read about those arch extentions being for legal reasons because of the tyre width; I was just going along with Ginge's remark in my previous reply :smiley:
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another blue R! these are getting pretty common on here now!! :grin:
lovely car. enjoy it. :wink:
Another person with impeccable taste! :smiley:
Indeed Sunday - indeed so :grin:
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
:grin:It's not quite as tight as it looks in the pics Steve, but I do need to be a bit careful. Also with it being 3 door it's more difficult for me to get in and out in the garage.
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
:grin:It's not quite as tight as it looks in the pics Steve, but I do need to be a bit careful. Also with it being 3 door it's more difficult for me to get in and out in the garage.
Carpet on the walls, I've heard, works a treat! :cool:
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
:grin:It's not quite as tight as it looks in the pics Steve, but I do need to be a bit careful. Also with it being 3 door it's more difficult for me to get in and out in the garage.
Carpet on the walls, I've heard, works a treat! :cool:
AND a tennis ball on a piece of string hanging from the ceiling. :grin:
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
:grin:It's not quite as tight as it looks in the pics Steve, but I do need to be a bit careful. Also with it being 3 door it's more difficult for me to get in and out in the garage.
Carpet on the walls, I've heard, works a treat! :cool:
I always have carpet on the garage wall Scott, can't risk chipping the doors. Not sure about the tennis ball on a string though :laugh:
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool:stunning looks, :cool:high quality finish/feel, :laugh:drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool:stunning looks, :cool:high quality finish/feel, :laugh:drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
Can't wait to open it up TBH, i've been taking it easy until i reach around 1000miles and then i'll give it a little blast. :evil:
MPG is creeping up, i'm getting over 30MPG now instead of mid 20's. Love the colour MFD (well worth the extra £160), still undecided on the Dynaudio.
Like you said it's a great looking car, handles superb BUT i've got a niggle at the back of my mind i should have gone for DSG. The clutch seem's different on the R, not as quiet and smooth as the GTI.
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Stunning mate! Really with I could push my spending limits to get one! One jealous GTI owner here!
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
:grin:It's not quite as tight as it looks in the pics Steve, but I do need to be a bit careful. Also with it being 3 door it's more difficult for me to get in and out in the garage.
Carpet on the walls, I've heard, works a treat! :cool:
Yes stuck on with no nails works a treat :grin:
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool:stunning looks, :cool:high quality finish/feel, :laugh:drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
Can't wait to open it up TBH, i've been taking it easy until i reach around 1000miles and then i'll give it a little blast. :evil:
MPG is creeping up, i'm getting over 30MPG now instead of mid 20's. Love the colour MFD (well worth the extra £160), still undecided on the Dynaudio.
Like you said it's a great looking car, handles superb BUT i've got a niggle at the back of my mind i should have gone for DSG. The clutch seem's different on the R, not as quiet and smooth as the GTI.
Yes your dead right there mate,DSG is a must have option on a car like that :wink:
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Looks fantastic, love the colour and I love the wheels!!
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Very very nice I like that , watch that garage its a tight fit :grin:
Enjoy the Dunlops :tongue:
:grin:It's not quite as tight as it looks in the pics Steve, but I do need to be a bit careful. Also with it being 3 door it's more difficult for me to get in and out in the garage.
Carpet on the walls, I've heard, works a treat! :cool:
Yes stuck on with no nails works a treat :grin:
That's it Steve -no nails is the stuff :grin: I stick 2 or 3 car mats on there :smiley:
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool: stunning looks, :cool: high quality finish/feel, :laugh: drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
Can't wait to open it up TBH, i've been taking it easy until i reach around 1000miles and then i'll give it a little blast. :evil:
MPG is creeping up, i'm getting over 30MPG now instead of mid 20's. Love the colour MFD (well worth the extra £160), still undecided on the Dynaudio.
Like you said it's a great looking car, handles superb BUT i've got a niggle at the back of my mind i should have gone for DSG. The clutch seem's different on the R, not as quiet and smooth as the GTI.
Yeah, I'm taking it easy too until I've got some miles on. Colour MFD is great, so is the Dynaudio [had it in GTI] Why are you undecided about it?
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool:stunning looks, :cool:high quality finish/feel, :laugh:drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
Can't wait to open it up TBH, i've been taking it easy until i reach around 1000miles and then i'll give it a little blast. :evil:
MPG is creeping up, i'm getting over 30MPG now instead of mid 20's. Love the colour MFD (well worth the extra £160), still undecided on the Dynaudio.
Like you said it's a great looking car, handles superb BUT i've got a niggle at the back of my mind i should have gone for DSG. The clutch seem's different on the R, not as quiet and smooth as the GTI.
Wow you must either be driving empty roads or im doing something wrong in my gti :huh:
the R looks great. esp in the blue. wish i could of got that colour on my gti. :wink:
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I love the blue....I asked my dealer to see if VW would give me my ed35 in blue....but the answer was no way... :sick:
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool:stunning looks, :cool:high quality finish/feel, :laugh:drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
Did you have a manual before then?
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What are your initial thoughts then RickS?
Awesome springs to mind immediately; not done many miles yet but I'm also loving the DSG so far. I think it could turn out to be the best car I've ever owned.
Only slight annoyance is that the RNS510 doesn't display CD text from the remote changer [I went for the CD changer instead of MDI, possibly a mistake, but it's too late now to worry about that]
This has not even slightly diminished my enthusiasm and excitement about the car as a package though - so to sum up; : :drool:stunning looks, :cool:high quality finish/feel, :laugh:drives superbly.
What are your thoughts so far then Sunday?
Did you have a manual before then?
Yes, GTI was manual.
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another blue R! these are getting pretty common on here now!! :grin:
In this case I wouldn't mind being common :)
Beautiful car and a real presence esp. in that colour
Enjoy! :cool:
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Lovely car, I think I'm going to have to buy one! :cool: I have a manual ED30 and wife has DSG Polo GTI (which I drive more than my ED30) and I've just come back from my dealership having driven both a DSG and a manual R and I prefer the manual. :smiley:
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Very nice car, lovely colour too!
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I love the blue....I asked my dealer to see if VW would give me my ed35 in blue....but the answer was no way... :sick:
unless they have changed the rules in the past couple years the real answer is he could not be arsed to ask vwuk.
As putting in a special request build is too much hassle for him.
Do a search on here. A few of us in 2010 asked this question to vwuk the reply letter is posted on here somewere.
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You mean like one of these colours Snoopy? At a cost of 2000 Euros but unfortunately no rising blue so it looks like the dealer was right!! :sad:
1. Candy White
2. Black
3. Reflex Silver Metallic
4. Carbon Steel Grey Metallic
5. Tornado Red
6. Shadow Blue Metallic
7. United Grey Metallic
8. Blue Graphite Pearl
9. Deep Black Pearl
10. Blue
11. Blue Spirit Pearl
12. Dark Violet Pearl
13. Deep Blue Pearl
14. Ink blue Pearl
15. Light Blue
16. Mercato Blue Metallic
17. Moonlight Blue Pearl
18. Ravenna Blue Metallic
19. Silverblue Metallic
20. Techno Blue Pearl
21. Ultramarin Blue
22. Violet Touch Pearl
23. Brush Yellow
24. Platinum Grey Metallic
25. Silver Grey Metallic
26. Urban Grey Metallic
27. Tin Grey Metallic
28. Bright Green Pearl
29. Cosmic Green Metallic
30. Mint Green
31. Racing Green
32. Reseda Green
33. Cola Red 2000
34. Dark Burgandy Pearl
35. Flash Red
36. Yellow
Courtesy of Topher
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/mk6%20colours.jpg)
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Put me down for number 22!!!
Jim
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so that minging yellow gti on ebay a few months ago could have been factory option? i thought it must have been a respray!
interesting. i didn't know you could specify a different colour from the regular ones
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Put me down for number 22!!!
Jim
My mrs likes 22 but put me down for 21. Ultramarin Blue....wud have got this if it was available :cool:
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16, 18 or 20 maybe when the MK7 comes out would spec one of those colours.....sod the expense, it's only money :laugh:
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16, 18 or 20 maybe when the MK7 comes out would spec one of those colours.....sod the expense, it's only money :laugh:
Yep, if I knew the special colours were available at the time of ordering I wud have got 21 for sure...
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Rising blue is definitely one of the best colours.
Although would be tempted by number 22.
Enjoy the car, well jealous. :drool:
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16, 18 or 20 maybe when the MK7 comes out would spec one of those colours.....sod the expense, it's only money :laugh:
Yep, if I knew the special colours were available at the time of ordering I wud have got 21 for sure...
It would probably put another six months on your order if you specified a car in one of those colours knowing vw.
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16, 18 or 20 maybe when the MK7 comes out would spec one of those colours.....sod the expense, it's only money :laugh:
Yep, if I knew the special colours were available at the time of ordering I wud have got 21 for sure...
As much as i'd like one of the special order blues, there's no way i'd pay upwards of 2 grand for it!! :sick:
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I'm going to be controversial and go for 36 - always liked that yellow on the Mk3 Colour Concept.
As for the R, it really is a beautiful car,especially in Rising Blue. Every time I go to a show I start hankering for the Mk4 or Mk5 R32s in that colour as there's always loads of them. I even said to our lass I fancied selling my Mk6 so I could get an R but she was having none of it. So I'm just going to have to mod it. The barstewards at Admiral told me the other day they wouldn't insure a modified GTi so I either don't tell them or wait til after 30th September when the insurance runs out and change my insurer to someone who will cover the mods.
The Mk6 R is out of my price range unfortunately, and, as discussed on here before, at £30k plus I think I'd be in the BMW dealer at that price.
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I love this GTI in the middle! Stunning!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/kenny1601/04566973.jpg)
P.s sorry for hijacking the thread mate :grin:
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16, 18 or 20 maybe when the MK7 comes out would spec one of those colours.....sod the expense, it's only money :laugh:
Yep, if I knew the special colours were available at the time of ordering I wud have got 21 for sure...
It would probably put another six months on your order if you specified a car in one of those colours knowing vw.
LMAO! But so true....
16, 18 or 20 maybe when the MK7 comes out would spec one of those colours.....sod the expense, it's only money :laugh:
Yep, if I knew the special colours were available at the time of ordering I wud have got 21 for sure...
As much as i'd like one of the special order blues, there's no way i'd pay upwards of 2 grand for it!! :sick:
I know the price is real steep but at the time of ordering I had the extra doa to do it....you only live once! :wink:
I love this GTI in the middle! Stunning!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/kenny1601/04566973.jpg)
P.s sorry for hijacking the thread mate :grin:
Agreed!!
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Now updated with prices....
You mean like one of these colours Snoopy? At a cost of 2000 Euros but unfortunately no rising blue so it looks like the dealer was right!! :sad:
1. Candy White €0.00
2. Black €0.00
3. Reflex Silver Metallic €480
4. Carbon Steel Grey Metallic €480
5. Tornado Red €0.00
6. Shadow Blue Metallic €480
7. United Grey Metallic €480
8. Blue Graphite Pearl €480
9. Deep Black Pearl €480
10. Blue €1595
11. Blue Spirit Pearl €1980
12. Dark Violet Pearl. €1980
13. Deep Blue Pearl €1980
14. Ink blue Pearl €1980
15. Light Blue €1595
16. Mercato Blue Metallic €1980
17. Moonlight Blue Pearl €1980
18. Ravenna Blue Metallic €1980
19. Silverblue Metallic €1980
20. Techno Blue Pearl €1980
21. Ultramarin Blue €1595
22. Violet Touch Pearl €1980
23. Brush Yellow €1595
24. Platinum Grey Metallic €1595
25. Silver Grey Metallic €1980
26. Urban Grey Metallic €1980
27. Tin Grey Metallic €1980
28. Bright Green Pearl €1980
29. Cosmic Green Metallic €1980
30. Mint Green €1980
31. Racing Green €1595
32. Reseda Green €1595
33. Cola Red 2000 €1595
34. Dark Burgandy Pearl €1980
35. Flash Red €1595
36. Yellow €1595
Courtesy of Topher
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/mk6%20colours.jpg)
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WOW stunning motor RickS. :grin:
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Yes nice R.
I see 3 this colour just about every commuter day.
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I really like the look of the Rising Blue / Silver wheel combo - but I stayed clear of it knowing that the majority of Golf R's would be made in that colour (cause it's unique to the R) and another high percentage would be Candy White (cause it's been the colour of the moment for the last few years).
Silver is boring I know... but the black wheels make it stand out a bit more - and it's sooooo easy to keep clean :rolleyes:
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There's loads of R models round here but all are black rising blue or white also seen a single graphite blue.
Not seen a silver, red or shadow one.
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:) very pretty
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I would go for 12 or 18.
My candy white looks very plain compared to some of those colours!