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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: illyun on 26 November 2006, 13:14
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3-door, Pearl Blue, DSG etc... pics and comments to follow... :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Been working in Wales for the past week and a half so not been here too often.... so I need to make up for lost time/words :grin:
Well well.... the R32 is a revelation and the DSG gearbox is sweet as a nut  ÂÂÂ
My take on the R32... - given that this is only the 2nd brand new car I have ever bought, I am a tad overwhelmed by the experience of both the GTI and R32... the previous record for the newest car I had owned was a P-Reg Mk3 8v GTI   bought in 2004 and sold last year - a nice cruiser but a nasty GTI. :sick: :sick: :sick:ÂÂÂ
Anyway the R32Â…[/b]
Drive: Still running the car in. I am usually very strict about things like this and run in my previous Mk5 GTI textbook style and am doing so with this R32. However I couldnÂ’t resist putting my foot down – although not to the redline – on a couple of occasions just to listen to the engine growl – absolutely gorgeous – and the acceleration. The journey to Ipswich from Birmingham was torture as I instinctly kept wanting to press the accelerator and having to stop myself. Compared to the Mk5 GTI, I have to say that the R32 seems more mature, refined and completeÂ… it almost makes the GTI look boy-racish.ÂÂÂ
Looks: Not much to say really except that a Pearl Blue, 3-Door R32 looks the dogs test-icles ÂÂÂ
DSG:  Now I am a die-hard fan of manual gearboxes and I have spoken out in their favour on several posts on this forum. However, I really feel that the DSG box complements the R32 perfectly. In fact for me a manual R32 doesnÂ’t make sense unless you wanted to supercharge the engine and put some serious amounts of torque and power through the transmission. Only a mad person would do that though eh Doc?  - but a recent post by The Doc provides a link to a 550bhp Golf with DSG! ÂÂÂ
So a manual R32 doesnÂ’t make sense to me, period.ÂÂÂ
As for the DSG box itself it is everything that I thought it would be and more. Everything I thought it would be, meaning all the good things I have read about it and more meaning that with the R32 I didn’t miss the manual nearly as much as I thought I would. If you want to make efficient use of the engine and that 250hp, then DSG is the way to go. The only thing I find slightly annoying is having to press the break pedal when changing to D from N at, say the traffic lights or am I doing something wrong? It took me 2 hours in the car to realise that I didn’t have to keep putting it in P-Parking mode everytime I stopped at the lights or in heavy traffic. 'Ah, so that’s what the Neutral is for' I thought as the realisation dawned upon me…. :embarassed: :embarassed:
Also, in D mode I find that the car doesn’t move off as smoothly as a manual – it revs to around 15-20k rpm and then starts moving unless I apply more pressure to the accelerator in which case there is still a very small lag. Maybe I just need to get used to it.
Conclusion:  Well I’ve got an Edition 30 on order – fully loaded except for DSG – and my experience with the DSG box isn’t enough to persuade me to add it on the list of options for that car. I still like the manual box even though I can’t imagine making as efficient progress in a manual GTI. But I still like the flexibility in terms of driving, familiarity and no fuss in terms of tuning that a manual provides.
On the other hand I liked driving the R32 with DSG so much that I donÂ’t think I can do without it now – IÂ’m hooked.   So it looks like the Edition 30 will have to be a weekend car – as I always planned it to be – and I will probably end up replacing the R32 next September with another DSG car… ÂÂÂ
DSG = :tongue: :tongue: :evil: :drool: :drool:
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Like the summary illyun - it was interesting to hear your comments on the DSG 'box.
I've decided to go for the manual 'box in my new golf as it's my only car and I wasn't sure if I could live with a semi-auto for the next 2-3 yrs.
Lets see the pics of the new R32 :cool: :grin:
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Well here it is.. after waiting for the rain to go away. Just click on the thumb nail images to enlarge - still haven't figured out how to post the actual full-size images on the posting - if anyone knows could they let me know, thanks.
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Great Review Ill, glad for the summary on the DSG in that as well as dithering about the colour of the Edition 30, I was also dithering about the DSG :rolleyes: Anyhow, I have decided to try and keep it as retro as possible :grin:
Fantastic looking car :laugh:
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such a nice colour :cool:
PO56, i think that is from Preston :afro:
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Thats right Neaty - its from up North :wink:
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That R32 looks cracking in blue mate, happy thraping!!! :wink:
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Flapper open still possible on the new R32 V ?????
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Flapper open still possible on the new R32 V ?????
Sorry but i'm lost here... never had a Mk4 R32 - whats a flapper ? and how does it open? Or was that a typo and you meant to type slapper, in which case I don't put my car to that kind of use :laugh:
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ILMAO :grin:
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Flapper open still possible on the new R32 V ?????
I love slappers also!
Nice pics Ill
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Thanks for the comments guys.. got to try that launch control after reading the posts on it. By the way Tampa GTI, still no clearer on what a s/flapper is :grin:
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Thanks for the comments guys.. got to try that launch control after reading the posts on it. By the way Tampa GTI, still no clearer on what a s/flapper is :grin:
see here IV R32
Here http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1238908 (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1238908)
(http://home.socal.rr.com/mainframe/Exhaust%20Valve1.jpg)
(http://images.rdefined.com/albums/eurotuner-GP-2006/QBN_etGP_021.jpg)
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Illyun,
Didn`t I see you today ?
Martlesham , about 1030ish ?
I was the bloke in the filthy red GTi !
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Thats right... :wink: Your's was a 5-door - very nice.
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Do all highline computers display the radio station. Or is that a silly question? :huh:
Nice car by the way! :cool:
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Thanks.. I had a Mk5 GTI with highline computer but it did not display the radio station - or I didn't know how to make that work. However, this car has a multifunction steering wheel which allows you to select radio stations via a button on the wheel. Maybe Doc can shed some more light on the matter?
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It shows it with the MF wheel only I think :sad: