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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by The WolfMan on Today at 21:11 »
Quote from: JoeGTI on Today at 00:07
Unless you plan on never driving it, there’s no need for any of that stuff. In fact you might do more harm than good putting a cover on it. You’re fortunate to have a garage, keeping any car in from the winter elements is good.
Life is more than cars and there is a strong possibility that I need to store my Edition 50 for 5-6 months.

During storage, there are four aspects that concern me: battery, body, fuel, and tyres. I have been researching how to properly care for these components.

Battery is easy, a battery charger. CTEK is a good choice.

Fuel, the tank should be full of petrol to avoid condensation inside and a petrol stabilizer I think is a good idea, like this one from Liqui Moly:
https://www.liqui-moly.com/en/gb/petrol-stabilizer-p000050.html#21646

Tyres one can also overinflate the tyres for storage, but a "tyre saver" should help.

Finally body. Before putting a cover the car needs to be washed, otherwise the cover can damage the paint. The car will be in a garage, but a cover will prevent dust to settle in the paint. There are lots of covers on the market and I don't know what to buy. I would like to have a cover with a soft cloth in contact with the paint, not a "plastic" one.

Quote from: Donster on Today at 05:46
Order placed January 27th
So you are receiving the build week at least four weeks in advance. I think that is the normal "time frame".
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by Donster on Today at 05:46 »
Order placed January 27th
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by JoeGTI on Today at 00:07 »
Unless you plan on never driving it, there’s no need for any of that stuff. In fact you might do more harm than good putting a cover on it. You’re fortunate to have a garage, keeping any car in from the winter elements is good.
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by The WolfMan on 20 March 2026, 23:11 »
Quote from: MrEdition50 on 20 March 2026, 12:36
Has anybody received a confirmed build week yet? Seen someone with BW14 that’s potentially 10 days away   :cool:
I think that you are talking about me. I ordered the car on the 24th of February. In the next day the salesman called me and told me that according to the importer, car should be built in week 13/14.

On the 9th of March I received a message from him with the information that the order has been confirmed. He told me that once he got news he would tell me something and I haven't heard from him since.

Quote from: Donster on 20 March 2026, 14:50
Irish Order here I got confirmed build week yesterday of week 17.
Joe regarding your order did you have any luck discount wise as I'm starting to become a little
Skeptical re the amount Vw Ireland are actually importing. I'm hearing of a few different dealers with edition 50's ordered to stock. If this is the case you'd definitely be wanting a discount of some sort.
Re the tyres I had no luck but if you do have I'd be definitely following suit.
When did you ordered yours?

How do you plan to take care of yout Edition 50? When not using mine I want to keep it in a garage. I want a cover for it. Volkswagen doesn't have one in their accessories catalogue. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good quality cover?

What about "Tyre savers"? Something like this:


There are so much that I don't know what to choose...
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Golf mk7 / Re: TCR engine?
« Last post by flipflops on 20 March 2026, 21:53 »
Thanks, good vid!
Which parts of each are in the tcr or is it the whole r lump but slightly de-tuned?
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Golf mk7 / Re: TCR engine?
« Last post by Rudedog on 20 March 2026, 21:29 »
Ok this compares a R and GTI, the differences might not be as much as thought - also 2016 cars but hey-ho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZyvQgcaxGM

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Golf mk7 / TCR engine?
« Last post by flipflops on 20 March 2026, 21:23 »
I’d be interested to know a little more about the engine. I know the Gti and r have different turbos and I believe the tcr has the is38 from the r. But I understand the block / internals to be stronger in the r too, if so which one is the tcr?

Any other notable quirks with the tcr?
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by JoeGTI on 20 March 2026, 17:25 »
Quote from: Kgti8 on 20 March 2026, 16:52
Nice spec Joe, didn’t think you would be changing from the 8.5! Thinking about it for a while or just a snap decision?

Was toying with it myself once or twice but I am happy with the R and finding it hard to justify shelling out big money on a performance Golf again, given the prices here.

I notice VW Ireland an dealers seem to be pushing advertising of the ED50.

I know! I didn’t think I’d do it either! Ah I was day dreaming on the configurator since they launched, will I won’t I. I had ruled it out for the most part, particularly when I heard that they’d all “sold out” so I was happy then that, oh well, I missed the boat. But then the dealers got in touch a couple of weeks ago to tell me they’d secured a few more slots. So the hamster wheel started turning.

I’ve always hankered for an “Edition” GTI so I said this is now or never!
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by Kgti8 on 20 March 2026, 16:52 »
Nice spec Joe, didn’t think you would be changing from the 8.5! Thinking about it for a while or just a snap decision?

Was toying with it myself once or twice but I am happy with the R and finding it hard to justify shelling out big money on a performance Golf again, given the prices here.

I notice VW Ireland an dealers seem to be pushing advertising of the ED50.
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by JoeGTI on 20 March 2026, 16:08 »
Quote from: Donster on 20 March 2026, 16:06
I will definitely, that would be a nice saving because as it stands I'll re bringing car to Tyre centre soon after collection to replace with road tyres.

TBH I think you'll be fine on the semi-slicks. I won't be rushing to change them off the car anyway. I'll want to drive on them for a while and see how they feel, particularly in the summer months anyway. I might feel differently in the winter.
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