RIP R32

[R32UK]

Tis a sad day. Think i just drove the R for the last time before it gets collected later this morning 


Very emotional I have to say, its been an absolute joy to drive over the last 2 years and would put it down as the best all round car I have ever owned (i know i havent actually owned that many). The engine seems to be absolutely bullit proof, as its probably well know to some of you on here I dont like to hang around  and often dont have time to wait for formalities such waiting for the oil/engine temp to reach the right level... but the R hasnt put a foot wrong!!

If I had to choose another car to do 30k in... I would chose the R32 at the drop of a hat (as long as someone else picks up the fuel bill ).  Im genuinely more sad about seeing this car go that getting a new one! On the way to work this morning i gave it one last blast and that engine is the best sounding sub £30k car you will hear!! simply awsome!


Hope you find a good new home buddy! 

R32 =

[rjwojcik]

Sad news letting a car go that you’re happy with.  Yes, I was seriously thinking about an R32 too (nice car all round including that sound), but the fuel consumption and road tax hits are now just too high.    And I still can't understand why the government decided to hike up road tax for older cars that people may already have, but that's another story.

Although my requirements are for a car that's enjoyable and entertaining to drive, it also needs to be economical to run and so I'll be joining you soon in a GTI.

Cheers

[Ben_1uk]

Gutted for you mate. The R's are lovely cars. My bro's got one (mk5) that he's thinking of selling now because of buying a house. I'll never forget the day he bought it and came to pick me up from work in it. You're right about the noise - feckin' awesome!

[FamilyDub]

Sad day... 

Enjoy the MKVI experience, though!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Hope she finds a good home.  You might even see your 'old flame' from time to time! 

But I bet you won't be sad to get rid of her 'drink problem' - you can now cancel your membership to 'VPA'.
























V-Power Anonymous!     

[FamilyDub]

V-Power Anonymous!     

 

[ChrisBuer]

I loved my R32 and like you, missed it when it went. As an all-weather car, I thought it was very good!

Having said that, I don't miss the fuel bills or it's weight. Although I had a lot of fun in it, it was a heavy old girl. I also couldn't get my head around the power. It's a 3.2 litre V6 but only produced 247bhp standard. What I found frustrating was that tuning it was expensive and didn't yield the sorts of gains you would get from remapping a GTI.

For this reason, I think you'll enjoy your GTI a lot more! I always felt that my R32 did a lot of things very well but nothing exceptionally and for this reason, if I was buying a VW again, it would be the GTI and not the R32.

[R32UK]

Cheers Chris.. thats helped me along a little. I probably cant see it right now but a couple of months in the GTI and a visit to Revo should help!! 

Shes still sat outside looking all sad like puppy who knows its going to be put down :embarassed:

[R32UK]

V-Power Anonymous!     

 

Never bothered with v-power tbh... didnt find it made much difference. but a £80 drop in insurance(inc wheels and remap) only £275 pm (inc vat) as opposed to £420 with the .:R and god only knows how much I will be saving in fuel!!!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I also couldn't get my head around the power. It's a 3.2 litre V6 but only produced 247bhp standard. What I found frustrating was that tuning it was expensive and didn't yield the sorts of gains you would get from remapping a GTI.

And that is the fundamental problem of the 'VR' engine design.

They are difficult to cool efficiently - especially when pushing up power outputs.  And they also suffer from a fundamental design 'flaw' - in that the inlet ports and exhaust ports cross along side each other.  This is similar to a 'pre-crossflow' cylinder head design, whereby both inlet and exhaust ports are on the same side of the head.  On the VR design (and pre-crossflow), this causes unresolveable issues regarding the hot exhaust gasses heating up the inlet gasses - and vice versa.  Hotter inlet air temps reduce the volumetric effieciency, and therefore the combustion efficiency.  And the 'cooled' exhaust gasses reduce the effectiveness of the catalytic converter.  This is why VR engines not only produce less power than a conventional 'wide angle' vee engine, but also suffer with worse emissions too.