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Offline mac7

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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #40 on: 07 January 2010, 20:53 »
Quote from: Oops my bad on 07 January 2010, 20:25
The bolsters on the recaros are fine - they are meant for jumping in not sliding in :rolleyes:

Try doing that with a prolapsed disc! I sat in a R32 with the Recaros when they first came out, about six months after a back injury. The salesman had to help pull me out again! Now I'm all fixed and can get out of them myself, VW put the price up to £Stupid.  :sad:
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Offline Schuey

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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #41 on: 07 January 2010, 22:16 »
Autocar have published their first review today one of their quotes is

'The manual gearbox of the test car felt like it had done 150K miles.  DSG is a must have'

Add that too the must have leather & this is an expensive Golf.
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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #42 on: 07 January 2010, 23:26 »

Autocar are massively in favour of DSG.  They even put the Scirocco R ahead of all other hot hatches purely on the basis that it was available with DSG when the Renaultsport and Focus RS didn't.

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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #43 on: 08 January 2010, 00:49 »
Quote from: Schuey on 07 January 2010, 22:16
Autocar have published their first review today one of their quotes is

'The manual gearbox of the test car felt like it had done 150K miles.  DSG is a must have'

Add that too the must have leather & this is an expensive Golf.

I think the Autocar test drivers have forgotten how to use a manual ...
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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #44 on: 08 January 2010, 09:28 »
^ lol my thoughts aswell.
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Offline jaydubveedub

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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #45 on: 08 January 2010, 16:37 »
Quote from: Booski on 08 January 2010, 00:49
Quote from: Schuey on 07 January 2010, 22:16
Autocar have published their first review today one of their quotes is

'The manual gearbox of the test car felt like it had done 150K miles.  DSG is a must have'

Add that too the must have leather & this is an expensive Golf.

I think the Autocar test drivers have forgotten how to use a manual ...

I think Autocar have forgotten how to produce a quality magazine. Loads of spelling and grammar errors these days. Also, they hardly have any decent journos left now.
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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #46 on: 08 January 2010, 17:39 »
Quote from: jaydubveedub on 08 January 2010, 16:37
I think Autocar have forgotten how to produce a quality magazine. Loads of spelling and grammar errors these days. Also, they hardly have any decent journos left now.

Sorry, mate, but your comment is complete tosh. Autocar is a great mag. Sutcliffe, Pryor, Goodwin, Henry - they're among the best journalists on any autorag. Very objective, good drivers and good writers.

They're right. DSG sets the VW Golf - all versions - apart from the rubbish churned out by Renault, Toyota, Kia et al. The only real issue is that the 'must haves' are VW's fault not Autocar's. They're what make a GTI almost unacceptably expensive.
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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #47 on: 08 January 2010, 17:41 »
Quote from: Schuey on 07 January 2010, 22:16
'The manual gearbox of the test car felt like it had done 150K miles.  DSG is a must have'

I just bought Autoexpress and Autocar in the newsagent, and will have a look through them both in a minute.
I have to say the manual GTI gearbox put me off getting a manual R.  It felt really slack compared to my ED30 one.  Plus I fancied trying DSG!
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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #48 on: 08 January 2010, 19:02 »
Quote from: p3eps on 08 January 2010, 17:41
Quote from: Schuey on 07 January 2010, 22:16
'The manual gearbox of the test car felt like it had done 150K miles.  DSG is a must have'

I just bought Autoexpress and Autocar in the newsagent, and will have a look through them both in a minute.
I have to say the manual GTI gearbox put me off getting a manual R.  It felt really slack compared to my ED30 one.  Plus I fancied trying DSG!

Is the Golf R in this weeks Autocar? And does have any more photos/info than the web article?
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Re: Golf R on Auto Express First Drive
« Reply #49 on: 08 January 2010, 19:29 »
yes its in and it also says "it costs significantly more than its obvious competition, most of which is more exciting to drive."
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