Golf R superior fact.

[andykram]

Well said sir - nice to have another petrol head with us as we seem to be a an ever rarer beast on here.

I'd dearly love an R, particularly in Rising Blue. Seriously smart piece of kit. My only problem with it (as has been said many times before) is price. I just specced one up on the configurator with just paint and cruise control (on the grounds that I have sat nav, bluetooth etc that I could swap from the GTi) and it was £32000. The only one on VWs Used car locator was £36000, albeit with lots of options. A quick trawl of the tinterweb puts me in numerous M3s for that amount of money. Or what about a 1972 V12 E Type Jag for £32k as an off the wall choice?

It's just a phenomenal amount of money for a Golf, it really is.

[am1w]

Well said sir - nice to have another petrol head with us as we seem to be a an ever rarer beast on here.
I'd dearly love an R, particularly in Rising Blue. Seriously smart piece of kit. My only problem with it (as has been said many times before) is price. I just specced one up on the configurator with just paint and cruise control (on the grounds that I have sat nav, bluetooth etc that I could swap from the GTi) and it was £32000. The only one on VWs Used car locator was £36000, albeit with lots of options. A quick trawl of the tinterweb puts me in numerous M3s for that amount of money. Or what about a 1972 V12 E Type Jag for £32k as an off the wall choice?
It's just a phenomenal amount of money for a Golf, it really is.

There are several reasons why I did not buy an R, price not being one of them.
The most important one being that I simply could not get the perambulator and other bits and pieces of the three grand kids to fit in the boot. Oh, I could not fit all three rascals in the boot either.

And I love Jacara Cloth and fog lights to bits!

[R32UK]

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

[Steve30]

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

I have to agree but its the price tag , but you pays your money and you get the best 

[Neil gti]

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

Not got the soundtrack on this model tho Gilly, 
3.2 with non res Milltek 

[R32UK]

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

Not got the soundtrack on this model tho Gilly, 
3.2 with non res Milltek 

Very true... doesnt sound anywhere near as good 

Although I did catch the note of one recently and it sounded better than a std gti.. just didnt have the burble 

[kane1210]

all about the burble.....

[AlanD]

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

Not got the soundtrack on this model tho Gilly, 
3.2 with non res Milltek 

Very true... doesnt sound anywhere near as good 

Although I did catch the note of one recently and it sounded better than a std gti.. just didnt have the burble 

Surely it only sounds better because of the exhaust setup. Putting a decent exhaust on a GTI will make them sound the same . . . .

[R32UK]

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

Not got the soundtrack on this model tho Gilly, 
3.2 with non res Milltek 

Very true... doesnt sound anywhere near as good 

Although I did catch the note of one recently and it sounded better than a std gti.. just didnt have the burble 

Surely it only sounds better because of the exhaust setup. Putting a decent exhaust on a GTI will make them sound the same . . . .

correctamundo!!

... but still 

[Snoopy]

I'm still adjusting to the engine. GTI to R almost feels like coming from a punchy diesel to a 1.0 3-cylinder - in high gears at low speed that is. DSG doesn't help by going into D6 as soon as possible. So I leave it in S

Thats one of the reasons i did not buy a pirelli mk5 and waited for the mk6 GTI. Its also why when i nearly cancelled my mk6 GTI order and was offered an R a local dealer had in i decided against it. The way i use the car daily this would simply get on my wick.

the R is a far better car than the gti.... anyone that thinks other wise is crazy!


R everytime 

Well im crazy then, but unlike you i don't drive at 10/10 th all the time.
It was not a money thing in my case as i did consider it, but It may have 4wd so better in the winter but for the money i saved on not getting the R i have a  dedicated winter car, a mk2 GTI, and am also looking for a mk2 GTI 16V and would still have ~£5K change after that lot (At the time cost difference when i got the mk6 from the GTI to R). I would not like to use an R in winter up here anyway the front bumper is far too low, power, wheel size and weight,  it simply would not go on the roads round here due to how deep the snow gets.
I do find it funny the Black 5 door R i see coming the other way on my way home every night does seem to think he has something to proove as he puts his foot down everytime he sees me in the line of traffic at the junction if im in the mk6. I just shake my head as it just reminds me of the mk2 GTI advert with the astra GTE in it.