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Offline carl1

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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #30 on: 09 March 2012, 09:44 »
Theirs a interesting comparision between between the R26r and the megane 250 cup on Auto Express, the 250 cup is around 3 secs quicker on a track which they say is simalar to British roads. Not sure how to attach link.
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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #31 on: 09 March 2012, 11:01 »
BTW  mkviken im just being Devil's Advocate because all you seem to do is slag off your Gti and Vw but you paid your money so you have got that right lol  :smiley: i don't really care which is faster.


i don't slag it off - or not without justification anyway. i can only speak from experience and say it how i find it.

i enjoy my car every time i drive it and love how it looks and the way it does everything and seems very versatile. it is jack of all trades which is what it was designed and sold as. I'm impressed every time i drive it how good it is.

your right though i have slagged off VW and the golf for the poor build quality/panel gaps/rattles/paint, dealership and the brakes and gearbox. why say these are good points when their not?

I'm just being honest. can't see the point in looking with rose tinted specs and saying everything about the gti is wonderful when the paint finish is a joke, the interior rattles and the brakes must be the germans idea of a sick joke.


overall its a car which ticked the most boxes, i need a 5 door and wanted something my wife would drive when I'm finished with it in 2 years. so i bought it with my head. if id bought with my heart it would have been a focus RS for the same money but the 3 door would be a nightmare, it wouldn't fit in the garage and the wife hated the colour so being sensible won.


back on topic though the R26.R would be in my top 10 garage (along with 2 other clios!)
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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #32 on: 09 March 2012, 11:09 »
Well said.
I have been using the golf all this past week I agree with what you pointed out.

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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #33 on: 09 March 2012, 11:24 »
BTW  mkviken im just being Devil's Advocate because all you seem to do is slag off your Gti and Vw but you paid your money so you have got that right lol  :smiley: i don't really care which is faster.


i don't slag it off - or not without justification anyway. i can only speak from experience and say it how i find it.

i enjoy my car every time i drive it and love how it looks and the way it does everything and seems very versatile. it is jack of all trades which is what it was designed and sold as. I'm impressed every time i drive it how good it is.

your right though i have slagged off VW and the golf for the poor build quality/panel gaps/rattles/paint, dealership and the brakes and gearbox. why say these are good points when their not?

I'm just being honest. can't see the point in looking with rose tinted specs and saying everything about the gti is wonderful when the paint finish is a joke, the interior rattles and the brakes must be the germans idea of a sick joke.


overall its a car which ticked the most boxes, i need a 5 door and wanted something my wife would drive when I'm finished with it in 2 years. so i bought it with my head. if id bought with my heart it would have been a focus RS for the same money but the 3 door would be a nightmare, it wouldn't fit in the garage and the wife hated the colour so being sensible won.


back on topic though the R26.R would be in my top 10 garage (along with 2 other clios!)
Ford Focus ST lover, explains it all. The GTI is an altogether different kind of car which you don't get.
One thing I don't get though. If so much is wrong with your car why have you not had VW fix it. If VW wont fix it why not get an independent report done.

Can you please explain that ?

The Focus ST is a great driving car but personally I would be extremely embarrassed being seen climbing out of one. The body kit is horrendous and I don't think I have ever seen a ford focus st past without a full blown over sized sub woolfer in full swing.

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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #34 on: 09 March 2012, 11:42 »
Seems like you two have got lemons then, i agree that the brakes could do with beefing up but ive never had problems with any of mine that hasn't been sorted and a lot of dearlerships are poor any make (not all), maybe the odd rattle if i listen for it but no more than any other car. Vote with your feet next time then.
Anyway has you say back on topic, if i wanted a track day car i could go to work in id just get a Lotus Elise.
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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #35 on: 09 March 2012, 11:46 »
I'm just being honest. can't see the point in looking with rose tinted specs and saying everything about the gti is wonderful when the paint finish is a joke, the interior rattles and the brakes must be the germans idea of a sick joke.

Got to agree.
My Mk3 has interior plastics that are lasting better than my 2 year old Mk6...and the Mk3 is 15 years old.
The paint on the Mk6 is pathetically thin (where it is painted) and chips too easily.
The brakes can be made to fade on the public road, on a standard car with standard tyres - pathetic.
It's a good all rounder...but far from perfect. And at £30k...it should be better.

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back on topic though the R26.R would be in my top 10 garage (along with 2 other clios!)

I'd have one Clio in my dream garage - a Trophy.
..and an Integra Type-R (DC2)...yes, a cheap and tacky Japanese car. OMG!!

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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #36 on: 09 March 2012, 11:50 »
Anyway has you say back on topic, if i wanted a track day car i could go to work in id just get a Lotus Elise.

What if you were taller than 5'6" and weigh more than 10 st? An Elise is no use...try getting in/out of one.
What if you wanted something that was wetertight?  :lipsrsealed:


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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #37 on: 09 March 2012, 11:56 »
Im not buying a Lotus Elise because it might leak rain, part and parcel of the Elise, if your a track type person im sure most will accept it as its a great track car.
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« Reply #38 on: 09 March 2012, 12:10 »
Can you please explain that ?
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One thing I don't get though. If so much is wrong with your car why have you not had VW fix it.
Because most if not all the dealers in the north east are crap with a capital F. Mine went in for rattles to be fixed and i had to visit 4 more times for them to repair the damage they caused when they were unable to fix the rattles!! (Even though i told them how too :grin:) (Did i also say there fix for the damage they did was laffable and shoddy does not cover it) This cost me in time and wages so i gave up as it would just turn into a weekly visit!
Why are dealer techs so rubbish because its all done on a faster is better basis, dealer techs are monkeys (I know my family setup a large dealership chain many years ago so delt with them regular) and one of the larger dealership chains in the northeast employs the lads thrown out of schools to look good to the goverment, But they don't care or have a passion for cars or know anything or have many common sense brain cells they don't care about customers cars all they care about is been paid. There higher ups don't care either (Amazing what you hear when you have people on the inside)
VW customer care don't care learnt that one when i first bought the car.

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If VW wont fix it why not get an independent report done.
Cost and time and VWuk ignore it, some people have lives and more important things to sort out and deal with than a shoddy built car from a manufactuer who does not give a damb.. (I wasted months dealing with VWuk.)
VW have a reputation and people fall for it. Take off the rose tinted glasses and start looking more closley at there cars from an engineering point of view rather than there touchy feely interior plastics and they have cut corners left right and centre. Its shocking, guess they have to do something to pay those high wages of union run employees in Germany. Most people prob don't care or look as we are a nation of people without any practical or engineering skills and so a pencil pusher would not know about anything but toucht feely plastics.  :grin:
Have a look also at the Mk5 section on here and on the other site. Many are suffering rusting wings on a car less than 5 years old, thats high VW quality for you.

I don't like Renaults so to me this is a non starter. I spent 10 years fixing PSA cars at a specialists and many renaults too so no french cars for me thank you.

I have met mkviken and seen his GTI a couple of times. His GTI imho is superior to mine in paint, fit and finish and has far less rattles but then his is a year and a half younger than mine and a colour that hides a multiple of sins mine doesn't. He also seems to have suffered from another dealership group round heres high standards of work though.
« Last Edit: 09 March 2012, 12:33 by Snoopy »
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Re: Mmmm...tasty! (non VW alert...but with Mk6 content)
« Reply #39 on: 09 March 2012, 12:47 »
^^^^ ive seen your thread before on your car and it does seem poor. I think some peoples opinion of Vw is as tho its in the same class as a Rolls Royce or something so when they get one they are dissapointed and quick to knock them when really the only difference in quality is the interior and as said thats questionable as everyone as caught up. In truth Vw has never been that much better than the competition other than rust in the old days. But there's something about it for me that its the best alrounder as said upteen times by many.
« Last Edit: 09 March 2012, 12:49 by carl1 »
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