I blame you lot...

[Booth11]

Andy, you have bought a fridge with two cool boxes and two freezer compartments.

Not a fan of white goods on wheels then 

At least Mr Ex will always be cool  (sorry  )

That's because my climate is always on auto...

... But that's a whole different thread...

 

    Been there, discussed that 

[Exonian]

A very candid and thoughtful write up Mr Ex.  Doesn't sound like you are overly enamoured with your new car.  Perhaps the GTI was your definitive Golf?

Does anyone on here like their R?   

I'm just a bit taken aback by how hard you have to milk it for it to actually feel quick. If you're not redlining it all the time (like you will in your test drive if the salesman will allow), it doesn't feel quick at all. I suppose it's the Jekyll and Hyde character of the car, but it seems like half of it's power is only accessible above 3500 revs and even then it only feels properly quick over 5000 revs.

Coming from a Diesel that seems a bit weird. I'm used to having all the torque and most of the power from 35% to 80% of the rev range and then seeing it tail off. I need to re-educate myself driving the R - i'm getting there. 

When you tear away from a standstill, milking 1st, second and third (I sometimes do that on a stretch at the end of my mundane commute) the R is ridiculously quick. When You drop a few cogs to overtake something between 50 and 80mph, it doesn't feel any quicker than my DTUK'd GTD, I need to fight the urge to drop from 6th to 4th and go 6th to 3rd instead to be keeping the revs at a minimum of 4000revs when I want to feel a bit of self-induced whiplash.

I'd suggest popping over to see DTUK and trying a pedal box MH, it really improves the pickup feel of the R

[Exonian]

Andy, you have bought a fridge with two cool boxes and two freezer compartments.

Not a fan of white goods on wheels then 

At least Mr Ex will always be cool  (sorry  )

That's because my climate is always on auto...

... But that's a whole different thread...

 

    Been there, discussed that 

Yeah, nothing worth getting your windows steamed up over 

[Booth11]

  Been there, discussed that 

Yeah, nothing worth getting your windows steamed up over 

  

It's all just hot air

[MAW73]

Only read the first page as this thread looks like its going to take some reading......

But congrats on the R purchase Andy. That a cracking looking motor and I'm sure a hell of a car also 

[Exonian]

Thanks Martin 
It's a lovely car.

Don't worry about the other however many pages, it's just the usual off topic banter you'd expect from here and a few comments from me saying I can't give much of a review of it yet as I've hardly driven it. 

I've ordered one of those phone holders you recommended a while back too

[wigit]

i think it would look  with a bit of BBS magic in the rimmage department

[Exonian]

i think it would look  with a bit of BBS magic in the rimmage department

It's staying standard
It's staying standard
It's staying standard
It's staying standard
It's staying standard

If I keep repeating it to myself I'll believe myself...

[monkeyhanger]

I'd suggest popping over to see DTUK and trying a pedal box MH, it really improves the pickup feel of the R

Never really wanted a pedal box - they look untidy (IMO) and squeezing the whole throttle response into the first half of the pedal travel doesn't appeal to me, because i'd want to push past 1/2 way and still have something left rather than giving it a hair trigger. If they could plug in as a discrete module that stays in the footwell, they'd look a little tidier. I just have to learn to milk it a bit more (I took a few more lessons in that department today!  )

[Exonian]

I'd suggest popping over to see DTUK and trying a pedal box MH, it really improves the pickup feel of the R

Never really wanted a pedal box - they look untidy (IMO) and squeezing the whole throttle response into the first half of the pedal travel doesn't appeal to me, because i'd want to push past 1/2 way and still have something left rather than giving it a hair trigger. If they could plug in as a discrete module that stays in the footwell, they'd look a little tidier. I just have to learn to milk it a bit more (I took a few more lessons in that department today!  )

They're totally invisible once fitted properly on a mk7

Depends what you want out of your response though I guess as they're multi way adjustable so you can still have full pedal travel if you set them up that way.
I'd rather have (for road use) more sensitive travel for less foot movement, so gaps in traffic can be taken advantage of without having to use too much pedal travel.
It's hard to put in writing.
I'd recommend anyone to at least try one.