Golf R - an alternative view

[remlapeel]

I love my R but doing 20k plus a year the ride starts to jar and filling up every 4 days spoils the experience for me, but as a second fun car it's amazing. My Jag is so dull in comparison to drive

[Booth11]

I've been driving both of ours of Christmas and racked up a fair few miles and have to admit the R with DSG for me is a hard act to beat as an allrounder, does not disgrace itself on track, loves an A or B road or if you want just potters along, yes the front bumper isn't the greatest and the world and my wife have them

At the moment the only thing I would replace it with is a more door R , i am hoping my trip to Geneva may enlighten me

I've only had mine for 3 months but it has not disappointed in any way, what it has done is exceed my expectations in many ways.  The new tech works seemlessy with the DSG.  It's as at home in static traffic on the ring road as it is tearing round the lanes, and everything it does, it does without being ostentatious and being needlessy 'shouty'.  Can't think of anything else that ticks all my boxes in the way this car does.  Mpg is rubbish but who cares, and as for the exclusivity - most people think it's a normal golf anyway, so a mute point, lol.  I think the R is simply sublime! 

[Exonian]

As an update, a friend and fellow forum member who has a mint R32 is using the car in post 1 for 24 hours or so, here's a pic of it, I like the way he parked it under colour coordinated lights!


His thoughts on it compared to his R32:
"Gearbox is notchy and stubborn just like the R32 so it's a 4motion thing. The front wheel drive boxes are far better. Doesn't do
A lot under 3800-4K revs 1k to 3800k there's a few holes in the mapping /or throttle pedal? doesn't like medium throttle,likes full throttle alot!! Deceptively fast,quick to 100 (i think) really strong from 4K to the limiter. Lights are really nice. Rides well. Gets ALOT of looks
Like it tho a lot I admit that....turbo is addictive"

Always good to see a different view on the car