All a bit quiet on the CS-S front.....

[vipergts]

As most of us were expecting to be sitting in our cars anytime now.

No CS-S chat, its all been said I guess

All a bit frustrating, I keep buying cars through boredom atm, a drive full and I have no use for them

[Watts]

Think how excited you'll be when it arrives and in the scheme of things, it won't be long now! Just don't forget us mere mortals and post plenty of pictures

[clubsport]

On the other hand, what is there to say until owners actually get to drive a CS-S?

I am looking forward to real world owners views.

Having driven a Fwd Golf with the electronic Lsd and cars with 300 bhp or more, I am interested in how the car behaves.

Initially I would expect the increase in power through the front wheels to define the cars behaviour?

The motoring press in their reviews haven't seen it as a problem, I wonder what it is like in the real world on wintry UK roads?
 

[Exonian]

I keep buying cars through boredom atm, a drive full and I have no use for them

How dreadful for you, all that boredom and all that money to spend.
Life can be a real b!tch.


At least if you don't drive them they don't get too dirty. 

[Jackie Treehorn]

On the other hand, what is there to say until owners actually get to drive a CS-S?

I am looking forward to real world owners views.

In theory i agree yes, real world reviews are better, but seen much buyers remorse when it comes to a new car? It makes real world reviews as trust worthy as the manufacturer paid trips to sunny Portimeo circuit.   

[Ed40cs]

As we are nearly in December and no sign of any even in the country yet I am starting to wonder if I should wait and have it registered in 2017.

No logical reason other than my OCD!! But seeing as I won't be using it until the spring at the earliest I might be able to blag a few weeks free storage at the main dealer! Unless they want/need it off the books for 2016 figures.

[scanesare]

On the other hand, what is there to say until owners actually get to drive a CS-S?

I am looking forward to real world owners views.

Having driven a Fwd Golf with the electronic Lsd and cars with 300 bhp or more, I am interested in how the car behaves.

Initially I would expect the increase in power through the front wheels to define the cars behaviour?

The motoring press in their reviews haven't seen it as a problem, I wonder what it is like in the real world on wintry UK roads?

If the standard Clubsport is anything to go by (and I assume it is to a very large extent), the only time that you feel you are in a FWD car is (naturally) if/when you mindlessly bury your right foot in 1st or 2nd gear but that is with the crappy Bridgestones as well, MPSC2 on the S will probably reduce this a bit. Everything else and most importantly handling and cornering is a peach.

The chassis setup is so good, the turn-in so immediate and when you really start to push hard around a corner, the moment you think you're at the limit and any extra throttle will result in under-steer (it would in most other FWD's) the car seems to access some hidden grip reserve and counter-intuitively attaches even tighter on to the selected track. You realise that in some inexplicable way it can happily accept yet more throttle and propel you out of the corner. In the aftermath, you are usually left wondering how much faster you could have possibly taken it. It's so neutral and composed that it definitely doesn't feel FWD at all.

The proof of how great the setup actually is, is that even with an upgraded 350+bhp and around 500Nm of torque it doesn't feel you're touching, let alone surpassing, the car's handling and grip limits. They remain unaffected, at the same extra-ordinarily high levels as when stock (although spinning your wheels in the lower gears becomes easier). Never thought it would be possible to exploit this amount of power from a stock VW (not a Porsche) without any upgrades (think suspension) other than maybe tyres but I truly don't feel I need to touch anything so far. In that sense it's safe to say that the 306bhp of the S must surely fell well under control.

[GT4]

On the other hand, what is there to say until owners actually get to drive a CS-S?

I am looking forward to real world owners views.

Having driven a Fwd Golf with the electronic Lsd and cars with 300 bhp or more, I am interested in how the car behaves.

Initially I would expect the increase in power through the front wheels to define the cars behaviour?

The motoring press in their reviews haven't seen it as a problem, I wonder what it is like in the real world on wintry UK roads?

ECOTY proved real time chassis control and traction in the wet - one of the reasons the CS-S finished runner up... Quote: 911R & CS-S breath with the road ... 

[Andrew@DTUK]

As we are nearly in December and no sign of any even in the country yet I am starting to wonder if I should wait and have it registered in 2017.

No logical reason other than my OCD!! But seeing as I won't be using it until the spring at the earliest I might be able to blag a few weeks free storage at the main dealer! Unless they want/need it off the books for 2016 figures.

Im with you on this, if the cars are due to land in the next 2/3 weeks then it makes sense to wait until january 17 to register them = that's what im planning on doing..

[jjgreenwood]

As we are nearly in December and no sign of any even in the country yet I am starting to wonder if I should wait and have it registered in 2017.

No logical reason other than my OCD!! But seeing as I won't be using it until the spring at the earliest I might be able to blag a few weeks free storage at the main dealer! Unless they want/need it off the books for 2016 figures.

Im with you on this, if the cars are due to land in the next 2/3 weeks then it makes sense to wait until january 17 to register them = that's what im planning on doing..

If you wait til April you'll save £60 odd a year on road tax...............