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Offline Watts

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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #10 on: 14 June 2017, 20:19 »
Yellow is definitely a sportscar colour, very popular on Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and without wanting to offend anyone, I don't really see a fast Golf as a sportscar anyway. But the yellow is really distinctive, perhaps I like it because of my midlife crisis :laugh:
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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #11 on: 14 June 2017, 20:45 »
Yellow is definitely a sportscar colour, very popular on Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and without wanting to offend anyone, I don't really see a fast Golf as a sportscar anyway. But the yellow is really distinctive, perhaps I like it because of my midlife crisis :laugh:
The R and Clubsport do have sports car performance :whistle:

That yellow with black prets and caps is very tempting :drool:

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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #12 on: 14 June 2017, 21:05 »
Yellow is definitely a sportscar colour, very popular on Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and without wanting to offend anyone, I don't really see a fast Golf as a sportscar anyway. But the yellow is really distinctive, perhaps I like it because of my midlife crisis :laugh:
The R and Clubsport do have sports car performance :whistle:

That yellow with black prets and caps is very tempting :drool:

You think so, Chavs, Tarts colour Here goes especially for Booth. Unless it matches her nail varnish! :wink: Seriously people that's a FORD color, in yer face. We are way more classy. These pics my lady took at Swindon on collecting her polluted coolant GTI, she has pics of Kit to cure it. For when have same issue? OK here goes. Not great but give the lady a break, she's a fan.




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Arrived 15/5/17 Mk 7.5 R Lapiz 5dr DSG, Prets, Pan Roof, DCC, Rear View Cam.
Our other car is a Mk7 GTI DSG 5dr Tungsten, Vienna, Rear View Cam, Park assist.

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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #13 on: 14 June 2017, 21:13 »
Only two things wrong with that, number of doors and chrome mirror caps. Colour is mega!
Yellow is definitely a sportscar colour, very popular on Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and without wanting to offend anyone, I don't really see a fast Golf as a sportscar anyway. But the yellow is really distinctive, perhaps I like it because of my midlife crisis :laugh:
The R and Clubsport do have sports car performance :whistle:

That yellow with black prets and caps is very tempting :drool:


Performance alone does not equal a sportscar, I don't like them myself, but an MX5 is more of a sportscar, a GTI/R is a very fast, practical hatchback and as such a much better allrounder, but not a sportscar.
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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #14 on: 14 June 2017, 21:23 »

You think so, Chavs, Tarts colour Here goes especially for Booth. Unless it matches her nail varnish! :wink:

Your pics are wasted on me, I've seen plenty on VWROC.

Ford ST yellow is quite different, I drove past one this evening. Yellow is very much a sports car colour. The R (mk7 and mk7 facelift) is an expensive moderately fast shopping trolley, I think it can carry off a bit of "chav".

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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #15 on: 14 June 2017, 22:11 »
I have seen 2 yellow Golfs in the flesh. Lovely colour.

An MX-5 is just a roadster. It does not have sports car performance. Though it does have the correct number of seats  :cool:

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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #16 on: 15 June 2017, 07:51 »
The metallic yellow Golf R pic from behind looked like a Peugeot 306 GTI-6 from the 1990's.  Infact on first glance I thought it was for a second  :laugh:

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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #17 on: 15 June 2017, 09:18 »
Much as I loved lapiz on my three door it was hard work to look after and experienced a few issues with it.

I sold my Ed35 and my take on these is:

Love the lapiz but also them in white (way easier to take car of)
I loved the prets but the cadiz have grown on me
Standard seats are great but for me lacking the x factor and i thought the leather gave the interior a lift
Keep it simple on the options box ticking

I loved my Ed35 (and what i did to it) and the performance in the R is way too easy in comparison, which is why I find the R a bit soul less but a superb daily


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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #18 on: 15 June 2017, 09:29 »
Essential base spec for me would be Lapiz (the only colour for me), 3dr, DSG, Prets, 90% tints and Sunroof.
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Re: Gonna do it and order my R.
« Reply #19 on: 15 June 2017, 09:57 »
The metallic yellow Golf R pic from behind looked like a Peugeot 306 GTI-6 from the 1990's.  Infact on first glance I thought it was for a second  :laugh:

You are so right I knew it rang a bell, I had a lovely 306 XSI in the 90s and test drove a 6 in blaze yellow.

Loved the 306 shape and still doesn't look dated or to dissimilar to the current Golfs

« Last Edit: 15 June 2017, 10:02 by CHB100 »
Arrived 15/5/17 Mk 7.5 R Lapiz 5dr DSG, Prets, Pan Roof, DCC, Rear View Cam.
Our other car is a Mk7 GTI DSG 5dr Tungsten, Vienna, Rear View Cam, Park assist.