I'm not sure if it has interior lighting because I'm not from the UK, and also I'm importing this car from Germany, I think every country has different packs. Yes it is a "daily spec" Clubsport with heated seats, leather interior, standard leather seats, DCC and also the 18" lightweight wheels (I think these are the standard ones?) that I quite like, also it has no panoramic roof which is a plus for me, the pan roof squeaks so much on my RS3, I hate it and adds weight in the worst place possible.
Yes I think it still has the stock brakes, and even the stock rear tyres, currently it has front Michelins and rear Bridgestones.
Two years ago I had a mk7 Golf R, it was an amazing car but I never felt it was fun enough, it was a very fast Golf, but never felt more special than that. Since you owned both, do you agree the CS is more fun/engaging/special? (if not faster, but I don't care)
Also I'm buying this car without seeing it, because it is 3000 klms away from where I live, it will take some time to arrive.
I did think you might not be from the UK but wasn’t sure, your English speaking is better then ours!

There will be detail differences in spec around the world on Clubsports but from the ones I saw for sale in the UK when they were fairly new the leather equipped cars kept the ambient lighting pack (front doors and sills illuminated in red plus white LED door release and footwell lighting) but also retained the door and passenger side dashboard trim of the regular GTI rather than the honeycomb print trims of the Ed40 that had no LED lighting.
Some have red piping on the seatbelts and some don’t.
The rear Bridgestones on yours will last a million km I expect! They’re very hard wearing tyres but very noisy too. Most people hate them but I found them ok. I still have my 18” forged Clubsport wheels and tyres.
Yours has a nice spec and will make an ideal daily driver and occasional track day car.
When VW launched the mk7 in 2012 they hinted at a Clubsport type car having a carbon fibre roof and I’m sure that’s why the black roof option exists, just to give a nod to that original idea which must’ve been too expensive to produce in the end. The CF roof would be far more apt for this type of car than a sunroof maybe. Different people like different things though but I agree with you, the sunroof is too heavy and too noisy (squeaks) for my tastes, plus I think it looks ugly when open. Good for hearing the exhaust sound though!
I really hope you can find some time to write about yours when it arrives plus a few photos. Many of us here would be very interested in your experiences.
As for the R, it’s a wonderful car and I loved every minute I owned it. I deeply regretted selling it but it was losing a lot of money at the time and needed expensive new tyres yet I’d barely used it for four months due to not needing it to commute in, and didn’t go anywhere very far when I wasn’t working at that time!
I can’t think of a bad word to say about the R.
The Clubsport was very much an impulse purchase just like the TCR was.
Where the Clubsport differs to the R is that it has bags of character and feels much more lively. Yes, it’s not quite as fast but that matters not a bit, it feels special and drives very nicely. I can’t recommend a pedalbox enough for these cars and I’ve bored everyone to tears about them for years but they really bring the engine alive.
Where the R is very polished in all areas the Clubsport is more rock’n’roll (by VW’s conservative standards).
Definitely more fun, more special and more engaging than an R even when you’re not going very fast. It’s just set up differently, and perfectly comfortable in daily use too. More jiggly and less composed than the R due to stiff springs but still rides well and feels much lighter than the actual weight difference is. The DCC maybe will give a different feel, mine had passive dampers and I was very happy with how it felt.
Here’s a photo of the Ed40 and Clubsport nose to nose when I collected it. The weather was terrible, 80mph gusts of wind and heavy rain but a short break in the rain allowed us to get the cars lined up quickly in between customers trying to get past!
The light was really bad so the details of the cars lost, I've lightened the photo slightly but it’s still not good for seeing the lower body details due to being such a dark wet day.
“Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the fairest GTI of them all?“
The Clubsport sure nails it in the looks department!
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