Golf R 3 door/5 door speculation/information thread

[pologti18t]

Who cares about alloy wheel styles etc? That's all about looks... adds nothing to handling or performance. In most cases it ruins it with incorrect offsets and crap tyres.

[fuzion]

just for you grig









extreme


tight cars!

all im saying is think outside of the box (the usuals). its not about how much you spend, its about being different!

porsche, merc, bentley, raderwerks make some awesome wheels reasonably priced and great quality, jline, gmax

[Baxter]

That's all about looks...

Yep, that's it.

[fuzion]

Who cares about alloy wheel styles etc? That's all about looks... adds nothing to handling or performance. In most cases it ruins it with incorrect offsets and crap tyres.

I am not going to even comment with a reply like that seriously lol.

[G-rig]

Wasn't a smart response, obviously it's harder to stand out down in Sydney, plus a lot more VAG cars in Syd/Melb too.

Hey mate wasn't having a go at the wheels but know as a brand they aren't that cheap.

Not against modding just dont think you'll do yourself justice selling a moddded car. Typically you don't get as much as a stock one unless you get a young guy or enthousiast. May be a selling point may not, just the way it works as you put a lot of time/effort into it but that doesn't equate to resale unfortunately.

[fuzion]

Price aside ... the choice between the GTI -v- R would still be difficult.

I think the GTI looks better with the understated look, red stripe and polished with black inserts on the Detriot wheels (18"). Also favour lighter weight, better economy, newer EA888 tech motor of the MK6 GTI that has addressed the issues with the EA113 motor, the more simplistic driveline, and of course the XDS in the medium to faster corners.

The Golf R is certainly a step up in performance. Like the repsonsive higher compression motor, bigger turbo that pulls up to 6000rpm max power, bigger brakes, a chasis with greater balance front to rear and most importantly, AWD. XDS can never replace AWD, even if AWD is FWD come AWD when leaned on (unlike Audi RS models).

Once the R becomes known amost the greater community, I think it'd be the choice for carjacking theifs, possibly pushing up premiums as in the case of the WRX. Audi RS Wagons are a popular choice for car-jackers with room to put the booty in. Another issue brought up with an R32 owning friend is that younger ricers tailgate him or drive along side trying to incite a drag race. After a while, the novelty of the attention wears off, and he is looking for perhaps an understated Audi (5dr hatch) to prevent this sort of thing happening on a regular basis. Every man in his EVO or STI will be looking for reassurance against an R owner.

Bring pricing into it ... I think the brakes on the R are worth 1.5K and the AWD worth an additional 3.5K over my specced up GTI. Perhaps 5K which means 55K for a 5 door DSG Golf R.

Resale on the R will be higher, but this may be negated over time with extra servicing & possibly insurance costs in the longer term.

ACC to my understanding: Can be set to comfort. In normal it drops to comfort at lower speeds, normal at medium speeds and sport at faster speeds. It appears that the dampers may sense the driver inputs and roadway conditions and adjust accordingly ... but only when in normal mode. Still a bit obscure on the adjustability on the fly in normal mode. I reckon its worth the $1500 asking price. Audi charge $2400 for magnetic dampers on the A3 Sportback.

Cheers.
WJ

Said well on every part.

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and to polos, its not all about looks. you can combine power and looks quite easily, some fail to do so on this part tho lol

[G-rig]

Who cares about alloy wheel styles etc? That's all about looks... adds nothing to handling or performance. In most cases it ruins it with incorrect offsets and crap tyres.

I tend to agree, most people who put fully sick 19 or 20's on sacrifice weight, handling, opt for cheaper tyres because they are more expensive just for looks. Anyone can put big wheels on a crappy car, bit overdone IMO.

Bentley wheels on a Golf is a bit try hard.

[fuzion]

Wasn't a smart response, obviously it's harder to stand out down in Sydney, plus a lot more VAG cars in Syd/Melb too.

Hey mate wasn't having a go at the wheels but know as a brand they aren't that cheap.

Not against modding just dont think you'll do yourself justice selling a moddded car. Typically you don't get as much as a stock one unless you get a young guy or enthousiast. May be a selling point may not, just the way it works as you put a lot of time/effort into it but that doesn't equate to resale unfortunately.

True true, couldnt agree with you more. i never had any intentions of wanting to sell the car and know from the past that modding doesnt increase any value on any car at that! the car is for me, no one else .. i enjoy driving it moreso when NO one is around and the roads are quiet.. but sydney doesnt give you much of that chance unless early dark hours of the morning.

But regarding syd/melb, you do see HELL of a lot of VAG cars compared to BNE/Goldy. Im up there fairly often and last time was over a week and i honestly saw 5 r32's in that entire time and i did over 800kms driving around the place.. pretty suprised! I guess as its so spread out..

As isaid though, you dont have to spend the earth to make it look nice though. I think nicely lowered as you said and wheels does the car more then enough justice. 19's are as BIG enough as you want to go.. And id never do the bentleys, its the uniqueness of it but that again comes to everyones taste (ahem autosal-lebanon)

[fuzion]

some vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IuvZ4s78e8 (running at fwd on dyno)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VCdiDfgfE (r20 ice drift)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhDd81cCK84 (accel)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLZsMKDkjk4 (with grigs wheels lol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKfbs9aMa64 (winter training)

[G-rig]

That must be it mate, different cities, but as you say keeping it simple is sometimes good with a nice drop and few good mods.

That mk4 of yours is a beauty, sure you'll get the right person after a whlie.