Golf R Observations and Questions

[shakespeare]

If you want to tow something its pretty obvious a family hatch with twin exhausts in the middle is the wrong choice.

Good point there, any towbar however discreet looking is going to look rubbish between those two sexy pipes!

[ethosguy]

I'd happily blow off the center exhaust (pun not really intended)...cosmetic detail as far as I'm concerned. Could do a custom muffler (and get some flow 'n' tone too boot) each side and use a GTI rear bar as suggested earlier, single offset, custom fiberglass rear bar with subtly wider center twin. Given the 'Q-car nature of the R' a change like this would confuse even the spotters

I stuck my head under a TSI and R this morning and ironically there is a much more space under the R.

Can't say I agree Corey: So far this conversation hasn't offered any real substantive insight to the problem for me...however given I've already got a suitable tow vehicle in the Tiguan, I'm scoping without commitment.

ADR is the likely biggest difficulty but an engineers cert would cover this most probably.

I'd go as far to say it isn't a run of the mill idea; some see impossibilities, others see possibilities. Glass half full or empty?

[Fab_R]

I'd happily blow off the center exhaust (pun not really intended)...cosmetic detail as far as I'm concerned. Could do a custom muffler (and get some flow 'n' tone too boot) each side and use a GTI rear bar as suggested earlier, single offset, custom fiberglass rear bar with subtly wider center twin. Given the 'Q-car nature of the R' a change like this would confuse even the spotters

I stuck my head under a TSI and R this morning and ironically there is a much more space under the R.

Can't say I agree Corey: So far this conversation hasn't offered any real substantive insight to the problem for me...however given I've already got a suitable tow vehicle in the Tiguan, I'm scoping without commitment.

ADR is the likely biggest difficulty but an engineers cert would cover this most probably.

I'd go as far to say it isn't a run of the mill idea; some see impossibilities, others see possibilities. Glass half full or empty?

ethosguy why would you want to remove the trade mark R twin exhaust set up for the sake of putting a tow bar on?
You would be spoiling a perfectly well styled "ass end"....

Dont do it.....

[Big_Dave]

Fab, he wouldn't, as you can see from his text he has no intention of using his R "scoping without commitment" as he intends to use his Tiguan.
Rthosguy as you know there are a lot of cars out there that arent made for towing.
When was the last time you saw some one towing behind a Ferrari, Lambo, Aston, TVR, Etc.

Of course you can engineer any car to do almost anything.
But of course you compromise something in the process.

That's my 2c worth.

[SilvrFoxX]

[Fab_R]

Ahh geez now i have seen it all.....

[Big_Dave]

Yeah well, he hasn't compromised much.lol

What a tool.
I can understand towing a jet ski, but a caravan?

Jesus!

[SilvrFoxX]

I am sure it is just a setup.. note the load bearing wheel on the caravan.. the Ferrari is not taking weight.. I was just poking fun at your point of sports car towing sighting .. resume normal programming

[ethosguy]

Yeah well, he hasn't compromised much.lol

What a tool.
I can understand towing a jet ski, but a caravan?

Jesus!

lol...rightious
Crack up. I relate. Each to their own. Or whatever floats your boat...

Kinda amusing that a humble Golf, albiet a fancy one has been elevated into blue blood DNA performance stratosphere...

...moving on...lol

[Jimhaik]

Got my DSG MY11 Golf R in united Grey on wed 10 Nov, it's an Aug 10 build car. Compared to my 06 DSG GTI it changes up to 5th gear in not time at all, and when cruising around seems to always be in too high a gear with a lot required for kick down. I can't get the factory Bluetooth to initiate voice dialing on either an iPhone or a blackberry. This was standard fare on the old Parrot kit in my mark 5. Ride and handling pretty good without ACC despite 19 inch wheels and 35 series rubber.