Golf R Observations and Questions

[runningmanz]

They also bend upwards when traveling faster than XXX km/h to help you "see further"! I recalled reading this somewhere in the manual.

Going to go for a weekend road trip to Mornington after work on 21st Jan. Hopefully I can fully test out the R!
My mates (135i, SLK350, RX8 & A5 2.0T) keep giving me sh#* about the R being a girly car...hopefully I can change their perception

Lol your mates have no clue! The R won Top Gear's hot hatch of the year and has been driven by the THE MAN himself The Stig who was very impressed with it. Plus we all know how much Jeremy loves the GTI and most probably loves the R as well. Those guys have driven everything and I doubt they would call it girly in the slightest.

APR Stage 1 and then they can all suck on your exhaust fumes!

[triode12]

They also bend upwards when traveling faster than XXX km/h to help you "see further"! I recalled reading this somewhere in the manual.

Going to go for a weekend road trip to Mornington after work on 21st Jan. Hopefully I can fully test out the R!
My mates (135i, SLK350, RX8 & A5 2.0T) keep giving me sh#* about the R being a girly car...hopefully I can change their perception

You don't even need an R to outdo the POS RX8 in the list. The mkV GTI will run rings around the RX8 (I know because I was considering the RX8 before I bought my GTI besides the RX8 drinks oil like we do water). And the SLK350 - now that is a girly/gay car. The 135i is heavy and clumsy in comparison to the R. The A5 is a family sedan - boring characterless looking car.

[REXman]

I implore you to find someone with a modified tiguan and drive it.
Cannot get over how many R owners rag on a Tiguan without even driving one, let alone a modified one.

That's probably because of how they look. They are not a sports car, or a hot hatch. They are a soft roader like a RAV4 or Forester. Who cares if you can boost the forester, Ill take the Rex, thanks.

I don't deny though they might be a hella fun drive, and zippy with a tune. But they are what they are. But they arent an R!

-jones

[markwid]

But they are what they are. But they arent an R!

Yeah, I think some Tiguan owners should come to terms with this.

[elephino]

You don't even need an R to outdo the POS RX8 in the list. The mkV GTI will run rings around the RX8 (I know because I was considering the RX8 before I bought my GTI besides the RX8 drinks oil like we do water). And the SLK350 - now that is a girly/gay car. The 135i is heavy and clumsy in comparison to the R. The A5 is a family sedan - boring characterless looking car.

My mum had an RX-8 (proof it's girly?) and it hardly drank any oil. My MkV GTI used more oil. I was shocked by how little it used.

[DDTW]

My mum had an RX-8 (proof it's girly?) and it hardly drank any oil. My MkV GTI used more oil. I was shocked by how little it used.

Was your mom's manual or auto? The engine with the autobox has been detuned to a measly 180bhp or something like that.....

My mate's manual drinks like mad!!!! Really inefficient combustion chamber design with high emissions too....not to mention the lack of torque...

[AdamD]

So for those who have NOT ordered the factory bluetooth...and who has the RNS unit, question

[snip]

The button that says "PHONE" on the RNS unit mutes the song currently playing on the RNS unit, but I was wondering, is there any way of getting the song to mute via the steering wheel controls? (i was thinking perhaps the button with the phone handset icon, in between the < and > buttons)?

I can't comment on whether this functionality is possible via VCDS, but I can confirm that my LED RNS w/o Bluetooth works exactly as yours - and the phone button on the steering wheel does nothing. Quite annoying and I'd love to be able to reprogram it to make it mute the stereo - assuming it's possible.

[DDTW]

You don't even need an R to outdo the POS RX8 in the list. The mkV GTI will run rings around the RX8 (I know because I was considering the RX8 before I bought my GTI besides the RX8 drinks oil like we do water). And the SLK350 - now that is a girly/gay car. The 135i is heavy and clumsy in comparison to the R. The A5 is a family sedan - boring characterless looking car.

Hehe the SLK owner IS a girl. A5 is a two door 4 seat coupe and i reckon it looks awesome with the DRLs.

[triode12]

My mum had an RX-8 (proof it's girly?) and it hardly drank any oil. My MkV GTI used more oil. I was shocked by how little it used.

If you read my post carefully, I didn't say that the RX8 was a girl's car. I called it a POS.

Perhaps your mum's car was a fluke. RX8 engines are known to drink oil and petrol.
The gearshift was very notchy on the one I test drove and there was no torque under 6000RPM. Excellent handling though.

[REXman]

If you read my post carefully, I didn't say that the RX8 was a girl's car. I called it a POS.

Perhaps your mum's car was a fluke. RX8 engines are known to drink oil and petrol.
The gearshift was very notchy on the one I test drove and there was no torque under 6000RPM. Excellent handling though.

My experiences have been RX-8's use some oil, no where near what the RX-7 rotors did though.

RX-8s are a sweet ride. When they came out I thought they looked the goods, and the interior for the time blew me away. Actually its interior is still awesome. POS is not right, they are a good car. The gearshift on them is great. And handling is awesome. And ofcourse they are a rear wheel drive.

Agreed they have no torque but its not supposed to be a big power car (eg XR6T) , it is more like the golfs, in that its more of a handler and stylish build car.

They sounds **** stock though cause they are so quite from factory.