Golf R Observations and Questions

**SilvrFoxX** · 21-01-2011, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by weewilly

funny because its true... haven't told 'her indoors' yet either.

i am so screwed.

yes you are...

**shakespeare** · 21-01-2011, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by team_v

Constantly hitting 8.7 or better here

A lot of it comes down to the fact most of the R drivers only recently got their car adn they are fanging it around after having waited 6 months.
If you keep the revs down, change at 2000-2500RPM and follow the pump+coast you could probably get to the 8.7's

But realistically, no one bought the golf for it's fuel economy figures or you would have got a *insert brand* diesel

I certainly didn't buy it for econonmy and since the fuel use is similar to my previous ride (MPS6 avg 13L/100km) I'm cool with what my R is drinking

Also I've been hard on the throttle from day 1 when in full operating temp on all my cars and never had a problem, however the wife's Jetta TFSI (4yrs old) was driven by her mainly and really not hard enough, now uses about 1.0-1.5L of oil every 7500km!

**stephen8512** · 21-01-2011, 03:28 PM

ANYWAY, enough talk about fuel economy. Its a Golf R ffs....drive it like you stole it! hehehe

does anyone know what bulb the reverse light and reverse tail light use?

**weewilly** · 21-01-2011, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by stephen8512

ANYWAY, enough talk about fuel economy. Its a Golf R ffs....drive it like you stole it! hehehe

does anyone know what bulb the reverse light and reverse tail light use?

talking about reverse tail light.... you could hardly call it 'light'. or is it just the Black that has a problem.

SteveK · 21-01-2011, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by weewilly

talking about reverse tail light.... you could hardly call it 'light'. or is it just the Black that has a problem.

There's a reverse light? For all I can see at night I get the feeling there's a little German Oompa Loompa who pops his head out from under the rear badge holding a candle light. If it's a windy night you can forget it.

**weewilly** · 21-01-2011, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by SteveK

There's a reverse light? For all I can see at night I get the feeling there's a little German Oompa Loompa who pops his head out from under the rear badge holding a candle light. If it's a windy night you can forget it.

so this has stirred me into action. I allowed my son to sit in my R for the first time just now (a big step for me) and asked him to place car in reverse. I wasn't standing directly behind the car, I've learned over the years that there is no such thing as an 'accident', anyway, the reverse light is not white but a faded yellow, barely visible.