Golf R Observations and Questions

**HPSOV** · 09-03-2011, 11:30 PM

18" or 19" and ACC or no ACC isn't going to affect the turning circle is it....?

**Pepe** · 10-03-2011, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by HPSOV

18" or 19" and ACC or no ACC isn't going to affect the turning circle is it....?

Well, has to do with the suspension, so worth asking the question

Concensus seems it doesn't matter, but that quite a few people think it has a poor turning circle regardless.

For reference, my car spot at work has a spare one to the right, then a pillar. To the right of that is the in/out lane for my level and I'd guess it's a bit wider than 2 standard car spots. From my spot I can't, in one move, exit the car park; I have to 3 point turn it... it's a small price to pay for such an awesome car, but I can officially say it's a daily annoyance for me.

**police state** · 10-03-2011, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by Ideo

Try driving an Alfa 147 GTA or 3.2 GT

Now they have a bad turning circle.

Yep I owned a 3.2 GT......hard to imagine the VW being anywhere near as bad. I guess it is relative to what you have driven before.

**Corey_R** · 10-03-2011, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by HPSOV

18" or 19" and ACC or no ACC isn't going to affect the turning circle is it....?

There are various cars which are famous for having a really bad turning circle depending on the options. I remember the 306GTI with a 6 speed gearbox having about TWICE the turn radius (in one direction, left or right, can't remember) than the 5 speed version! lol. On the Golf R, the 19's are wider than the 18's, so maybe that makes a diff? I've no idea, I just know that my one is no worse than any previous car I've owned. I guess it's not something we'll really figure out without getting out the measuring tapes, it's just I don't have a 12m+ tape.

Originally Posted by Pepe

For reference, my car spot at work has a spare one to the right, then a pillar. To the right of that is the in/out lane for my level and I'd guess it's a bit wider than 2 standard car spots. From my spot I can't, in one move, exit the car park; I have to 3 point turn it... it's a small price to pay for such an awesome car, but I can officially say it's a daily annoyance for me.

Yeah, I'm in a similar situation. I park against a wall (on my left), so close that the car is within 2" of the wall. On the other side of that wall is a single-lane down ramp, then a single-lane up ramp. I can drive out of my spot, wait till the car is "clear" of the wall, do a hard left, clear the cars parked on the opposite side of the row, and make it up the up ramp in the one motion. As I could in any other car I've owned - but I've only owned "smallish" cars (couldn't do it in some cars I've borrowed, such as a VT commodore, as the wheel base is too long that by the time I've cleared the left wall it's turning circle isn't tight enough to clear the cars on the other side of the row).

But yeah - anyone have a long tape measure?

**Ryan_R** · 10-03-2011, 08:30 AM

Get some long rope and a marker?

**kaanage** · 10-03-2011, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Corey_R

There are various cars which are famous for having a really bad turning circle depending on the options. I remember the 306GTI with a 6 speed gearbox having about TWICE the turn radius (in one direction, left or right, can't remember) than the 5 speed version! lol

Yeah, the way they tacked the 6th gear onto the left end of the gearbox resulted in the passenger side steering linkage being obstructed so it couldn't turn as sharply to the right as it could in the other models. Not as big an issue for LHD since U turns are to the left but for the RHD market...

I was really glad that I got the preceding S16 when I found out about that.

**dave_r** · 10-03-2011, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by zbeasty

I've had the DSG miss a gear a few times now. Has always been coming out of a corner in D and doesn't know whether to downshift to 2 or stay in 3. MFD says its in 3 but lack of forward progress and hitting redline tells me its in neutral.

Had the same experience under hard acceleration while corning.

Originally Posted by police state

I guess it is relative to what you have driven before.

True and as stated my ACC 19" R has the worst turning circle of any car I've ever owned or even recall driving.

**Big_Dave** · 10-03-2011, 08:46 PM

seems to be 19" related.
As stated earlier, i have been really impressed with the small turnng circle, is at least 1 metre less than my MPS.
I have no problems doing turns on standard size thoroughfares.

**masev** · 10-03-2011, 08:57 PM

I agree with the crappy turning circle, but no different to my previous Honda Accord Euro.

I'm purchasing 18's soon, so I'll see if a difference exists between sizes.

**DDTW** · 11-03-2011, 12:26 AM

Sorry Corey - I know that this is not the right thread to post this query, but I trust that my fellow MK6 owners might be able to answer this question:

Can the RCD/RNS510 read an SDHC UHS-1 card?

I'm tired of waiting for my RCD510 to load my songs from my 16GB class 10 SDHC

...would like to upgrade to a UHS-1 45mb/s card instead

.

See link below:
Sandisk 16GB SDHC card - CrazySales.com.au

I found a one on eBay going for $79.50 delivered from Hong Kong