Golf R Observations and Questions

**chylld** · 20-10-2011, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Corey_R

Some people have complained about it in the past. Raise the height of the headrest as much as you can...

Seems like i'm in the minority then... I knew i had a big head, but didn't know it was that big!

I'll have a good fidget with the headrest in the top position, thanks.

**sillywet** · 20-10-2011, 04:37 PM

If you think it's bad enough driving around town, wait till you tack it to a track and have to wear a helmet!

**chylld** · 20-10-2011, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by sillywet

If you think it's bad enough driving around town, wait till you tack it to a track and have to wear a helmet!

Yeah I'm aware of how much the cabin shrinks when you put a helmet on... last trackday, every left turn resulted in a *thunk* as my helmet hit the roof

Anyway had a good fidget just then and I've figured out what I was doing wrong - I had the seat in the lowest position. This forced me to lower the steering wheel column onto my knees, which forced me to move the seat backwards, which forced me to tilt the backrest forward, which made the headrest very annoying.

I noticed that if I raise the seat, not only do I not look like a midget from the outside, but I can have the steering wheel column further away from my knees for a given forward/backward setting. This allows me to tilt the seat back and still be able to reach the steering wheel!

God help me once I need to readjust everything after my wife drives the car though...

**dave_r** · 20-10-2011, 10:24 PM

Are you guys bobble heads or something? Can't say I've had any issue with a helmet in the car for multiple track events.

**Corey_R** · 20-10-2011, 10:31 PM

The last time I was at WSID I borrowed my friends helmet, which is a motorbike one. It has the pointy back, and it was a bit of a pain. But I agree with dave_r, if you're using a car helmet, I can't see an issue for most people.

**SilvrFoxX** · 01-11-2011, 08:57 AM

Question to the brains trust.. I am experiencing the drop out and freezes north of Gosford on the RNS510.. went back to get it looked at and the dealer loaded up the latest 4.1 software via the CD/DVD player.. does this do the firmware..? and what version fixed the issues ..?

**Ideo** · 01-11-2011, 10:37 AM

Carbonio has been installed over the weekend.

Has anyone else noticed that the water temp comes up to 90 much quicker with this installed, or am I going crazy?

**Lucas_R** · 01-11-2011, 11:23 AM

My brother in law has a R36 Passat with the RNS and he has mentioned to me several times that his maps drop out in that area.

Originally Posted by SilvrFoxX

Question to the brains trust.. I am experiencing the drop out and freezes north of Gosford on the RNS510.. went back to get it looked at and the dealer loaded up the latest 4.1 software via the CD/DVD player.. does this do the firmware..? and what version fixed the issues ..?

**Lucas_R** · 01-11-2011, 11:25 AM

Nope - never. Are you sure?

Originally Posted by Ideo

Carbonio has been installed over the weekend.

Has anyone else noticed that the water temp comes up to 90 much quicker with this installed, or am I going crazy?