Golf R Observations and Questions

**Corey_R** · 03-11-2011, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by chylld

ok searched but can't find.

i optioned the 19" talledagas with my R and they come with little black plastic flares just under the wheel arches (very visible here)

my car is missing the front right one. told the dealer who has ordered one in.

thing is, what are they for? seems to me like they're just for compliance and they don't serve any functional purpose... i think the car would look better without them?

They're just for compliance...
Wheels have to be contained within the guards. VW or someone feels that the wider rims and tyres of the 19" makes things too close...

**chylld** · 03-11-2011, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Corey_R

They're just for compliance...
Wheels have to be contained within the guards. VW or someone feels that the wider rims and tyres of the 19" makes things too close...

ta (and thanks for deleting the thread)

i guess i'll keep them for now since i cbf taking wheels off to remove them. but if a serious photo shoot comes up i'll definitely want to take them off, they just look real funny!

cool fact to boast to friends though... "my wheels were too big for the car"

**keg75** · 04-11-2011, 02:38 PM

Hi,

Has anyone had a DOA sunroof? I picked up my car yesterday and the sunroof was not working. Hope its just a fuse. Has anyone else had an issue with this?

I took delivery of my GOLF R yesterday and noticed the sunroof wasn't working. took it to dealer today and he said bring it back on tuesday.

has anyone else had a problem with this?

Also Launch control - should you do it in first 2000Km? dealer just said drive sensibly no faster than 130 in first 1000km... but no mention about LC? where is the part in your manual on this?

where do you turn off the radio? but keep sat nav on? do you just turn down your volume?

thanks keg75

**chylld** · 04-11-2011, 02:43 PM

no sunroof here, but should be trivial for them to fix.

i'm waiting until 1000km before i use my LC

i gave it a solid thrashing at ~300km to bed the piston rings in (half an hour above 4k rpm) but want to be a bit more careful with the gearbox. odo currently reads 700km, so nearly there! heheh

the LC procedure is in the manual but in a diff section to the running in tips... can't remember exactly where though.

**keg75** · 04-11-2011, 02:53 PM

eek i've done LC about 7 times... think i need to cool it.... EEEK.....

hope sunroof is an easy fix...

I had an issued with RNS510 - POI giving me a please wait crash... hope thats can be sorted too...

any tips on the audio?

i'll have to hunt down the running in tips.... me lazy....

**chylld** · 04-11-2011, 03:01 PM

hahaha nah you've just given me a reason to test it out

so it's available as long as the car is in sport with esp off? just stop, hard on the brakes, floor the throttle, then off the brake and launch?

good luck with the RNS... i'm going with an aftermarket unit, should arrive next week and will do a write-up either here or on vwgolf.net.au

can't help you with audio since i don't currently have nav

official running in tips are <4krpm for first 1000km, then easing up to redline at 1500km (lol yeah right). note those instructions appear to be for all golfs, no specific instructions for the R

**MACCAA** · 04-11-2011, 04:29 PM

Let me get this straight.
You're enquiring how to run the car in correctly,obviously in the spirit of longevity,and you're using launch control????????[SEVEN times in the last few days]
Launch Control is probably one of the hardest things you can do to your car.
Also,you probably won't go to a track day 'cause it's too hard on the car,but use Launch Control on public roads.....
Then you'll wonder why your clutch/clutch packs wear out so quickly.
Not much mechanical sympathy evident here.