Golf R Observations and Questions

[Ryan_R]

I've been told it's about 6 hours (not that they had a Golf R or anything quick). The western end can sometimes be closed due to water or erosion issues.

[PGS_AUS]

There's a route planner for the GOR here:

Route planner, Victoria, Australia

We did it about 3 years ago in my XR5 as part of our "Half way round Australia drive". We did from Ballarat to Mount Gambier in about 10 hours if my memory serves me correctly via the GOR including a well timed stop at the 12 Apostles just on sunset as well as a couple of other short stops along the way. There are some truely great driving roads in that area (in fact there are several great roads in the areas between Brisbane - Hobart- Adelaide - Brisbane). If I did it again I would probably do it a bit more lazily and spend the entire day doing the shorter part of the trip but stop at a few more places along the way. I noticed I seemed to "catch up " to slower traffic even without speeding and I think more frequent stops would have made the shorter driving stints in between even more enjoyable by allowing more open road. We went in July and surprisingly saw very few Police but I was told by a local that during holiday periods the road can be very heavily patrolled.

[Candyman]

Golf R's are AWD, not 4WD

Beach travel to be avoided

That is all.

[SilvrFoxX]

Golf R's are AWD, not 4WD

Beach travel to be avoided

That is all.

You are not getting off that easy Mr CM .. cough up the detail

That is not all...

[Candyman]

Oh nothing major

Little encounter with soft sand at Kiwana Beach

GC isn't there, should have known better

[Rob_R]

Oh nothing major

Little encounter with soft sand at Kiwana Beach

GC isn't there, should have known better

I'm with SF, come on give us the details!!

[Mino]

Hi Guys,

I left the car at the workshop for the 15,000km's service and during this time they have driven 15km's . I was just wondering if this is normal or excessive........

Hope they didn't launch control as I have never did it myself...

[parso_rex]

It just means that the place that they buy their lunch from is 7.5 km's away

[Ryan_R]

It is normal for them to drive around the block as part of their inspection... or around a few blocks in your case.

[AdamD]

15km seems a little excessive... but realistically there's probably not a lot you can do without photo evidence. I'd bring it up with the service manager politely, asking for a please explain. If you don't like their response, take your business elsewhere.