Golf R Observations and Questions

[shakespeare]

Hi Brimway, hope you get this sorted, I've not heard of any acceleration related shudder either. FYI mine has 25,000kms and no such problems! Silly question but are all your tyre pressures equal? AWD systems usually don't like it when one wheel is different sized to the others and a pressure difference could cause this ?? Also how bad is the shudder? is it a minor vibration or does it feel like the car is having a good shake? Anyway keep us posted

[Candyman]

I'm in a discussion on another forum about the styling of the R versus other cars and one person mentioned the BMW 1M.

Sure, the 1M is a brilliant car (and quality and the drive is well above the R) but it is just plain ugly. I put this together to illustrate my point.

Now, remember that the 1M is almost twice the price of the R.

[AdamD]

Sure, the 1M is a brilliant car (and quality and the drive is well above the R) but it is just plain ugly.

Agreed. My neighbour has a 135i coupe, and gawd it's awful to look at. I'd never buy a car that looks that bad, no matter how good the drive. Amazingly, the new generation is just as bad.

[brimway]

Agreed. My neighbour has a 135i coupe, and gawd it's awful to look at. I'd never buy a car that looks that bad, no matter how good the drive. Amazingly, the new generation is just as bad.

But they are quick, I gone blown away by one in my MKV Golf GTI APR, CAI, TBE

[Candyman]

But they are quick, I gone blown away by one in my MKV Golf GTI APR, CAI, TBE

It should be for the price !

[brimway]

Well, they have had the car for 2 days and it is not yet fixed. I don't blame the dealer as they tell me that there was a lot of dialogue and head scratching on the part of VWA.

There has also been another R driver who has reported the exact same problem with my dealer. The only thing that I'm worried about is the comment from the service advisor that VW are not sure whether to begin a replacement process or maybe it is just a feature ??? that could be normal???? and replacing the Haldex will not fix the problem.

Upshot is, they will contact me once VWA have made their decision as to what, if any action they will take. Not happy.

After washing my car today, I found a 12mm scratch on the lower part of the drivers door compliments of my friendly VW dealer. I don't remember a black cat crossing my path!

Extra not happy

[SilvrFoxX]

I can't see the difference CM, they are both white.. so is it degrees of ugly or have I missed the point

[Candyman]

You've been missing the point for some time ....

You also need to stop using D mode

[SilvrFoxX]

You've been missing the point for some time ....

You also need to stop using D mode

There is a point to all this..

[FastGolfR]

2013 nsw Rego stickers are a perfect match for rb paint.

Matches my ergo plates too!