Golf R Observations and Questions

[REXman]

Exactly the same as mine mate, originally due to be handed over to production on the 4th Sept, now delayed until the 25th...

That sucks. Why the delays? Mine is on time sort of - looking for 15/11/10, then delivery timers. I dont have a sunroof?

[futori]

Got a NADCON update from my dealer today too, handover on the 9/10/10, ETA at the dealers on 29/12/10. Oh the pain...

[REXman]

Check this acceleration out - with just a tune?!?! Cant be, thats quick.

YouTube - Golf R 310 PS 0-220

[Prodigy]

That sucks. Why the delays? Mine is on time sort of - looking for 15/11/10, then delivery timers. I dont have a sunroof?

I don't know what the delay is, i paid a visit to my dealer yestarday to get my new tracking report and he has no idea why either.

[dave_r]

In my case, I reckon it's cos I sent the VWA bigwigs nasty emails when they said they weren't bring out a 3 door hehe

[Corey_R]

Check this acceleration out - with just a tune?!?! Cant be, thats quick.

YouTube - Golf R 310 PS 0-220

At only 310 PS (228kW), I'm not sure which tune it would be...
But compared to my Stage 2 GTI, I'm sure this would just be a Stage 1 R tune of some sort

[REXman]

In my case, I reckon it's cos I sent the VWA bigwigs nasty emails when they said they weren't bring out a 3 door hehe

I don't know what the delay is, i paid a visit to my dealer yestarday to get my new tracking report and he has no idea why either.

So you actually saw your tracking report? And it is now pushed back? I really wonder what it is? I got my dealer to help me with a print out of the nadcom(?) and it is on track.. And now daves is pushed back too.. Sux guys

At only 310 PS (228kW), I'm not sure which tune it would be...
But compared to my Stage 2 GTI, I'm sure this would just be a Stage 1 R tune of some sort

But clearly that car has more than 228kw, it did 0-100 in like 4.5 seconds, and smashed its way to 200km/h. What did your GTI get to 100 in?

[Corey_R]

Why do you think it's clearly more than a stage 1?
FLM did 4.68 with Stage 1 on only 1500km on the clock - so the car still hadn't fully losened up yet.

The Stage 2 S3 in the Tuner challenge did 0 to a REAL 100 on the difficult EC drag strip in 4.58 and in the 12.83 second 400m run hit 178.46km/h
Lets assume there is no inaccuracy in the encoding/framerate conversion/playback speed, and assume there's a 6% overread on the speedo, it's not until the 17 second mark of the video that the car reads 190km/h, and the car launched at around 2.5 seconds in. So effectively it's almost 2 seconds slower than the Stage 2 S3, and we know nothing about the environmental factors of the video etc.

So I really have no reason to believe it's anything more than just an ECU.

[REXman]

HAHA yep. I live like 5 mins from there. Joined the gym last tuesday. Even saw a blue one there with the 18s a while ago which you may have seen yourself.

Even still I have only seen probably about 7 since release on the road. Cant wait for mine. I got told today Im on track for 15/11 final destination - at this stage and then add a 10 days for delivery.

How is it so far?

PS JDude, your rims looked like 19s but then I checked out the headlights, and they were the silver. Weird. I remember the 18's looking tiny but yours looked sweet.

[dave_r]

So you actually saw your tracking report? And it is now pushed back? I really wonder what it is? I got my dealer to help me with a print out of the nadcom(?) and it is on track.. And now daves is pushed back too.. Sux guys

I took a photo of the screen with my phone to save him doing another print out hehe.

I've got the missus old car now, so the wait is slightly less painful. I should stop reading this bloody forum and ringing the dealer so I forget about the R until it gets here!