Golf R Observations and Questions

[group 3]

Hi All

New to R ownership as of last week, already had mine tuned a couple of days after I got it, having had a few turbo cars (WRX STi S3 etc) I think tuning is a must do but each to their own I guess.

One thing I will say is I don't get people complaining about lag in the R. I had a 2007 8P S3 and although I understand that mechanically the R is very much the same deal I can't believe how different the 2 cars are for turbo lag, the S3 was very noticeable but the R is much better.

[KRA21E]

Regarding Fuel consumption, i have to say that my fuel consumption under normal driving has improved considerably since the tune and i have a heap more torque below 3000 rpm which means i can drive the car fairly lazily which again helps fuel consumption.