Golf R Observations and Questions

[mfl]

However conservative styling appeals to more people than your way out there styling of for example, the HSV/FPV range.

That is what appealed to me, the conservative styling (I grew up on modified commodores, before ending up with the Golf), just wished that the GTI and R came with stage 1 power levels straight out of the box.

After all if we look at acceleration times, as one measure of performance
Falcon XR6: 0-100 = 6.8 Commodore SV6:0-100 = 6.7 compared to the GTI 6.6 - 6.9 (DSG)
and anywhere between 5.4 - 6.2 for the R (depending on what you read)

[SilvrFoxX]

wowsers.. all this cause some folk choose not to tune.. got a feel about being uncool if you don't smoke about it..

Maybe some come from performance car backgrounds and are used to driving hard and fast. I came from an NA 2 litre, the R or even the GTI for that matter are a league and half above in regard to performance so it takes a while to modify driving style.

My humble observation is that as the R beds in and loosening up it is overcoming many of the initial complaints about (ahem) lag, and gear changing too rapidly. For my need in stock form it is just fine..

I am also not sure what the sale impact of a modified car might be so it has me approaching any upgrades with some trepidation. For some a $60K is entry level playground material.. for me it is expensive coin so I tread carefully.