Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[hainsey]

Not sure if this is R-specific but it is to me.

Does anyone else have the rear seatbelts flap around making a horrible noise with the front windows down?

Thinking I might have to do them up just to stop the noise, never had it in any other BMW, Holden, Kia, Mitsubishi kr Toyota I have owned.

The rear belts will loosen up with age and stop doing it I have been told by dealership, yet to see this happen though, sitting on 8500km

[jonoz]

The rear belts will loosen up with age and stop doing it I have been told by dealership, yet to see this happen though, sitting on 8500km

Thanks, glad to know I'm not alone.

Not sure how they will loosen up with never being used...

Might try to source some black felt/foam to stop the noise.

[hainsey]

I have seen on the gti a bloke in town has he has got these clips that the belt sits through at the top and holds them relatively close to the seat, if I see him again I will ask

[DrK]

Not sure if this is R-specific but it is to me.

Does anyone else have the rear seatbelts flap around making a horrible noise with the front windows down?

Thinking I might have to do them up just to stop the noise, never had it in any other BMW, Holden, Kia, Mitsubishi kr Toyota I have owned.

Same re seatbelts! Never an issue with my mk6 or mk5...

[hainsey]

Has anyone done a 0-100 or seen one done in a manual r yet??
I am very sceptical about it being only 0.3 seconds slower in real life as it is on paper, would have to shift every gear perfect and amazingly quick, there was a write up a while ago of a guy in a mk6 r trying to match the quoted times of 0-100 and could only get within .4 of a second. And he was rowing though gears something chronic

[andrew7]

Mikey1 should have his manual R in a week or so (one of the 1st down under I believe?) so hopefully he'll put it to the test hainsey Cant wait to get my replacement DSG R as well next week, sick to death of driving my loaner subauru with buzz box CVT!

[Mikey1]

Has anyone done a 0-100 or seen one done in a manual r yet??
I am very sceptical about it being only 0.3 seconds slower in real life as it is on paper, would have to shift every gear perfect and amazingly quick, there was a write up a while ago of a guy in a mk6 r trying to match the quoted times of 0-100 and could only get within .4 of a second. And he was rowing though gears something chronic

Mikey1 should have his manual R in a week or so (one of the 1st down under I believe?) so hopefully he'll put it to the test hainsey Cant wait to get my replacement DSG R as well next week, sick to death of driving my loaner subauru with buzz box CVT!

Well yes, not long to go now. The 0 - 100 km/h times for the Euro spec 221kW manual models are officially 0.2 secs slower at 5.1 secs, and the 206kW "hot climate" manual models are officially 0.2 secs slower at 5.2 secs. I assume customers who purchase a manual over a DSG don't place a high priority on achieving the best 0 - 100 km/h times, otherwise they would have purchased a DSG, which would provide far more consistent times. Rowing gears at lightening speed sounds like hard work, and not something I would pay much attention to. I just look forward to the greater engagement with my car, which in round numbers should be about 2.0 seconds faster than my manual Mk5 GTI, which is really the only benchmark I care about.

[samps]

It's not really rowing gears in a manual, straight down for 1-2 and a quick flick up/across into 3rd before you hit 100.

You may also find the DSG is torque limited in 1st gear to preserve the internals - it certainly was in earlier models. So the manual could be putting more power to the wheels from the get-go. Who knows?

[hainsey]

All I wanted to know was how close has anyone gotten to the quoted times in a manual

[Mikey1]

All I wanted to know was how close has anyone gotten to the quoted times in a manual

Sorry, I got sidetracked. I don't think anyone on this forum has received their manual yet. Annoyingly, a non-enthusiast neighbour of mine received his manual R a couple of weeks ago, but I know he isn't interested in acceleration times. Of course, in Europe and the UK, they have had their manuals for a while now, so you would think somebody would have posted something to answer your question.