Wolfsburg Edition Golf R

[Pizza The Hutt]

Not sure how to cancel cruise control while its engaged other than tapping the brake so if anyone knows feel free to holler.

When cruise control is on you can press the off button on the steering wheel to cancel, if you press it a second time it turns ACC off.

[rambleforce]

As far as picking the car up non detailed with stickers on, really can’t see the point. If your getting it coated they will take any swirls out anyway.

Would have to counter with you on that point, I'm sure if you ask any reputable detailer they'd gladly prefer a car that hasn't been washed or touched. Not just from a convenience perspective from them to decrease their time cutting and polishing too! The less clear you're taking off the car the better it is in the long run and that's just my simple brain logic. I know a good detailer will inspect the car and charge you more if its more damaged then if its swirl free. Doesn't really take all that much effort to remove the stuff after at home and its kinda cool to unwrap the new baby!

Also cheers Pizza, just tried it and right on the money.

[Mr T.]

Would have to counter with you on that point, I'm sure if you ask any reputable detailer they'd gladly prefer a car that hasn't been washed or touched. Not just from a convenience perspective from them to decrease their time cutting and polishing too! The less clear you're taking off the car the better it is in the long run and that's just my simple brain logic. I know a good detailer will inspect the car and charge you more if its more damaged then if its swirl free. Doesn't really take all that much effort to remove the stuff after at home and its kinda cool to unwrap the new baby!

Also cheers Pizza, just tried it and right on the money.

I’m heading into Mr Detail in Melbourne on Monday, he inspected the car which was not touched by the dealer. Both the detailer and the dealer were quite happy


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[Dutch77]

A detailer will prefer a car with less marks but I’m yet to meet one who has ever discounted for it - just means a little less work for them.

Unless you’ve got a horrid dealer any initial swirls make no difference.

But whatever makes people happy - I used to spend ages detailing my cars but just don’t have the time to do more than a regular basic wash these days.

[Mr T.]

A detailer will prefer a car with less marks but I’m yet to meet one who has ever discounted for it - just means a little less work for them.

Unless you’ve got a horrid dealer any initial swirls make no difference.

But whatever makes people happy - I used to spend ages detailing my cars but just don’t have the time to do more than a regular basic wash these days.

Agree. It’s my first time detailing


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[WolfR]

Everyone’s different and that’s okay. If you live in the city and suburbs it’s pretty easy keeping a car super clean and tidy. When I picked mine up, it was hop in and drive 600k’s home. Road works and bugs, b doubles and road trains throwing up crap. Then during the locust season the front of your car turns yellow from the guts, clogs the condenser/radiator and check the air filter intake every few days to make sure it’s not clogged. I love where I live, I have places to exercise the car whenever I want and when I do clean both it and my wife’s car, just seeing them shine just makes a person pretty damn happy.

[Dutch77]

Agree. It’s my first time detailing


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Good times - be interested to see how you go.

At this stage I’m intending to do my own work as well - despite what I said above. Life’s a bit easier with Oryx, but I’m coming off black so..

[Mr T.]

I've posted some radio station logos I put together for my Wolfie in the below thread...

Multimedia unit - Radio station logos and album art

[Storm Trooper]

Lapiz blue, great colour, same as mine. As far as picking the car up non detailed with stickers on, really can’t see the point. If your getting it coated they will take any swirls out anyway. As I live in regional NSW, dirt, dust and bugs big and small are a constant pain. Running in, Ive always gone by the mantra, ‘run them in hard, they’ll go hard’ over 40yrs has worked a treat with my ‘company cars’’ and my own - just as long it’s up to operating temp. Everyone seams to think their dealers are crooks or similar, I’ve never had a problem with any I’ve dealt with, I can’t say the same about some of the rip off artists in the motor industry, where they think a customer is someone is to squeezed and lied to. Maybe I have been lucky with my New Car dealers.

Yeah to be honest, when I picked up my Wolfy I made a deal with myself that I will baby it until about 1400km. That changed after day 2 or 3 after picking it up. I have pushed it quite a bit. I don't thrash it all the time, because of the infamous Sydney traffic. But at a range of traffic lights waiting for it to go green, I have gone against the recommendations and I have pushed the accelerator completely down on countless occasions. It's just too fun not to.

Also, on a slightly different topic, aimed at everyone, what I have found is that if you leave the engine in race mode (or individual mode with the engine noise on 'race') when you turn off the car, for me the engine noise does not sound as soulful when you turn the car on the next time and drive. Almost as if the valves aren't completely opening automatically when turning on the car next.

I have found a work-a-round for this. When I start the car again, I put it in comfort/normal mode (doesn't matter) and then change it back to race mode about a minute later. Then the engine sound roars again. So many crackles and pops on the overrun, for a good 3 or so seconds after lifting off the accelerator in 2nd or 3rd and large amounts of bass coming from the exhaust. It's a game changer.

And it's a noticeable difference. Anyone noticed this?

[justin_jt]

Is it because DSG go back to D when you start the car next time? Even you selected race last time?

If that’s the case, another way is to just pull back the stick and change back to S? I think it is same as ‘reselect’ race mode at every startup. Can you see if they have the same sound you look for?

For myself I just use individual, leave almost everything in ‘race’ mode, interior engine sound in ‘comfort’ and just leave engine in ‘normal’. Then I only turn the dsg to S when oil temp hit over 90 degrees and... thrash it..

Ps: mine is wagon so there are no valves, therefore the exhaust note would make less difference. But still, S mode you can hear the noticeable difference from the engine response when flicking between d/s