...a man walks into a VW dealership

[R Kraft]

So I guess for me it was a bit of a midlife crisis thing but, at any rate, my wife and I needed a new car. Id never owned a new car before and my Dearest had had a series of asthmatic vehicles of Korean origin that required turning off the aircon to climb Punt road hill (south of the bridge).

To cut a mildly tedious story short we chose a VW Golf R Grid - It didn't look like a child's toy, it's violently quick and it could be got in a manual, which we both prefer (we're old school!) I stumbled on this site and found a wealth of knowledge and wit...thanks to all so far for the info.

I'm new to VW - the only facts I had of the brand before May this year came from badly edited SBS doco's

Anyway I've added a pic of my new toy (...hope it's visible) - thanks for the forum!

R Kraft

[HiddenTaco]

Welcome. Great intro.

You popped your new car and VW car cheery with a Gold R! Impressive

[R Kraft]

Welcome. Great intro.

You popped your new car and VW car cheery with a Gold R! Impressive

Cheers - except my R is lapis blue (!) so not sure what pic I uploaded. Here is what I thought i uploaded. My apologies to the moderator. I tried to upload from Photobucket but I think Photobuck became a bucket of something else...

[HiddenTaco]

nice...


damn phone.. meant Golf R...

[Kowalski]

Great looking car, love that colour. My wife fell in love with the Golf R while we were in a VW showroom over the weekend. Sadly for her, her little Mk V Pacific diesel is still going strong.

[hoffie82]

Good work mate! Im back in a Golf R Grid (1 week old) after an A45 AMG and more recently an RS3. I fell in love with WV 3 cards ago when i had an MK5 R32 in DSG. Man what a car that was!! Anyway, dont want to steal your thunder but great choice of car. Im very happy with mine and you will be with yours!