QLD - MY17 Golf R ordered

[LibraR]

Hi Folks,

I have been a member on other forums for other brands/marques. First time on this forum. I am soon to take delivery of a MY17 Golf R. Boring white, but it's what's down under that counts as they say...

I have owned an embarrassingly large number of cars over the years, with ones of interest to this forum including a Mk5 GT Sport Diesel, an Audi S3 (with APR tune), and more recently a plain vanilla Mk7 92TSI Trendline - which is making way for the Golf R. A worthy sacrifice I think...

I have always had performance vehicles in my life as they keep you young (albeit a little lighter in the wallet...) and interested when you get behind the wheel. Past steeds include Porsche 928S and even an insane turbo clubman car, plus a host of performance cars from the land of the Rising Sun (doesn't everyone..?). More recently some tasty Gallic delights to augment a bevy of boring family runabouts, usually of the SUV kind.

I look forward to catching up with some Brisbane based members on a drive day some time if such things exist - haven't done too much forum searching as yet, so pardon my ignorance.

Thanks for reading...

[fred27]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase. Fantastic car, I was fortunate to drive and experience a friend's R.

[jdw]

Hi Folks,

I have been a member on other forums for other brands/marques. First time on this forum. I am soon to take delivery of a MY17 Golf R. Boring white, but it's what's down under that counts as they say...

I have owned an embarrassingly large number of cars over the years, with ones of interest to this forum including a Mk5 GT Sport Diesel, an Audi S3 (with APR tune), and more recently a plain vanilla Mk7 92TSI Trendline - which is making way for the Golf R. A worthy sacrifice I think...

I have always had performance vehicles in my life as they keep you young (albeit a little lighter in the wallet...) and interested when you get behind the wheel. Past steeds include Porsche 928S and even an insane turbo clubman car, plus a host of performance cars from the land of the Rising Sun (doesn't everyone..?). More recently some tasty Gallic delights to augment a bevy of boring family runabouts, usually of the SUV kind.

I look forward to catching up with some Brisbane based members on a drive day some time if such things exist - haven't done too much forum searching as yet, so pardon my ignorance.

Thanks for reading...

Welcome....I too have a base Trendline (lowered and need to decide its replacement....GTI, R or Scirocco, or the new A3...tough decision coming up.

[LibraR]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase. Fantastic car, I was fortunate to drive and experience a friend's R.

Thanks for the welcome. Yes I am hoping it lives up to expectation, but being a daily driver for me, I'm sure it will make the city running around more enjoyable than the current device... I am resisting the temptation to do the APR flash tune and DSG controller upgrade, although how long that resistance holds we will have to see...

[LibraR]

Welcome....I too have a base Trendline (lowered and need to decide its replacement....GTI, R or Scirocco, or the new A3...tough decision coming up.

Thanks for the welcome, and yes you have to love a good tough decision like that. I think the 40th Anniversary GTI would be an interesting thing with the extra mumbo and LSD up the front. VW's answer to the Megane it seems... Trouble is the complete reluctance of dealers to talk on price with them. Makes the R a very tempting offering, despite the extra lard it carries around. It seems that many prospective R buyers may be looking at them instead, pushing the GTI desirability to all new highs. That appears to be reflected in the deals available on the R versus the comparative lack of them on GTIs.