Hello All - R36 owner in the UK

[RobBentley]

Hi All.

My name is Rob. I own an R36 in the UK, where they don't seem very popular. Joined up because I noticed you found my video on YouTube of the 1/4 mile

[RobBentley]

Also - any idea why once I logon I can only see this newbie forum (despite having posted!) ?

[Manaz]

From my experience in the UK, would that be due to the size (the Passat's not a small car, and many of the roads in the UK aren't terribly large-car friendly)?

As much as I loved driving the back roads between villages in a Rover 216i two-door back in the early 90s, a big car would have been significantly scary on some of those blind corners with hedges on either side of the barely-wide-enough-for-two-bicycles laneways...

With the Commodore and Falcon over here (roughly the same size as a BMW 5-series or Merc E-class), big cars are ingrained in the national psyche (love them or hate them). I'm seriously considering a Passat wagon to replace the family Outback when its time is done...

[Manaz]

Also - any idea why once I logon I can only see this newbie forum (despite having posted!) ?

It takes a short time for the forum software to register the post and recalculate your new rights. Shouldn't be long now...

[RobBentley]

Heya

Cheers for the reply. I must say its rather strange talking on a forum based on the other side of the world! I'm a member of loads, but they're all UK based!

[RobBentley]

From my experience in the UK, would that be due to the size (the Passat's not a small car, and many of the roads in the UK aren't terribly large-car friendly)?

I think a lot of it is our Government taxing the arse off anything slightly sporty. It costs £455/year just for road-tax on the R36 here, compare that to the £35 a year my sister pays on her Peugeot 206 2.0 HDi

[Swallowtail]

Ouch! Welcome to the forum, they are great cars, I love mine. The 1/4 mile was very cool - excellent time! Was that just using Launch Control? And is the car stock?

Good to see someone in the UK has bought one! LOL...

[RobBentley]

Hi.

Completely stock when I did the run.

It'd consistently do 13.6-13.7 on Launch Control and 14.1 if you just "stood on the go pedal" in drive.