Golf R Observations and Questions

[Whistler]

Test drove a Roc recently and agree with the interior comments - The Golf R has nailed the interior, even compared to more expensive German makes.
Visibility in the Roc is woeful, but it does look great. If it was AWD I'de consider it.
Btw: if you are wondering what happens if you low your front-right tyre at 248km/h in an R I can assure you (as of yesterday) that the car doesn't completely loose it and can be pulled up in a relatively controlled manner! Though a spare pair of jocks along with the spare tyre would be a plus!

[brimway]

Btw: if you are wondering what happens if you low your front-right tyre at 248km/h in an R I can assure you (as of yesterday) that the car doesn't completely loose it and can be pulled up in a relatively controlled manner! Though a spare pair of jocks along with the spare tyre would be a plus!

The title of this thread is "Golf R Observations and Questions". Your observation is a beauty, would love more detail.

[Whistler]

Ah, that's "blow" not "low". An aunty has a private runway on her property, so couldn't help but see if I could max out the car.
I was still building speed at 248 but running out of breaking zone so touched the breaks a the tyre blew. I'de damaged the tyre earlier but thought it looked ok. Pretty stupid really!
The drive home on the 80km spare was almost as scary. Apparently B-double rigs don't mind slowing us down, but hate being slowed down! Lots of 20 ton monsters right up my butt, flashing and bleating.

I wonder how a Roc would have reacted at a blow-out at that speed being FWD?

[team_v]

Your observation is a beauty, would love more detail.

I agree with this, more info is needed.


In regards to the woeful visibility of the Roco, basically any new car from 2008 -> "requires" parking aids due to increased safety features = more metal and less glass so you basically can't see *****.

My brother's Mazda 6 is terible for visibility, you can't even tell where the front of the car is let alone the rear.

[SilvrFoxX]

An aunty has a private runway on her property, so couldn't help but see if I could max out the car.
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Now there is a quote you don't see every day

[team_v]

Now there is a quote you don't see every day

I would have thought having a blow out at 250 would most likely pull the car around and flip it/crash it into something.
There is a video on youtube with a racing porsche that is under control but you would think a GT3 is slightly different to an R.

Props to keeping it under control.

[brimway]

Luckily, he made it to the BREAKING zone

[SilvrFoxX]

I was talking about access to a Private Runway owned by a relative.. I think he will be my new bestee

[Mino]

Golf R, GTI and TSI don't have the same engine block do they?

[SilvrFoxX]

Not evern sure they are the same engine

[Whistler]

I was talking about access to a Private Runway owned by a relative.. I think he will be my new bestee

Haha! She's actually a cranky old witch (who doesn't own a VW so unlikely to read this post) but she has a fetish for light planes and a superb newly sealed runway in Taralga. As mentioned not long enough to max the R. The little two litre runs out of "go faster" juice big time after about 180 clicks.
As for not spinning out and rolling? Yeh, I think I just got a little lucky! I had the sense to not fight the steering as the car swayed to the right. On a standard road I'de have been across the oncoming lane and off the road.
The only injury I suffered was after jacking up the car and undoing the bolts I grabbed the tyre to take it off and it burnt me. Man it was still so hot! Car smells of rubber from having it in the back for the next 24 hours.

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I agree with this, more info is needed.


In regards to the woeful visibility of the Roco, basically any new car from 2008 -> "requires" parking aids due to increased safety features = more metal and less glass so you basically can't see *****.

My brother's Mazda 6 is terible for visibility, you can't even tell where the front of the car is let alone the rear.

Agree! I don't have a rear-cam in the R but my wife's territory does and I recon it's easier to reverse-park her beast as a result

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Luckily, he made it to the BREAKING zone

Pun WAS intended!

[AdamD]

Golf R, GTI and TSI don't have the same engine block do they?

90 TSI / 118TSI = 1.4l.
GTI (TSI) = 2.0l EA888
R (Golf, Scirocco) = 2.0l EA113

I'm fairly sure the EA888 and EA113 blocks are similar, but not the same (cooling channels, placement of mounts for pumps etc). So no, all different blocks.

[Mino]

Thanks AdamD....

The material made with would be different too I guess...

[Mountainman]

Luckily, he made it to the BREAKING zone

Is that where everything just "came undone"?

[Whistler]

Ouch. Driving from Chatswood to North Sydney just now. Passed two Golf R's that had broken down. That's about 1 every 4 Km. VW reliability issues still? Hopefully a fluke.