Golf R Observations and Questions

[entice]

12.5L/100km's and proud of it....

Clearly driving it as intended...

[Candyman]

Full bespoke spec y0

Hahaha

Simon is going to love that

[Daz85]

Finially got it!

After a 4 month wait, I Finially got my R yesterday...

1. From the outside it is definetly alot louder than i remember. The sound it makes in my work's underground carpark is awesome.
2. After a bit of rain last night, the roof seems to collect a fair amount of water
3. Ride on 19's without ACC is not bad. Only on the sh**tier roads does it start to bounce around. And they really dont agree with large pot holes in the road :-p, but most cars don't either, apart from something like a tank.

Anyone know the best way to clean finger marks off the B pillar piano black door trims, without giving the whole car a wash?

[Silvertfox]

Entice,
How do you get down to 12.5L/100km! Mine operates at around 14.5! Yippee!

[chylld]

After a 4 month wait, I Finially got my R yesterday...

Anyone know the best way to clean finger marks off the B pillar piano black door trims, without giving the whole car a wash?

Congrats!

Try meguiar's window cleaner. Silvrfoxx (not Silvertfox) showed me this trick when he helped me detail my car

Entice,
How do you get down to 12.5L/100km! Mine operates at around 14.5! Yippee!

Mine started mid 12's and is now down to 11.4 - average trips of 2-3km. Getting the car tuned helped it a lot I think, now the car can actually accelerate in 6th

[Candyman]

Entice,
How do you get down to 12.5L/100km! Mine operates at around 14.5! Yippee!

Either it's that dodgy tune you run or you never do freeway runs

Kinda hard to hit those numbers on a freeway trip unless you have NFI how to drive a car or there is something seriously messed up with the tune or hardware

[Candyman]

Don't wipe the piano black B pillars down with anything without washing them first unless you like swirls

Wash them and then apply either a sealant or a paint protection film

Use door handles to close the doors and tell your passengers the same

The piano black plastic is soft, it marks easily.

Absolute worst thing you can do is to wipe them down with anything if they are dirty

If you really must use a lubricating quick detailer.

[Ideo]

All but 15 minutes of my drive is on freeway/80-100kmh roads.

The drive is 1hr 15mins.

If I didn't boot it away from every set of lights and accelerate through every roundabout it would be lower.

[Daz85]

Don't wipe the piano black B pillars down with anything without washing them first unless you like swirls

Wash them and then apply either a sealant or a paint protection film

Use door handles to close the doors and tell your passengers the same

The piano black plastic is soft, it marks easily.

Absolute worst thing you can do is to wipe them down with anything if they are dirty

If you really must use a lubricating quick detailer.

I guess she is gonna get a wash and wax this weekend!

[SilvrFoxX]

I guess she is gonna get a wash and wax this weekend!

He said Sealant not Wax... but he has used Carbon Fibre But as Chylld said a quality window cleaner applied with MF cloth will achieve all that has been suggested without scratching and without washing the whole car

[Candyman]

I guess she is gonna get a wash and wax this weekend!

Use a clean MF wash mitt

Thoroughly soak the mitt with water, spray the surface with a pH balanced car shampoo.

Spray the car with water.

Gently wash the piano black trim first (B pillars and rear view mirrors) before you do the rest of the car. Hose off the suds. Dry with a quality waffle weave drying towel. On the piano black trim, dry it gently (seriously, it is that farkin soft).

I use multiple wash mitts. Two or three reserved for top panels, one for lower sills and front bar, one for the rear hatch and one for wheels. I regulalry high pressure spray the mitts to remove material picked up during the wash process and then respray with the car shampoo I prefer.

I keep the wheel wash mitt separate and wash it separately as well. (I also use a wheel brush and have specific brushes for the wheel arches etc)

I no longer use a two bucket wash process (I have moved on from that antiquated method)

The piano black trim can be treated just as you would any painted surface but it is prone to marking. You can use sealants or waxes - choice is yours. I'd suggest a paint protection film. This will minimise marking and is more resistant to damage than the piano black finish

Wiping when dirty with a MF cloth will drag grit across the surface and cause marring. Many people won't notice but if you are particular about the car, you will.

As I said, if you really don't want to wash the car, use a dedicated quick detailer product for the piano black trim. They have specific surfactants and lubricating components designed to minimise marring of the surface.

There is much more to the detailing process and up to you how far you want to go. Plenty of good advice around on local sites on both process and products.

[SilvrFoxX]

2 bucket method antiquated..? heh, that doesn't even deserve a response

[Candyman]

How embarrassing for the suit driving a red S2K being humbled by a whitegoods family hatch back and I wasn't even trying

[SilvrFoxX]

Hardly surprising, the missus chewed on one of them the first time she took the R out.. freaked out the driver on 2 levels.. 1. a Golf crushed his ego 2. He pulls up beside and sees it is a middle aged woman.. crushed his ego

[Candyman]

Oh it was the corners I think he got surprised about