Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[donweather]

Yes you can, take it to an open track day or join a car club that participates in track days. Even if we had an autobahn I wouldn't want to be sharing it with people who were testing their abilities in a new Golf R, recipe for carnage. $250 for a day at the track and it's WAY more fun than a straight stretch of highway.

I assume your insurer walks away from these track days?

[samps]

I assume your insurer walks away from these track days?

Yeah, usually you're not covered but I'm not talking about head-to-head racing, just punting around a track within you and your car's limits - where appropriate. I've driven at Sandown and Winton and you'd really have to pushing hard to come anywhere near a wall. Plenty of places where you can exceed the speed limit by a long way, which is getting back to the original comment about autobarns.

[team_v]

As for the Golf R. It's a precision piece of german engineering. Only picked it up yesterday and am very impressed with the overall build quality and finish compared the the MK6 GTI.

Took it down to Stanwell tops and back through the national park last night. Corners very nicely and accelerates out of corners with heaps of grip.

Pity you can't really open up the throttle in this country. We need an autobahn type highway between here and melbourne / brisbane I reckon!!

You could come up to Brisbane for a holiday and attend one of our happy laps sessions for $35.

[choC]

Thats why I took mine out at powercruise around hidden valley raceway. Race mode on and ESC completely disabled. Lets just say it was the perfect way to learn how the car drives

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How did you find the car with ESC off? None of the reviews have really gone into any detail about the drive with ESC off, however I think it was Autocar that said it's still virtually impossible to get the R tail-happy even with the ESC off.

[lawsy82]

You could come up to Brisbane for a holiday and attend one of our happy laps sessions for $35.

When is the next happy lap session? and where is this held? I am keen to join

[nat225]

Thats why I took mine out at powercruise around hidden valley raceway. Race mode on and ESC completely disabled. Lets just say it was the perfect way to learn how the car drives


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Yes you can, take it to an open track day or join a car club that participates in track days. Even if we had an autobahn I wouldn't want to be sharing it with people who were testing their abilities in a new Golf R, recipe for carnage. $250 for a day at the track and it's WAY more fun than a straight stretch of highway.

I assume your insurer walks away from these track days?

yes, but unless you go with real racing (head to head like the V, Timeattack track days are very safe and the number of cars on the track at any one time is limited. you hardly get into contact with other cars.

the general people perception of track days is mostly ugly, car trashing and breaking activities and prone to crash and write off... etc. basically for most people, cars that have been on track are dead cars. imo this is not right, well maintained cars (I changed my oil 8 times within 25,000km), always looked after, driven hard only when up to operating temp, should not fare worse than those driven on the twisties and only serviced once year.

in fact, in my opinion well managed track days with limited number of cars are probably THE BEST activity you can do in this country without killing any animals on the road (well insects still present) / without loosing your licence / without any unexpected third party suddenly crossing your lane. basically it is a controlled environment where you can go at your own pace.

the potential dangers are only created by exceeding your driving and car abilities or lack of common sense / experience / training.

Yeah, usually you're not covered but I'm not talking about head-to-head racing, just punting around a track within you and your car's limits - where appropriate. I've driven at Sandown and Winton and you'd really have to pushing hard to come anywhere near a wall. Plenty of places where you can exceed the speed limit by a long way, which is getting back to the original comment about autobarns.

+1

You could come up to Brisbane for a holiday and attend one of our happy laps sessions for $35.

[sekas]

How did you find the car with ESC off? None of the reviews have really gone into any detail about the drive with ESC off, however I think it was Autocar that said it's still virtually impossible to get the R tail-happy even with the ESC off.

Not sure as to why they couldnt as i found the car to have a massive amount of grip but when pushed hard once the tyres were warm mid point in a corner i was able to get the rear out and hold the slide when i tried quite easily(only did a couple of times as i didnt want to destroy my tyres 2 weeks after having the car).This could be due to the heat and multiple cars running different tyres on a semi clean racetrack.

Only take it to proper track days. Powercruise is very good for this as you are speed limited to 140km/hr around the track, which is fast enough for hidden valley in a stock car, then you line up and race others down the pit straight from barricade to another barricade which at hidden valley is around 5-600m where i was reaching 200-210km/hr (youtube it).





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[giveway]

I assume your insurer walks away from these track days?

If you crashed on the road and it was proven you were excessively speed they can walk away too.

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[oshuyi]

Spoke to the dealer yesterday and he told me that the my15 model will get a power hike to 210kws. Can anyone else confirmed this

[lenojd]

Spoke to the dealer yesterday and he told me that the my15 model will get a power hike to 210kws. Can anyone else confirmed this

Correct based on S3 MY15 changes

[octagon]

Correct based on S3 MY15 changes

When are the MY15 cars released?

[Dutch77]

Manufacture begins week 22. Manual Rs for starters will be MY15s.

[Ryan_R]

Is 4kw really a "hike" though?

[jozeff]

Manufacture begins week 22. Manual Rs for starters will be MY15s.

So has anyone been given an updated delivery date then for a manual R? Mines still November

[samps]

I managed to get a brief 10 minute test drive in a Golf R this morning. Feels like a well sorted car with good power but I wasn't blown away by the quality of the interior and it wasn't as potent as I had expected - maybe it's a little too civilised after getting out of my Mk6 GTI with APR exhaust + tune. Just didn't have the power delivery that I'm used to. Maybe because it was a demo car with only a few thousand kms on the clock, dunno. Got the usual story about low stock, next delivery not until December, etc. It took a lot of talking to get a test drive and he admitted they get a lot of tyre kickers with the new R. I'm in no hurry so I think I'll go back mid-week for a proper test drive.