Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[Ripping Draw]

Nice number and letter combination. I see from your signature that you had a struggle in deciding which plate style and number/letter combination to run with. I have a bit of a number plate fetish myself.

Ha yeah, very hard choosing a combo and kept changing my mind. Very happy with the plate now though!

[MkVIGTI]

No pot holes. No excessive speed. 3 passengers. Guys name is Ben.

Makes me very nervous. Especially with the illegal tyres the factory fitted on mine.

Apparently they did hit sth, one of the passengers posted on WP

[Cantgiveyouthat]

A name has been dropped on WP.

[Mikey1]

Apparently they did hit sth, one of the passengers posted on WP

From Street FX Motorsport & Graphics Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/streetfx, user comments suggest the failure was so extreme, it must have resulted from a violent impact with something, such as a large rock. There are some interesting comments about the differences between cast wheels and forged wheels, where cast wheels shatter and forged wheels just bend. Also, Volkswagen Australia are supposedly well aware of the incident and taking it very seriously.

[Paul_R]

Any news from DrK and his factory fitted illegal tyres?

[Lock & Load]

New Golf R wheels may have a major design material fault be aware , this Brisbane cars wheel totally disintegrates at speed .

Customer’s BRAND NEW Volkswagen Golf R Wheel Literally Disintegrates at Speed! (Gallery) | Epic Internet


Scary as a Golf R buyer i would ask for a please Explain to VW , and quickly go get new wheels , doubt if this is a one off scenario low grade materials design fault etc etc

[AdamD]

New Golf R wheels may have a major design material fault be aware , this Brisbane cars wheel totally disintegrates at speed.

This was posted a couple of pages back and has been a subject of discussion. You might want to have a read.

Speculation at this point is that they may well have hit something; someone on the scene posted on Whirlpool and suggests it was not a fault of the car: Mk7 Golf R (Page 19)

[Lock & Load]

Congratulations on your wise choice. It certainly looks good in red with the S performance package and sunroof. I'm sure forum members would be interested to know what was your criteria in choosing the S3 over the R, even if it's all been heard before from others.

My wife currently drives a 12.5 POLO GTI and i have not been impressed by the way VW treats its customers keep them in the dark and feeds them bull**** , i also own a RX7 FD 3S rotary engined twin turbo and it does not use 10 % of the amount of oil as this Polo GTI Supercharged turbo Engine WTF .

My other reason was the cheap quality finnish on the Golf R , yes i sat and drove the Golf R priced it up to similar specs as i have on my Audi S3 and it was only $1700 cheaper , in my mind the Audi S3 is at a different level of looks and finish .

[sekas]

Speculation at this point is that they may well have hit something; someone on the scene posted on Whirlpool and suggests it was not a fault of the car: Mk7 Golf R (Page 19)

I have been monitoring his post of FB on the MK7 R page and he has posted up that VW have done their investigation and he should have an outcome later today/tomorrow.
Ill post up any updates and as a 7R owner i'm quite curious as to what the investigation has/may of found.


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[DrK]

Any news from DrK and his factory fitted illegal tyres?

Vw still dragging heels 2 weeks later. FML.

[tonymy01]

Vw still dragging heels 2 weeks later. FML.

You are kidding? This is clear cut, fix it now VW! Those tyres have a lot of stretch, it must be like driving the Flintstones car on any kind of road except ultra smooth...

[DoggieHowser]

Any news from DrK and his factory fitted illegal tyres?

Why is it illegal again?

[team_v]

Why is it illegal again?

tyres not wide enough and not with a high enough load rating:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f197/mk7-golf-r-discussion-thread-77017-143.html

[DoggieHowser]

tyres not wide enough and not with a high enough load rating:
http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...77017-143.html

I see. So Golf Rs come with 235 width tyres like the Tiguan? I always thought they used 225.

[Dutch77]

I see. So Golf Rs come with 235 width tyres like the Tiguan? I always thought they used 225.

They were 225s on the Mk6 as the Talladegas I believe are 7.5 wide.

VW went to 235s on the Mk7 as the Cadiz are 8 wide.

It's about the load rating, to suggest 225 on 8 inch wide tyres is a stretch is just wrong.