Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[andrew7]

Mikey1 should have his manual R in a week or so (one of the 1st down under I believe?) so hopefully he'll put it to the test hainsey Cant wait to get my replacement DSG R as well next week, sick to death of driving my loaner subauru with buzz box CVT!

[Mikey1]

Has anyone done a 0-100 or seen one done in a manual r yet??
I am very sceptical about it being only 0.3 seconds slower in real life as it is on paper, would have to shift every gear perfect and amazingly quick, there was a write up a while ago of a guy in a mk6 r trying to match the quoted times of 0-100 and could only get within .4 of a second. And he was rowing though gears something chronic

Mikey1 should have his manual R in a week or so (one of the 1st down under I believe?) so hopefully he'll put it to the test hainsey Cant wait to get my replacement DSG R as well next week, sick to death of driving my loaner subauru with buzz box CVT!

Well yes, not long to go now. The 0 - 100 km/h times for the Euro spec 221kW manual models are officially 0.2 secs slower at 5.1 secs, and the 206kW "hot climate" manual models are officially 0.2 secs slower at 5.2 secs. I assume customers who purchase a manual over a DSG don't place a high priority on achieving the best 0 - 100 km/h times, otherwise they would have purchased a DSG, which would provide far more consistent times. Rowing gears at lightening speed sounds like hard work, and not something I would pay much attention to. I just look forward to the greater engagement with my car, which in round numbers should be about 2.0 seconds faster than my manual Mk5 GTI, which is really the only benchmark I care about.

[samps]

It's not really rowing gears in a manual, straight down for 1-2 and a quick flick up/across into 3rd before you hit 100.

You may also find the DSG is torque limited in 1st gear to preserve the internals - it certainly was in earlier models. So the manual could be putting more power to the wheels from the get-go. Who knows?

[hainsey]

All I wanted to know was how close has anyone gotten to the quoted times in a manual

[Mikey1]

All I wanted to know was how close has anyone gotten to the quoted times in a manual

Sorry, I got sidetracked. I don't think anyone on this forum has received their manual yet. Annoyingly, a non-enthusiast neighbour of mine received his manual R a couple of weeks ago, but I know he isn't interested in acceleration times. Of course, in Europe and the UK, they have had their manuals for a while now, so you would think somebody would have posted something to answer your question.

[hainsey]

Yeah I did look but couldn't find anything, but over the past with manual times they are extremely generous on how fast they are

[samps]

I wouldn't worry about the manufacturer's claim (or some magazine's claim) on 0-100 times. Different tyres, air temp, altitude, road surface, type/age of fuel, driver skill - so many factors that can all sway the results by quite a bit. Does it matter whether you can reproduce someone else's time in a manual? It's torture on your clutch and tyres anyway.

[stephenR]

Just a quick note re manual car Golf R deliveries

I got mine about 10 days ago from Barloworld in Sydney

new wheels go on this week then i will post some photos

[jonoz]

Got excited finiding this switch, reading the manual lead to disappointment.

http://i.imgur.com/JECxfmt.jpg

[Ryan_R]

Alarm monitoring off switch for when towing/on a ferry?
Did you think you had WiFi or something?

[jonoz]

Alarm monitoring off switch for when towing/on a ferry?
Did you think you had WiFi or something?

Pretty much!

Can anyone recommend any good scratch repairers in Brisbane? The specific forum seems pretty dead.

[sergioscirocco]

A golf R review
Driven: Volkswagen Golf R Review Motor Verso

[Mikey1]

For sergioscirocco and others, this is about as good and fair a comparo I have read: A45 AMG vs Golf R - Image 8 | Top Gear

[andrew7]

Good pick up Michael, balanced review, another win to the R

[sergioscirocco]

Thanks mikey1 I have seen it before thanks for share it with us and yes another win for the R, I lost the count already of how many victories this car has.