Golf R estate

[lee_fr200]

Pictures

[andrewparker]

Oakley2014 said:

Mine should be arriving on Thursday.

Only 3 months late....

Ouch. The lead times seem all over the place at the moment. For instance I ordered a hatchback on the 15th September and I received my 5b notification this morning. Assuming it will be at the dealer in 3 weeks that will be a little over 11 weeks. I've heard of similarly short times frames recently, but in contrast some people waiting over 9 months!

[sjg]

Indeed. Ordered late September and have a build week of 30/11!

[andrewparker]

I got a message the week before it was due to be built saying it was already in transit! It's all very well, but I'm not planning on picking it up until March.

[Bugsy_B]

maximm said:

Has anyone got theirs yet? I managed to get one that had just arrived at VW to be a demo car but hadn't been registered yet as had only arrived in the country the day before.

Picked it up last week. Very happy with it so far.

had mine 5 weeks

[andrewparker]

lee_fr200 said:

Pictures

Some good pictures on this thread - http://www.vwroc.com/forums/topic/10119-r-estate/

[sleep envy]

andrewparker said:

Oakley2014 said:

Mine should be arriving on Thursday.

Only 3 months late....

Ouch. The lead times seem all over the place at the moment. For instance I ordered a hatchback on the 15th September and I received my 5b notification this morning. Assuming it will be at the dealer in 3 weeks that will be a little over 11 weeks. I've heard of similarly short times frames recently, but in contrast some people waiting over 9 months!

Hmmm...

Ordered mine two weeks ago, not good news.

[maximm]

here is mine..

[andrewparker]

sleep envy said:

andrewparker said:

Oakley2014 said:

Mine should be arriving on Thursday.

Only 3 months late....

Ouch. The lead times seem all over the place at the moment. For instance I ordered a hatchback on the 15th September and I received my 5b notification this morning. Assuming it will be at the dealer in 3 weeks that will be a little over 11 weeks. I've heard of similarly short times frames recently, but in contrast some people waiting over 9 months!

Hmmm...

Ordered mine two weeks ago, not good news.

Delays seem to have been option specific. Pretorias have been causing some lengthy delays recently.

[Shambler]

maximm said:

here is mine..

Glad I ordered mine in black, That looks lovely.

[andrewparker]

Can't help but think the mirrors stand out rather a lot on a black estate!

[sleep envy]

andrewparker said:

Delays seem to have been option specific. Pretorias have been causing some lengthy delays recently.

Better news, I've not gone mad on options; just LSG and car-net app connect.

[SDK]

My R Estate in Lapiz blue

[cowboyengineer]

Mine landed in the country this week, should be able to go and see it at the dealer in a couple of weeks. Not going to pick it up until after christmas but might hold out until March.

Swapped a Porsche Cayman for it, so it better be good. Went with quite a high spec, though I went with the standard wheels because it's much easier to find winter tires for 18 inch wheels.

Spec as far as I can remember is:

Black,
debadged
sunroof
winter pack
nav
dynaudio
mudguards
sill protector
wish i could remember the rest :/

Will be a nice surprise. Can't wait.

That blue looks lovely.

[lee_fr200]

There's a lovely lapiz blue in wakefield vw showroom

[Oakley2014]

Have only just used it for the trip to work and back (less than a mile) so have not really got into it yet.

But initial thoughts are: Doesn't feel all that much quicker than my previous car (an old leggy Volvo T5), no leccy memory seats, no heated seats, boot with seats up nothing special, mega thirsty but that's probably more to do with the short urban journeys, cheery so and so aren't I?

But I think once I get my head round the box a bit better it will grow on me.

I only had the option of white or red, think the blue looks smart as.

[Oakley2014]

Oh and another annoying thing, rain water pours off the roof straight onto door switchgear if the window is open

can see gaffer tape coming out here on the long roof rail

[andrewparker]

Oakley2014 said:

Have only just used it for the trip to work and back (less than a mile) so have not really got into it yet.

But initial thoughts are: Doesn't feel all that much quicker than my previous car (an old leggy Volvo T5), no leccy memory seats, no heated seats, boot with seats up nothing special, mega thirsty but that's probably more to do with the short urban journeys, cheery so and so aren't I?

But I think once I get my head round the box a bit better it will grow on me.

I only had the option of white or red, think the blue looks smart as.

Had you driven a DSG before?

[Oakley2014]

No,standard H pattern 5 and 6 speed boxes here.

At the mo I'm treating it like a std auto box, need a play with the stick/paddles.

[NBirkitt]

Currently driving Golf R Estate for a road test feature in the forthcoming Jan 2016 issue of Volkswagen Driver magazine

Lapiz blue, with 18s and DCC

I'll be interested to hear from owners with R Estate about their own experiences, impressions, findings ( mpg etc ) in particular what their previous cars were and why they chose R Estate ( has anyone changed from an R hatch to an R Estate I wonder? )

Please email me at [e-mail]


cheers :-)

Neil Birkitt
Editor, Volkswagen Driver magazine