The Golf R lease thread

[madmatteo]

BishBosh said:

just took delivery of mine, its very good....

Sorry to steal the picture from the start of the topic but I keep looking at it and cannot wait to get mine. I think it looks fantastic albeit mine will have the standard wheels which I am more than prepared to live with.

As has been said before, 4 exhausts is a little silly but, for some reason, I think they sit a little better on the estate version (I am biased though!). My wife, on the other hand, thinks they look ridiculous but it's not her car.

[ITR1]

madmatteo said:

My wife, on the other hand, thinks they look ridiculous but it's not her car.

This! Mine keeps asking why I need a fast car.

[falconsfury]

Mine doesn't. She's a bigger petrolhead than me :-)

[Jefferson Steelflex]

My Mrs asked what I've ordered. I said Golf Estate. She proceeded to call me boring and accused me of becoming an old man.

[Vaud]

falconsfury said:

Mine doesn't. She's a bigger petrolhead than me :-)

Mine asked, "what are you waiting for, get it ordered before you miss out", and "does it break into the 300 club?" (as in, horses)

[falconsfury]

My wife wanted me to lease a new Focus ST and then the R deal appeared so I rang her and she approved straight away. I didn't tell her it was an estate until she got home though lol. Showed her a couple of pictures and to my surprise she still approved.

[jimi]

Haha, mine is also going to be my wife's daily car.

First thing she said - "Is it as fast as the TVR?" :-)

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

jimi said:

Haha, mine is also going to be my wife's daily car.

First thing she said - "Is it as fast as the TVR?" :-)

Probably faster

[madmatteo]

falconsfury said:

Mine doesn't. She's a bigger petrolhead than me :-)

Brilliant variety of different responses from the wives then! Your wife, however, sounds like a keeper.

I am determined to get my wife to appreciate performance/fast cars. So far, I have successfully managed to steer her away from SUVs but I fear that issue may crop up again in the future.

[skahigh]

My wife wanted to wait for the weekend so we could go and see one at the dealer.

So glad I convinced her that the deal might not be around that long!

[davyvee]

madmatteo said:

As has been said before, 4 exhausts is a little silly but, for some reason, I think they sit a little better on the estate version (I am biased though!). My wife, on the other hand, thinks they look ridiculous but it's not her car.

I would prefer two smaller ovals ala RS4.

Also the inner two tips are not connected (aka fake). They stay clean and the outside ones get dirty.

[cdrx]

davyvee said:

Also the inner two tips are not connected (aka fake). They stay clean and the outside ones get dirty.

They are connected, but have valves that are only open when the car is in race mode. If you drive about in normal or eco then they will stay closed.

[davyvee]

cdrx said:

They are connected, but have valves that are only open when the car is in race mode. If you drive about in normal or eco then they will stay closed.

They aren't on the estate sorry.

[Vaud]

davyvee said:

cdrx said:

They are connected, but have valves that are only open when the car is in race mode. If you drive about in normal or eco then they will stay closed.

They aren't on the estate sorry.

Really? That's a shame.

Autocar says that they do though. " Select Race mode on the Driver Profile Select button and it opens up butterfly valves to bring the two outer exhausts into play. On top of this, a flap in the bulkhead opens to allow induction roar into the cabin."

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/gol...

[SPD14]

No, they're not connected unfortunately. Someone posted a pic of them on PH (sorry, can't remember who or when) and there are only two actual exhaust outlets with four tips, as opposed to the hatch version which has four exhaust outlets controlled by a valve.

[davyvee]

Vaud said:

Really? That's a shame.

Autocar says that they do though. " Select Race mode on the Driver Profile Select button and it opens up butterfly valves to bring the two outer exhausts into play. On top of this, a flap in the bulkhead opens to allow induction roar into the cabin."

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/gol...

Yep. I've stuck my head under the bumper

Saying that the exhaust is supposed to sound better than the hatch. Just looks a bit crap with two shiny tips and two dirty ones.

[ITR1]

SPD14 said:

No, they're not connected unfortunately. Someone posted a pic of them on PH (sorry, can't remember who or when) and there are only two actual exhaust outlets with four tips, as opposed to the hatch version which has four exhaust outlets controlled by a valve.

That is a shame. What is the reason for this? Surely the exhaust system should be identical? Isn't the engine identical?

[davyvee]

Longer car and subsequent cost I guess?

[Vaud]

davyvee said:

Yep. I've stuck my head under the bumper

Saying that the exhaust is supposed to sound better than the hatch. Just looks a bit crap with two shiny tips and two dirty ones.

So presumably it still gets the internal audio enhancement "mock exhaust"...

[davyvee]

Vaud said:

So presumably it still gets the internal audio enhancement "mock exhaust"...

Yes it gets loud inside. I'm not sure if the noise is real and piped in or fake through the speakers.

Anyone confirm?

Sounds pretty realistic to me.