The Golf R lease thread

[BigBootyR]

Leo-RS said:

Amusing article today in the Daily Mail of a 108mph speeding "Golf R" (Just look at the rev counter)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3604241/Bo...

You have to watch the video to appreciate and the commentary from 0:40 onwards.

They live amongst us.

Edited by Leo-RS on Tuesday 24th May 15:55

What an utter knobulator. He is the sort of tw@t that crashes, kills other people, and strolls away alive.

Needs to have all his fingers broken with a brick hammer. Too harsh?

[ayman82]

BigBootyR said:

What an utter knobulator. He is the sort of tw@t that crashes, kills other people, and strolls away alive.

Needs to have all his fingers broken with a brick hammer. Too harsh?

Perhaps a tad too harsh. I would have liked to see the Emergency braking work at that speed...

[rufmeister]

Collection on Friday for me.

[Alucidnation]

Leo-RS said:

Amusing article today in the Daily Mail of a 108mph speeding "Golf R" (Just look at the rev counter)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3604241/Bo...

You have to watch the video to appreciate and the commentary from 0:40 onwards.

They live amongst us.

Edited by Leo-RS on Tuesday 24th May 15:55

Indeed it isn't an R..

Edited by Alucidnation on Tuesday 24th May 17:52

[Bungleaio]

Alucidnation said:

Leo-RS said:

Amusing article today in the Daily Mail of a 108mph speeding "Golf R" (Just look at the rev counter)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3604241/Bo...

You have to watch the video to appreciate and the commentary from 0:40 onwards.

They live amongst us.

Edited by Leo-RS on Tuesday 24th May 15:55

Indeed it isn't an R..

Edited by Alucidnation on Tuesday 24th May 17:52

That pic is not a mk7

Revcounter only goes up to 5k in the video. It's a GTD at best.

[va1o]

Nope not a GTD, they go up to 180 MPH



I'd say this one in question is an R-Line at best!

[Jefferson Steelflex]

ayman82 said:

Jefferson Steelflex said:

Nope, thought I'd get it quite quickly but maybe as I am in the south of UK I am getting a different schedule via Sheerness or something...

I'm in Bucks, hopefully mine is already on a boat I'm one day behind you. I'm hoping it ships tomorrow, then will get the stage 6 text on Monday 30th. It to land at the dealership by 6th June and ready to collect by 13th June. Or I'm being way too optimistic and it won't arrive until the 1st of July.

Got my 5c notification this morning.

[uuf361]

Has anyone with build week 23/5 had any notification yet saying build in progress etc ? (I haven't )

[ayman82]

Jefferson Steelflex said:

Got my 5c notification this morning.

I didn't

Presumably Friday at the earliest now

[n0sebleed]

uuf361 said:

Has anyone with build week 23/5 had any notification yet saying build in progress etc ? (I haven't )

Nothing yet my friend :'(

[Acksaw]

Got my 5a this morning for build week 23rd so I'm happy!

[MondyJim]

uuf361 said:

Has anyone with build week 23/5 had any notification yet saying build in progress etc ? (I haven't )

No notifications but I did a live chat yesterday morning and was told it is at stage 1 of 8 in production. Whether that means it is actually being built or parts are sat waiting I don't know. Out of interest, does anyone happen to know what the 8 production stages are? I should have asked but didn't think.

[Marcus_a]

n0sebleed said:

uuf361 said:

Has anyone with build week 23/5 had any notification yet saying build in progress etc ? (I haven't )

Nothing yet my friend :'(

Ditto

[MondyJim]

MondyJim said:

No notifications but I did a live chat yesterday morning and was told it is at stage 1 of 8 in production. Whether that means it is actually being built or parts are sat waiting I don't know. Out of interest, does anyone happen to know what the 8 production stages are? I should have asked but didn't think.

I did another live chat and I'm still on stage 1 of 8. Yesterday they said "hopefully it'll be built by the end of the week", today I was told "hopefully it'll be built by next week" and that they allow the factory two weeks for a build. I hope it gets built soon, the waiting is driving me crazy!

[rufmeister]

Can anyone tel me what GAP cover I NEED?

Looking at gap123 but unsure as to what exactly I need.

[Vaud]

rufmeister said:

Can anyone tel me what GAP cover I NEED?

Looking at gap123 but unsure as to what exactly I need.

Call your lease company or dealer?

I just signed my paperwork today - I will ask mine (dealer) once I have a delivery date and will share what he says.

[rufmeister]

Vaud said:

Call your lease company or dealer?

I just signed my paperwork today - I will ask mine (dealer) once I have a delivery date and will share what he says.

Dealer offers a VWFS policy at £299, the gap123 site offers choices I am unfamiliar with. Will bell them tomorrow.

[tourerman]

Give ALA a try. They offer discount for pistonheads members. ( PISTON12). Just do a search for their thread. Very helpful.

[ayman82]

tourerman said:

Give ALA a try. They offer discount for pistonheads members. ( PISTON12). Just do a search for their thread. Very helpful.

ALA were about double the price of GAP123 when I checked. (Including the discount)...

[TeaNoSugar]

ayman82 said:

tourerman said:

Give ALA a try. They offer discount for pistonheads members. ( PISTON12). Just do a search for their thread. Very helpful.

ALA were about double the price of GAP123 when I checked. (Including the discount)...

I checked out both companies - £20k of cover for 2 years was £14 difference between the two.l (£118 v. £132). Gap123 were the cheaper quote but just doing a quick search on here there were a number of recommendations for ALA so I went with them. I didn't realise there was a PH discount though!

Also I realise £20k of cover is a bit overkill but I'm always worried about stuff like that so for the difference of £5 or so a year I went with the recommended level of cover. oh well I'm covered now with insurance and plenty of GAP cover so I won't stress when I go to collect the car.