Re : PH Carbituary | Volkswagen Golf R (Mk7)

[anonymous-user]

Some hilarious comments on here, I have to say

Clearly none of the critics have actually driven one hard down a B road in race mode.

'Dull as Ditchwater' and The Poor Mans S3' I found particularly amusing.

I dumped my S3 for the Golf R

It is a better car.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 14th January 16:48

[ghost83]

Golf handles far far better than the s3 for some reason!

Although Audi interior is much nicer imo

[anonymous-user]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

YouTalkinToMe said:

Add to that, it seemed a lot were leased and it seemed a lot were stolen.

Then, there. Done.

And a lot weren't. Not that leasing is anything to be sniffed at.

This is the poster child for leasing though.

That, and perhaps the M135i.

[Gweeds]

As one magazine once described the Audi

‘Big-arsed Golf in a posh frock’

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

YouTalkinToMe said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

YouTalkinToMe said:

Add to that, it seemed a lot were leased and it seemed a lot were stolen.

Then, there. Done.

And a lot weren't. Not that leasing is anything to be sniffed at.

This is the poster child for leasing though.

That, and perhaps the M135i.

But that couldn't matter less. Who cares how a car is funded? It all ends up the same in the end.

[Jim on the hill]

rare6499 said:

So much better looking than the BMW. And I’m a BMW fan.

I would love an estate version but you don’t see many for sale.

True, only 946 for sale on Auto trader

[Water Fairy]

digimeistter said:

Some hilarious comments on here, I have to say

Clearly none of the critics have actually driven one hard down a B road.

'Dull as Ditchwater' and The Poor Mans S3' I found particularly amusing.

I dumped my S3 for the Golf R

It is a better car.

Why do people assume that because someone has a different point of view they must be wrong and obviously can't have driven x/y/z?

My 16 year old E46 diesel coupe is more fun than loads of other stuff I've had over the last 33 years of driving. It doesn't means it's objectively better, just more bloody fun to me!

The Golf R is cracking car just lacks the X factor for a lot of people. Get over it.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Water Fairy said:

The Golf R is cracking car just lacks the X factor for a lot of people. Get over it.

I'm so glad that one size does not fit all

[anonymous-user]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

YouTalkinToMe said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

YouTalkinToMe said:

Add to that, it seemed a lot were leased and it seemed a lot were stolen.

Then, there. Done.

And a lot weren't. Not that leasing is anything to be sniffed at.

This is the poster child for leasing though.

That, and perhaps the M135i.

But that couldn't matter less. Who cares how a car is funded? It all ends up the same in the end.

I'm guessing you're a leaser?

I didn't say I cared, did I?

It seems you do. Very much so.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I've only ever paid for my cars by card

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I'm pretty good at buying them, but crap at selling

Golf R is one of the finest all rounders £ for £

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

For a while I had an R32 & an R. I loved my R32, but eventually realised I was never driving it as the R was so much better.

It was a wrench to sell it though.

[Mannginger]

Got one over here in the US. Wanted 4WD for the winters and decent power as well as decent practicality. It's very competent and does everything well, it is a little dull though.

[andrewparker]

Jim on the hill said:

rare6499 said:

So much better looking than the BMW. And I’m a BMW fan.

I would love an estate version but you don’t see many for sale.

True, only 946 for sale on Auto trader

But only 168 of them are Golf R estates...

[Pan Pan Pan]

Lets face it a lot of cars are good these days, and one person trying to say a particular r car is better for someone completely different seems a bit odd.
The person who gets a truly bad car these days, is the equivalent of the person who falls into a barrel of t*ts, and comes out, sucking their thumb!

[Jim on the hill]

andrewparker said:

Jim on the hill said:

rare6499 said:

So much better looking than the BMW. And I’m a BMW fan.

I would love an estate version but you don’t see many for sale.

True, only 946 for sale on Auto trader

But only 168 of them are Golf R estates...

I guess it depends on your definition of many but that still sounds like quite a few to me. I would call that many for sale. Not exactly a rare motor.

[lasuze]

I am lucky to have three cars in my fleet

911 GT3

Macan GTS

Golf R with DSG

Which do I enjoy driving the most?

The Golf without a doubt.

[andrewparker]

Jim on the hill said:

andrewparker said:

Jim on the hill said:

rare6499 said:

So much better looking than the BMW. And I’m a BMW fan.

I would love an estate version but you don’t see many for sale.

True, only 946 for sale on Auto trader

But only 168 of them are Golf R estates...

I guess it depends on your definition of many but that still sounds like quite a few to me. I would call that many for sale. Not exactly a rare motor.

Maybe, but to put it in context, there are as many Ferrari 488s for sale in the UK, more 997 Carrera S. Perhaps not rare, but I wouldn’t say it was popular either. Anyway, I would agree that they aren’t hard to find if you go looking for one.

[SidewaysSi]

lasuze said:

I am lucky to have three cars in my fleet

911 GT3

Macan GTS

Golf R with DSG

Which do I enjoy driving the most?

The Golf without a doubt.

You need to learn to drive

[paralla]

lasuze said:

I am lucky to have three cars in my fleet

911 GT3

Macan GTS

Golf R with DSG

Which do I enjoy driving the most?

The Golf without a doubt.

I much prefer driving my GT3 than I do my Golf R and that's OK.

The take away from this (or pretty much any) PH thread is that different people like different things. They just do.