The Golf R lease thread
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What is the cost of a new R engine and it's fitting - a fellow PH has overrev his Rbeyond 8.5k revs and engine is fubar.
It's a lease car too 3months to go. What options does he have? Stick shift. He was driving from a 70mph to a 50mph apparently going 5th to 4th to be in the mid range of revs in 4th ready to go but accidentally selected 2nd or even possibly 1st.
His user name is Bennie
It's a lease car too 3months to go. What options does he have? Stick shift. He was driving from a 70mph to a 50mph apparently going 5th to 4th to be in the mid range of revs in 4th ready to go but accidentally selected 2nd or even possibly 1st.
His user name is Bennie
uuf361 said:
How long are people generally making tyres last ? mine still seem fine.....
Had my R Estate serviced not long ago (13K). Was speaking to the chap about tyres and he said I still had loads left.Reckon I should be able to get to 20K easy.
Gonna **** me off though if I have to change tyres a couple of months before it goes back lol.
I've had the R a couple of weeks now, really loving it. It is such a complete car. Taking the family down to Cornwall with a boot full of kit - excellent. Commuting - excellent. B road blast - excellent. It really is so comfortable cruising on the motorway with adpative cruise. Artificial exhaust sound is gimmicky but fun. My only quibble is the short range, I am filling up too often.
Lots of people have pulled a face when I told them I was switching the BMW for a Golf, but for me part of the pleasure is the Q car status.
Lots of people have pulled a face when I told them I was switching the BMW for a Golf, but for me part of the pleasure is the Q car status.
depends on your mileage, I mean this won't be like a 2.0 derv.
My average mpg is currently 35.94 mpg, in my astra it was about 42 mpg. Best mpg 53 mpg worst 32.1 these figures are for the astra.
So for me its good. Certainly for the performance, my best tank 43.71 mpg, my worst 28.4 mpg, tbh I am expecting mpg to go down when winter arrives. Total fuel cost so far £662.
It does have a smallish fuel tank - although to be expected, but if coming from say a 5 series estate with 70 litre tank it would be a shock.
My average mpg is currently 35.94 mpg, in my astra it was about 42 mpg. Best mpg 53 mpg worst 32.1 these figures are for the astra.
So for me its good. Certainly for the performance, my best tank 43.71 mpg, my worst 28.4 mpg, tbh I am expecting mpg to go down when winter arrives. Total fuel cost so far £662.
It does have a smallish fuel tank - although to be expected, but if coming from say a 5 series estate with 70 litre tank it would be a shock.
domtheone said:
uuf361 said:
How long are people generally making tyres last ? mine still seem fine.....
Had my R Estate serviced not long ago (13K). Was speaking to the chap about tyres and he said I still had loads left.Reckon I should be able to get to 20K easy.
Gonna **** me off though if I have to change tyres a couple of months before it goes back lol.
Sabertheo said:
400 miles to a tank sounds great. Currently got a 1.8 petrol zafira and it only does 33.6mpg and is no fun at all but does the job of school run / dog wagon fine. Looking forward to the golf more each day though
That's on a long gentle run (but appreciated there, no penalty for having a fast car when you just need transport!), more like 320 in around town use, but still much better than the Mazda!On reflection, I probably got more like 450 miles as I went to Plymouth and back with some driving around while there and a little left in the tank and Google Maps says it's 212 each way!
M.
Edited by marcosgt on Monday 9th October 16:35
Mine's nowhere near that because all of my driving is in Bristol so my avg speed is about 25-30 mph max.
Did an eco drive home tonight along the A37 and got 33 Mpg but f
k me it was boring.
Happily I have a costco card with work, plus there's a station at Avonmouth so I fill up on their SUL at 114p
Did an eco drive home tonight along the A37 and got 33 Mpg but f
k me it was boring.Happily I have a costco card with work, plus there's a station at Avonmouth so I fill up on their SUL at 114p
juice said:
Mine's nowhere near that because all of my driving is in Bristol so my avg speed is about 25-30 mph max.
Did an eco drive home tonight along the A37 and got 33 Mpg but fk me it was boring.
Happily I have a costco card with work, plus there's a station at Avonmouth so I fill up on their SUL at 114p
Most of my miles (if not number of trips) are long motorway or dual carriageway journeys.Did an eco drive home tonight along the A37 and got 33 Mpg but f
k me it was boring.Happily I have a costco card with work, plus there's a station at Avonmouth so I fill up on their SUL at 114p
I find that Eco is perfect for that, you get great MPG, but enough responsiveness to whip past people when you need to (the paddles are always there if you need them).
Really, using anything but Eco on a motorway journey just seems like a good way to burn fuel and/or lose your license (I usually stick the limiter on too, to stop me straying above err, 70, officer).
M
Amateurish said:
Anyone else feel that the alloys are a bit Max Power?
They’re just passable for me, but far from the best. They’re also a pain to clean because of that channel that runs around the inside edge behind the spokes.I’d have definitely had the 19” Pretorias, but £995 on a lease is pointless, plus the possible need for DCC.
andrewparker said:
Exhaust is livening up nicely on mine, got some really nice pops on a downshift the other day. Oh, and averaging about 18mpg 
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