The Golf R lease thread
Discussion
w8pmc said:
paul789 said:
Ha, should have looked at your username - same as the rs forum :-)
Horses for courses, of course. As a workhorse, it makes sense. For me though, it just didn't light my fire.
The very same.Horses for courses, of course. As a workhorse, it makes sense. For me though, it just didn't light my fire.
Was just surprised at the different views.
Without sounding conceited, it takes a lot to wow me & the Golf R has over delivered in that respect. That said, i hadn't set the bar overly high & only took a fleeting view of the great reviews as we all know they should be taken with a pinch of salt. However the giggles the car induces are far greater than i expected, the tech is ahead of anything i've owned to date & it's ability to deploy the wolf in sheeps clothing (more so as mine's a bog standard White Estate) is almost unbeatable.
Not sure i'd feel exactly the same if i had to do everything in it, but as a fun car that 'can' do pretty much everything it's in my mind unbeatable & i can even (never said this before) see my striking a deal with VW to buy the car at the end of the Lease.
digimeistter said:
Fair play, although I would still put money on the Golf R against that on a fast twisty B road, especially a convertable
But I bought it for two reasons; The on-rails, all weather performance. I've had various B8 A5s, S5s, RS4s and I have a lot hate relationship with the platform but has right amount of performance for me. (RS6 for example is too much).
Secondly, just wanted to enjoy the experience with the roof town. Today was a perfect day for that and you don't need to push any limits to do this. It's all good....for now :-)
Positives:
Quattro grip
N/A high-revving smiles
S-Tronic gearbox is great fun in the right driving mode using the paddles manually
Top down fun, very little scuttle-shake
The noise - even with the OEM sports exhaust
Negatives:
Interior showing its age with some rattly plastics
Weight
Probably image (but who cares)
Can't see you getting 3 sets of dive gear and 3 divers into that, though
Everyone chooses a car for a multitude of reasons. I can't see why anyone would buy an A5 (or derivative) for fun, it's a huge barge of a car (and to my eye possibly one of the bulkiest, least attractive 'coupes' ever made), but obviously lots of people like them, so I don't suppose Audi will lose much sleep over my views (especially as I've got a Golf Estate!)
Coming from a Mazda RX-8, though, I can see why some might find the Golf R less inspiring than the reviews suggest.
Undoubtedly, it's an impressively competent vehicle - It's real world as quick as you'll ever need, it can return 35+ MPG on a run, with the estate you can load it to the gunnels and still enjoy the performance, it's well specced and equipped (even in standard form) and if you really press on it's entertaining.
The downside is that at anything approach legal speeds, it's probably just a bit TOO good for UK roads. Put your foot down and you either get 2 or 3 seconds of acceleration or you're very quickly into illegal speeds and watching for cameras and police cars, rather than enjoying driving it.
When I were a lad, Autocar and Motor would take their cars to Millbrook to clock acceleration and maximum speeds, but the bulk of road tests were conducted on the road. Nowadays, the journos seem to spend more time hacking around race circuits than actually driving the damned things on the road.
Great fun, for them, I'm sure, but I think it gives them a distorted impression of what it's like to own a car for a few years as your only car. I'm probably NEVER going to take my Golf R on a track, so I'm not going to be able to explore it's 'on the limit handling' or 'max it out', so I'm more concerned about things like a hard, dead feeling steering wheel and feel-less steering and the fact that the DSG almost NEVER seems to be in the gear I need when I go to accelerate past something (surely with an automatic box, they can build in some kind of anti lag such that if I boot it I don't have that delay before all 310 BHP arrive?)
I leased mine on the basis that the Golf Estate platform was a good match for my practical needs and ALL the reviews were universally positive about the Golf R, but, more than ever, I think magazine reviews these days are out of kilter with what people experience on a day to day basis.
Don't get me wrong, the VW Golf R is a deeply impressive car and I enjoy owning and driving it.
In many ways, it does EXACTLY what I need of a car - It's practical, economical and yet fast and entertaining and can carry 5 people and loads of luggage if it needs to, but I'm not sure I'm going to grow to 'love it'.
M
Everyone chooses a car for a multitude of reasons. I can't see why anyone would buy an A5 (or derivative) for fun, it's a huge barge of a car (and to my eye possibly one of the bulkiest, least attractive 'coupes' ever made), but obviously lots of people like them, so I don't suppose Audi will lose much sleep over my views (especially as I've got a Golf Estate!
)Coming from a Mazda RX-8, though, I can see why some might find the Golf R less inspiring than the reviews suggest.
Undoubtedly, it's an impressively competent vehicle - It's real world as quick as you'll ever need, it can return 35+ MPG on a run, with the estate you can load it to the gunnels and still enjoy the performance, it's well specced and equipped (even in standard form) and if you really press on it's entertaining.
The downside is that at anything approach legal speeds, it's probably just a bit TOO good for UK roads. Put your foot down and you either get 2 or 3 seconds of acceleration or you're very quickly into illegal speeds and watching for cameras and police cars, rather than enjoying driving it.
When I were a lad, Autocar and Motor would take their cars to Millbrook to clock acceleration and maximum speeds, but the bulk of road tests were conducted on the road. Nowadays, the journos seem to spend more time hacking around race circuits than actually driving the damned things on the road.
Great fun, for them, I'm sure, but I think it gives them a distorted impression of what it's like to own a car for a few years as your only car. I'm probably NEVER going to take my Golf R on a track, so I'm not going to be able to explore it's 'on the limit handling' or 'max it out', so I'm more concerned about things like a hard, dead feeling steering wheel and feel-less steering and the fact that the DSG almost NEVER seems to be in the gear I need when I go to accelerate past something (surely with an automatic box, they can build in some kind of anti lag such that if I boot it I don't have that delay before all 310 BHP arrive?)
I leased mine on the basis that the Golf Estate platform was a good match for my practical needs and ALL the reviews were universally positive about the Golf R, but, more than ever, I think magazine reviews these days are out of kilter with what people experience on a day to day basis.
Don't get me wrong, the VW Golf R is a deeply impressive car and I enjoy owning and driving it.
In many ways, it does EXACTLY what I need of a car - It's practical, economical and yet fast and entertaining and can carry 5 people and loads of luggage if it needs to, but I'm not sure I'm going to grow to 'love it'.
M
Agree with marcosgt tbh, it's a very good car, but it's over so quick, have said this before, but as a jack of all trades it's for me as a new car very good value, just a shame about the rubbish build quality I have experienced.
Not sure if I would buy it. I'm reading this in florida with a chevy tahoe v8 on the drive. Which I'm actually really enjoying but very different to the golf. I think I also prefer the torque converter auto to the dsg altho dsg better in manual mode.
Not sure if I would buy it. I'm reading this in florida with a chevy tahoe v8 on the drive. Which I'm actually really enjoying but very different to the golf. I think I also prefer the torque converter auto to the dsg altho dsg better in manual mode.
Just had the following quote from David Selkirk at Western VW Edinburgh
Hi Duncan. That’s the deal just announced. There’s only a limited number of cars so let me know term and deposit etc and I’ll work it out. Can you email me on dselkirk@westernvolkswagen.co.uk
For an R Estate DSG in Pure White standard car with 3 upfront and 10k miles per annum it’s £346pm inc VAT.
Hi Duncan. That’s the deal just announced. There’s only a limited number of cars so let me know term and deposit etc and I’ll work it out. Can you email me on dselkirk@westernvolkswagen.co.uk
For an R Estate DSG in Pure White standard car with 3 upfront and 10k miles per annum it’s £346pm inc VAT.
headieboy said:
Just had the following quote from David Selkirk at Western VW Edinburgh
Hi Duncan. That’s the deal just announced. There’s only a limited number of cars so let me know term and deposit etc and I’ll work it out. Can you email me on dselkirk@westernvolkswagen.co.uk
For an R Estate DSG in Pure White standard car with 3 upfront and 10k miles per annum it’s £346pm inc VAT.
That's more than the deals back in the Summer, but still looks to be an OK deal. I did think the new deals were going to be on a par with those in the Summer. For reference & i don't think i mine was at the very lowest of costs as we saw in the Spring, but like for like i'm paying just shy of £2k less on mine over the 2yr term, with the only difference being mine's based on 8kmpa.Hi Duncan. That’s the deal just announced. There’s only a limited number of cars so let me know term and deposit etc and I’ll work it out. Can you email me on dselkirk@westernvolkswagen.co.uk
For an R Estate DSG in Pure White standard car with 3 upfront and 10k miles per annum it’s £346pm inc VAT.
headieboy said:
Just had the following quote from David Selkirk at Western VW Edinburgh
Hi Duncan. That’s the deal just announced. There’s only a limited number of cars so let me know term and deposit etc and I’ll work it out. Can you email me on dselkirk@westernvolkswagen.co.uk
For an R Estate DSG in Pure White standard car with 3 upfront and 10k miles per annum it’s £346pm inc VAT.
In the summer deal I got an Indium Grey estate for £1k up front and £304pm at 10k miles, so it's quite a jump. Listers VW Coventry.Hi Duncan. That’s the deal just announced. There’s only a limited number of cars so let me know term and deposit etc and I’ll work it out. Can you email me on dselkirk@westernvolkswagen.co.uk
For an R Estate DSG in Pure White standard car with 3 upfront and 10k miles per annum it’s £346pm inc VAT.
marcosgt said:
Can't see you getting 3 sets of dive gear and 3 divers into that, though
Everyone chooses a car for a multitude of reasons. I can't see why anyone would buy an A5 (or derivative) for fun, it's a huge barge of a car (and to my eye possibly one of the bulkiest, least attractive 'coupes' ever made), but obviously lots of people like them, so I don't suppose Audi will lose much sleep over my views (especially as I've got a Golf Estate!)
Coming from a Mazda RX-8, though, I can see why some might find the Golf R less inspiring than the reviews suggest.
Undoubtedly, it's an impressively competent vehicle - It's real world as quick as you'll ever need, it can return 35+ MPG on a run, with the estate you can load it to the gunnels and still enjoy the performance, it's well specced and equipped (even in standard form) and if you really press on it's entertaining.
The downside is that at anything approach legal speeds, it's probably just a bit TOO good for UK roads. Put your foot down and you either get 2 or 3 seconds of acceleration or you're very quickly into illegal speeds and watching for cameras and police cars, rather than enjoying driving it.
When I were a lad, Autocar and Motor would take their cars to Millbrook to clock acceleration and maximum speeds, but the bulk of road tests were conducted on the road. Nowadays, the journos seem to spend more time hacking around race circuits than actually driving the damned things on the road.
Great fun, for them, I'm sure, but I think it gives them a distorted impression of what it's like to own a car for a few years as your only car. I'm probably NEVER going to take my Golf R on a track, so I'm not going to be able to explore it's 'on the limit handling' or 'max it out', so I'm more concerned about things like a hard, dead feeling steering wheel and feel-less steering and the fact that the DSG almost NEVER seems to be in the gear I need when I go to accelerate past something (surely with an automatic box, they can build in some kind of anti lag such that if I boot it I don't have that delay before all 310 BHP arrive?)
I leased mine on the basis that the Golf Estate platform was a good match for my practical needs and ALL the reviews were universally positive about the Golf R, but, more than ever, I think magazine reviews these days are out of kilter with what people experience on a day to day basis.
Don't get me wrong, the VW Golf R is a deeply impressive car and I enjoy owning and driving it.
In many ways, it does EXACTLY what I need of a car - It's practical, economical and yet fast and entertaining and can carry 5 people and loads of luggage if it needs to, but I'm not sure I'm going to grow to 'love it'.
M
Happy days, with half an engine :-)Everyone chooses a car for a multitude of reasons. I can't see why anyone would buy an A5 (or derivative) for fun, it's a huge barge of a car (and to my eye possibly one of the bulkiest, least attractive 'coupes' ever made), but obviously lots of people like them, so I don't suppose Audi will lose much sleep over my views (especially as I've got a Golf Estate!
)Coming from a Mazda RX-8, though, I can see why some might find the Golf R less inspiring than the reviews suggest.
Undoubtedly, it's an impressively competent vehicle - It's real world as quick as you'll ever need, it can return 35+ MPG on a run, with the estate you can load it to the gunnels and still enjoy the performance, it's well specced and equipped (even in standard form) and if you really press on it's entertaining.
The downside is that at anything approach legal speeds, it's probably just a bit TOO good for UK roads. Put your foot down and you either get 2 or 3 seconds of acceleration or you're very quickly into illegal speeds and watching for cameras and police cars, rather than enjoying driving it.
When I were a lad, Autocar and Motor would take their cars to Millbrook to clock acceleration and maximum speeds, but the bulk of road tests were conducted on the road. Nowadays, the journos seem to spend more time hacking around race circuits than actually driving the damned things on the road.
Great fun, for them, I'm sure, but I think it gives them a distorted impression of what it's like to own a car for a few years as your only car. I'm probably NEVER going to take my Golf R on a track, so I'm not going to be able to explore it's 'on the limit handling' or 'max it out', so I'm more concerned about things like a hard, dead feeling steering wheel and feel-less steering and the fact that the DSG almost NEVER seems to be in the gear I need when I go to accelerate past something (surely with an automatic box, they can build in some kind of anti lag such that if I boot it I don't have that delay before all 310 BHP arrive?)
I leased mine on the basis that the Golf Estate platform was a good match for my practical needs and ALL the reviews were universally positive about the Golf R, but, more than ever, I think magazine reviews these days are out of kilter with what people experience on a day to day basis.
Don't get me wrong, the VW Golf R is a deeply impressive car and I enjoy owning and driving it.
In many ways, it does EXACTLY what I need of a car - It's practical, economical and yet fast and entertaining and can carry 5 people and loads of luggage if it needs to, but I'm not sure I'm going to grow to 'love it'.
M
the-photographer said:
CVL latest offer
Initial Rental: £2500 + VAT
CVL?- VW GOLF R 2.0TFSI 300PS DSG (AUTO) ESTATE*
- 2 Years Contract Hire*
Initial Rental: £2500 + VAT
- 23x Monthly Payment: £149.99 + VAT*
- 8,000 Miles Per Annum - £159.99 + VAT*
- OR*
- No Initial (1+23) 5000 PER ANNUM £259.99*
Do you have a link?
paul789 said:
Happy days, with half an engine :-)
Who needs 2 engines? Oh yeah, people with big wafty barges 
(Not serious, before anyone takes offence - all this BS about number of cylinders is rubbish and we all know it )V8s never really appeal to me, a straight 6, maybe...
Although I'd make an exception for a Ferrari F40 or 458!
M.
Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 28th November 16:36
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