'06 / 07 Golf R32's - What they like?

[XJSJohn]

Having a hankering for a change, 2 years of great fun with the porker but i think time for a more modern car!

Been looking through the local classifieds and saw one or two of these at a (relatively speaking for here) affordable price, so ...

Anyone own one, what they like? Whats reliability like on them?

I am looking at the DSG as i fancy a flappy paddle car.

Commute will comprise of highways and heavy town congestion, weekend plays will over to malaysia and track days at Pasir Guidang and Sepang.

I am after something a bit more practical than the old porker but which will still give me the grin factor.

Also, any worthwhile tuning mods / remaps or are they better left vanilla?

Cheers!

[cuprabob]

I've had one for 3 years and love it, particularly the DSG.

Reliability has been very good (touch wood) in 48k miles and apart from petrol (26mpg) and road tax (£400) they are reasonable to run.

Some bargains to be had so go for it.

[Welshbeef]

cuprabob said:

I've had one for 3 years and love it, particularly the DSG.

Reliability has been very good (touch wood) in 48k miles and apart from petrol (26mpg) and road tax (£400) they are reasonable to run.

Some bargains to be had so go for it.

26mpg.. Im impressed with that a 3.2V6 make a mockery of the Focus ST's with lo 20's.

[cuprabob]

Welshbeef said:

cuprabob said:

I've had one for 3 years and love it, particularly the DSG.

Reliability has been very good (touch wood) in 48k miles and apart from petrol (26mpg) and road tax (£400) they are reasonable to run.

Some bargains to be had so go for it.

26mpg.. Im impressed with that a 3.2V6 make a mockery of the Focus ST's with lo 20's.

I can get over 30mpg on a long run as long as there is no traffic jams. DSG also helps as it is always 2 gears higher than you would if your using manual. You can easily get into the teens though if you want to enjoy the V6 burble

[XJSJohn]

cuprabob said:

I've had one for 3 years and love it, particularly the DSG.

Reliability has been very good (touch wood) in 48k miles and apart from petrol (26mpg) and road tax (£400) they are reasonable to run.

Some bargains to be had so go for it.

cheers for that Bob!!

Have you done any performance mods (or ever thought you need to?)

[Stu R]

Stop pi$$ing around and get an Exo X bought John

[XJSJohn]

Stu R said:

Stop pi$$ing around and get an Exo X bought John

The missus says no, plus with the way tax rebates work here, you will loose a stack load of cash on a jap car.

[Stu R]

XJSJohn said:

Stu R said:

Stop pi$$ing around and get an Exo X bought John

The missus says no, plus with the way tax rebates work here, you will loose a stack load of cash on a jap car.

Bugger. The R32's are bloody good cars, lacking that knife edge feeling you get with the evo, but great fun none-the-less. surprised to hear it's not the euro stuff that's likely to be more expensive. The tax system in singapore really is a minefield it seems!

[XJSJohn]

Stu R said:

XJSJohn said:

Stu R said:

Stop pi$$ing around and get an Exo X bought John

The missus says no, plus with the way tax rebates work here, you will loose a stack load of cash on a jap car.

Bugger. The R32's are bloody good cars, lacking that knife edge feeling you get with the evo, but great fun none-the-less. surprised to hear it's not the euro stuff that's likely to be more expensive. The tax system in singapore really is a minefield it seems!

For cars, yes. I had an intensive lesson in various car taxes reciently. European car's cost more, and their OMV is higher, but when you scrap them (i.e. sell on for export between year 1 and year 10) you get a much higher tax rebate, as this is based on the OMV and some other bits.

[cuprabob]

XJSJohn said:

cuprabob said:

I've had one for 3 years and love it, particularly the DSG.

Reliability has been very good (touch wood) in 48k miles and apart from petrol (26mpg) and road tax (£400) they are reasonable to run.

Some bargains to be had so go for it.

cheers for that Bob!!

Have you done any performance mods (or ever thought you need to?)

I haven't done any mods but because it's NA it's very expensive to get any significant increase in performance. Most people add Millteks and CAI along with a Revo map which gives an additional 30bhp.