RE: Latest VW Golf R introduced with 333hp
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An, 'acoustic statement', that statement meaning, 'I'm a bell end'.
Ironically it's a decent enough looking car, all of the Golf-Rs are, they're generally inoffensive to look at and I'm sure a good drive too but the image and how often I've seen them driven badly puts me right off. I suspect like many a fast car in the past.
I'll probably enjoy seeing one of these in standard form in 20 years time! haha
Ironically it's a decent enough looking car, all of the Golf-Rs are, they're generally inoffensive to look at and I'm sure a good drive too but the image and how often I've seen them driven badly puts me right off. I suspect like many a fast car in the past.
I'll probably enjoy seeing one of these in standard form in 20 years time! haha
redroadster said:
As an every dayall weather car it does it all fast family fun ,the 7th version fans need to get over it .
I think that there is a much wider issue here than which version of Golf R you have. On a whole range of variables cars have got worse over the last few years. Combined with tighter financial times and the uncertainty around the move to electric then a lot of people are keeping their cars longer. I have a 7.5 R wagon without a GPF, without a huge stuck on central screen, without lane assist and in a colour I like from the much wider range they used to offer. Why should I change for an inferior car in my eyes?redroadster said:
As an every dayall weather car it does it all fast family fun ,the 7th version fans need to get over it .
Get over what? That they're perfectly happy with what they've got and don't see the need to spunk the cash on a newer car that arguably doesn't suit their needs as much? I think it's you who needs to get over this.
Alex_225 said:
An, 'acoustic statement', that statement meaning, 'I'm a bell end'.
Ironically it's a decent enough looking car, all of the Golf-Rs are, they're generally inoffensive to look at and I'm sure a good drive too but the image and how often I've seen them driven badly puts me right off. I suspect like many a fast car in the past.
Spot on. Ironically it's a decent enough looking car, all of the Golf-Rs are, they're generally inoffensive to look at and I'm sure a good drive too but the image and how often I've seen them driven badly puts me right off. I suspect like many a fast car in the past.
I'm probably the target demographic for one of these (long history of owning Golfs, looking for a fast car with a good size boot) but the image of the Golf R means I'll never own one.
redroadster said:
As an every dayall weather car it does it all fast family fun ,the 7th version fans need to get over it .
I think that there is a much wider issue here than which version of Golf R you have. On a whole range of variables cars have got worse over the last few years. Combined with tighter financial times and the uncertainty around the move to electric then a lot of people are keeping their cars longer. I have a 7.5 R wagon without a GPF, without a huge stuck on central screen, without lane assist and in a colour I like from the much wider range they used to offer. Why should I change for an inferior car in my eyes?
CT05 Nose Cone said:
When regulations are forcing cars to be ever quieter I can't understand how these fart maps can be legal pp
Yeah its a strange one. Most OEMs are blaming the noise regs and the GPFs for the reduction in noise, the pops and bangs are all but gone from Audi and AMG who started it all off with the noisy A45 and RS models. I can only imagine its the total decibel of the system and these are more poooofs than popsEC2 said:
I think that there is a much wider issue here than which version of Golf R you have. On a whole range of variables cars have got worse over the last few years. Combined with tighter financial times and the uncertainty around the move to electric then a lot of people are keeping their cars longer. I have a 7.5 R wagon without a GPF, without a huge stuck on central screen, without lane assist and in a colour I like from the much wider range they used to offer. Why should I change for an inferior car in my eyes?
I think that's true for a lot of people.My Megane 280 Cup is now 6 years old, I suspect in normal times I would have swapped it at the 4 year point, but then they stopped offering it with a manual, and then stopped making it all together. Similar classes of car, such as this, or the Type R and over 10k more than I paid back in 2018.
The big thing for me is, like lots of people after lockdown, I'm not in an office everyday anymore, and much of my work has been remote, so my need for a daily isn't that great, so there's really no rush to replace it.
I suspect I'll go electric at some point, but I think it's still a few years away.
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