Golf R - Test Drive

I think the point is that they are trying to race him regardless of who has a faster car. I get the same, though mainly GTI's and VXRs. The price of the R tends to keep them out of the hands of that sort of folk.
 
Jokester said:
I think the point is that they are trying to race him regardless of who has a faster car. I get the same, though mainly GTI's and VXRs. The price of the R tends to keep them out of the hands of that sort of folk.
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Spot on, I had no interest in racing him.

I think the excellent lease deals on the R's have made them very accessible.
 
panthro said:
Spot on, I had no interest in racing him.
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Don't take it too personally, just don't race. It's hardly a new thing that young lads in fast cars want to take on other cars for a giggle. Lots of people 'race' each other for fun and they don't call each other nobs for it (sic).

Racing like a knob, that's another matter.

On the subject of the car, I'd gladly own one but they're very 'keenly priced'. Four exhausts is a bit Marmite, but I wouldn't let it put me off.
 
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I had one race me last week, he blasted past me to be fair and as I looked across it was an old fella about 65 :D
 
These deals are fantastic value, would love one of these but just can't quite make the maths add up paying ~£300 per month (on average, excl. fuel) for something you are only meant to drive 5k miles a year :(
 
[TW]Fox;26458782 said:
No quicker than either the Golf or the 135 though?
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... which is quite ridiculous when you consider that the Zs are meant to be the sports cars of the model lineups.

The Golf R doesn't do anything for me. It needs some bodywork tweaks to set it apart from an otherwise mundane looking Golf. (stupid quad-exhaust aside).

It has a powerful engine and a 4WD powertrain, but is lacking on aesthetics.
 
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RedvGreen said:
... which is quite ridiculous when you consider that the Zs are meant to be the sports cars of the model lineups.
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It's not ridiculous at all, it's common sense that two cars of the same sort of weight fitted with the same sort of engine power wise will offer similar performance :confused:

mOdO said:
Definitely. They were very tempting for a lease deal.
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The headline figures are but how many of us want to pay thousands of pounds a year for a car we darn't use for fear of the heavy mileage restriction? Seems more about ensuring there is a nice supply of low mileage 2 year old Golf R's for the dealer network if anything.

Ask for a lease for average annual mileage + a few thousand miles contingency (or calculate the excess mileage cost on that contingency) and it's a heck of a lot more expensive.
 
[TW]Fox;26459445 said:
The headline figures are but how many of us want to pay thousands of pounds a year for a car we darn't use for fear of the heavy mileage restriction? Seems more about ensuring there is a nice supply of low mileage 2 year old Golf R's for the dealer network if anything.

Ask for a lease for average annual mileage + a few thousand miles contingency (or calculate the excess mileage cost on that contingency) and it's a heck of a lot more expensive.
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In the case of the Golf deals the mileage excess is 7.2 pence per mile so the costs aren't nearly as bad as some, typical deals are based upon 8-10k pa so adding 10k to that is £60 p/m which isn't an unreasonable sum IMHO.
 
Monster said:
That's what I've ordered mine in, not going to arrive till circa October though!
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Going for midnight blue, lapiz blue is too bright for me and winter pack , 5dr dsg

MeAnBoY said:
Seriously tempted to lease one of these. Anyone tried a manual one?
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Not seen any manuals at the dealers. The DSG seems very popular when I looked at all the stock that is listed through VW uk network

mOdO said:
Definitely. They were very tempting for a lease deal.
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Not too long ago the m135i was on a similar lease. Wonder how many got those :)
 
nam said:
Not seen any manuals at the dealers. The DSG seems very popular when I looked at all the stock that is listed through VW uk network
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Didn't think it was going to be a popular option really, will have to try find a dealer with one in stock to play with I guess. Having said that I'm not exactly adverse to the DSG having spent plenty of time in a mk5 with it. I'm just not too bothered about it on a lease car seeing as it adds a decent amount to the ownership cost and it's not exactly something I'm going to have to worry about with resale.
 
[TW]Fox;26459445 said:
The headline figures are but how many of us want to pay thousands of pounds a year for a car we darn't use for fear of the heavy mileage restriction? Seems more about ensuring there is a nice supply of low mileage 2 year old Golf R's for the dealer network if anything.

Ask for a lease for average annual mileage + a few thousand miles contingency (or calculate the excess mileage cost on that contingency) and it's a heck of a lot more expensive.
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Mileage correction yo - Baz from gumtree will sort you out in Tesco's carpark.

There are some good deals floating about on these, much as there was with the M135i last year.
 
peterattheboro said:
Are the cheap lease deals still around for this? Had a look but it's around £300 a month for a DSG.

They do look fantastic bar the quad pipes.
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The one I'm looking at currently is £275 or therabouts. It's much the same as we had last year with the 135i as people have already said, so that's 6+23 payments with 8k mileage.
 
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