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This..
Thread has probably runs it course by now. OP, do nothing unless you get a letter through the post for speeding on X date.
Poll: VW ragged my Golf R
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This..
Thread has probably runs it course by now. OP, do nothing unless you get a letter through the post for speeding on X date.
Wow some dumb replies in here but then I kinda expected that lol.
First of all OP has every right to be upset, if that was my car I'd be sure as hell making a complaint and if the guy loses his job over his stupidity then that's his fault.
But that's as far as I'd take it, I'd just mention it to the dealership and let them deal with it or if they didn't then I'd be complaining to VW head office at the very least.
Maybe op didn't word his title properly but he didn't really rag it so to speak, perhaps a bit over zealous speed wise but then when I drive my mates golf R I tend to become a tad heavy footed
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First of all OP has every right to be upset, if that was my car I'd be sure as hell making a complaint and if the guy loses his job over his stupidity then that's his fault.
But that's as far as I'd take it, I'd just mention it to the dealership and let them deal with it or if they didn't then I'd be complaining to VW head office at the very least.
Maybe op didn't word his title properly but he didn't really rag it so to speak, perhaps a bit over zealous speed wise but then when I drive my mates golf R I tend to become a tad heavy footed
.Its a Golf ffs... you can't exactly call it 'sporty'...
Lol so if it isn't sporty then what is it?? A luxury barge??
. Perhaps you would be wise to do some reading on the golf R, it is a sporty hatchback.
Hell even my GTD is considered a sporty hatchback albeit a tractor sporty hatchback
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Was with you (sort of) until this point:
Anyway, the Golf R is a a hot hatch, end of story.
Hell even my GTD is considered a sporty hatchback albeit a tractor sporty hatchback
Anyway, the Golf R is a a hot hatch, end of story.
5.2s 0-60 and around 225whp? Yawn...
Thank you for clarifying that its a Hot Hatch, calling golf "sporty".
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Gibbo is talking about fast cars, it's got nothing to do with OCUK business or his job etc.
if you haven't already noticed this isn't a forum for Nanny drivers, it's a petrolhead forum, i expect nearly everybody here speeds.
Bit comical given what you have in your signature
The Civic or the SV?
Edit: If you mean the AE86 Trueno, I'm a massive Intial D fanboy ever since I saw Intial D as a kid.
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sporty definitely, but the Golf wouldn't be my choice because it's got no character at all, it's too normal looking.
Oh I'm also not a fan but there's a difference between not liking something and being well...wrong!
I think I'm a bit spoiled by the performance of bikes, my bike is pretty slow. Upto 100 (private road) its fine, but anything above that you can feel it struggling and the acceleration is only 3.5s 0-60. I rode some bikes with more power and after going back to the SV It felt like going from some super/hyper car to a micra.
A car with 450-500hp would be good, anything below that just feels kind of slow to me. My mate gave me a ride in a C63 AMG that thing sounded fruity and when he put his foot down that thing did go. I don't think it was stock though... the mpg on it was ridiculous.
Its a golf at the end of the day...
A car with 450-500hp would be good, anything below that just feels kind of slow to me. My mate gave me a ride in a C63 AMG that thing sounded fruity and when he put his foot down that thing did go. I don't think it was stock though... the mpg on it was ridiculous.
Its a golf at the end of the day...
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Oh but he was being a nice little boy driving sensibly for a little while.
I wouldn't be so light on the guy. If I was working at VW and driving twice the speed limit in a customers car, pushing another driver to drive faster, I would be well aware of the trouble I could wind up in.
Unacceptable for me. Take him to the cleaners I say.
I wouldn't be so light on the guy. If I was working at VW and driving twice the speed limit in a customers car, pushing another driver to drive faster, I would be well aware of the trouble I could wind up in.
Unacceptable for me. Take him to the cleaners I say.
Too be honest, that's what I like about them. Unless you are a car person, you would just see a regular Golf, until it shoots off into the distance and your left thinking what the ****!.
Then again, I have always have a soft spot for the Golf for some reason.
I think I'm a bit spoiled by the performance of bikes, my bike is pretty slow. Upto 100 (private road) its fine, but anything above that you can feel it struggling and the acceleration is only 3.5s 0-60. I rode some bikes with more power and after going back to the SV It felt like going from some super/hyper car to a micra.
A car with 450-500hp would be good, anything below that just feels kind of slow to me. My mate gave me a ride in a C63 AMG that thing sounded fruity and when he put his foot down that thing did go. I don't think it was stock though... the mpg on it was ridiculous.
Its a golf at the end of the day...
Comparing a bike to a car. Brilliant. Then again I'd rather have a nice new car that's fast rather than an old cheap bike.
I don't think there's anyway you can call a Golf R slow. 4.9 to 60 is fast by pretty much anyone's standards.
The fact that it's a Golf R is totally irrelevant. It is not more acceptable for a trusted third party to break the speed limit in a customer's Golf R than it is in a Nissan Micra.
Speeding in a customer's car is unprofessional and risky, both in terms of possibility of an incident and the potential for an embarrassing speeding ticket.
I would without a doubt be round my dealer with the video to voice my dissatisfaction.
If that makes me a stuffy git, so be it. It's my car and I'd be extremely annoyed about it. A senior manager at OcUK saying it's OK to ignore a 50mph limit as long as you reckon the road lends itself is just the icing on the cake.
And lol at hurfdurf's 'people don't know what genuinely sporty means'; like the sportier the car the more OK it is for the dealer to abuse it
Aren't you that poster who used to be called Robbie G? Didn't you used to get off on the fact you had a Golf? If so I can see why this driving might be like stamping on baby kittens to you.
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I don't see any video. 
Edit: I'm blind.
To me it looks like he was just enjoying your car as if it were his own, but I wouldn't be impressed about him speeding in case you got any tickets. I don't think I'd report it to the police unless I'd received any tickets, but I'd certainly present your footage to the dealership.
Edit: I'm blind.
To me it looks like he was just enjoying your car as if it were his own, but I wouldn't be impressed about him speeding in case you got any tickets. I don't think I'd report it to the police unless I'd received any tickets, but I'd certainly present your footage to the dealership.
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