My Golf R Estate has arrived
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I ordered the car on 30th April and it was delivered on 2nd November.
So, 27 weeks / 6 months.
Initially I was given an August delivery date but that moved back to September and then October.
The Macan is nice but you pay for it.
The recently announced Macan GTS is £55k base, you need to add £4k of options to get it up to the standard spec of the Golf R. Then it's a touch slower with less space and 400kg more weight.
It's a lot of compromise for a posher badge.
The recently announced Macan GTS is £55k base, you need to add £4k of options to get it up to the standard spec of the Golf R. Then it's a touch slower with less space and 400kg more weight.
It's a lot of compromise for a posher badge.
Sport Chrono is £800 for a stop watch and launch control. That's another option to add which comes as standard on the Golf R.
Timed runs on a standard Estate have shown 0-62 in 4.8 sec can be done.i posted the video in the Motors YouTube thread.
3rd gear on the R comes in at around 55mph.
0-60 Hundredths are probably not noticeable day to day. It's the feel and fun factor where Porsche usually triumph but the extra 400kg weight is challenging that aspect. That's going to take some engineering to mask.
Here is the 4.8 video
Timed runs on a standard Estate have shown 0-62 in 4.8 sec can be done.i posted the video in the Motors YouTube thread.
3rd gear on the R comes in at around 55mph.
0-60 Hundredths are probably not noticeable day to day. It's the feel and fun factor where Porsche usually triumph but the extra 400kg weight is challenging that aspect. That's going to take some engineering to mask.
Here is the 4.8 video
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Search a bit more and you'll find my Porsche Macan thread, SUV's were a consideration.
Feb this year : http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18580378&highlight=Macan+startername_SDK^
Feb this year : http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18580378&highlight=Macan+startername_SDK^
Is her allowance coming from her work company? If so the 26% Benefit In Kind tax on the Golf R Hatch could be a blocker on the cost side. (20% taxpayer = £142 per month tax)
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The only annoying thing I have found so far on the car is the controls to change the radio station. You cannot cycle through your selected tuned station list using the on wheel buttons - it cycles through all of the available stations (100+) 
Also, the touch screen interface is harder to use over the iDrive system. You tend to find the road surface/bumps makes it hard to accurately select areas on the screen, whilst concentrating on driving.
Also, the touch screen interface is harder to use over the iDrive system. You tend to find the road surface/bumps makes it hard to accurately select areas on the screen, whilst concentrating on driving.
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Yeah my partner said exactly the same. She would rather have an AMG/M-Sport/S Line low powered car in a custom colourI quite like the estate too but she claimed it looked rubbish.
