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Thanks for the tip, Booth11. Here is a pic - while it’s still clean!

Delivered on Friday! Huge step up from the 7.5. Love the way it drives, the modern interior, new tech etc. Haven't fully tested it's power until it's run in a bit. Thanks to this forum for making the wait easier!

This is it after fantastic detailing job by AJH detailing in Hampshire Plus complimentary bucket stickers!!!!

Well after just shy of 2 years I have a delivery date of this Friday. Pictures to follow (if I can work out how to upload them)😂

So after months of hunting for the replacement car, while driving round in an 18 year old 142k miles Renault Megane, I finally put a deposit down on a lovely Lapiz Blue 2020 R Wagon. Would have preferred more bells and whistles on it, but the time had come to compromise a bit and get in a suitable car. This one came up and is in fantastic condition so happy with the choice. Plan to collect it on Monday. 2 years warranty, roadside assistance, 5k finance to get £250 deposit contribution and Minor and Major Service thrown in. Will clear the finance off ASAP to minimise interest charges. All servicing including Haldex is up to date and was carried out for last 3 years by the dealership I am buying from. Absolutely love this colour with the Spielberg wheels. Monday can't come soon enough!!

I’ve got the car back now (plus the vehicle inspection video/report) and the tech has gone through what they’ve done on the car. Whilst there is a TPI for the brake backing plates, for corrosion and rust, and the TPI is to replace them, and he was going to replace them for the hell of it in case there was any issue with them, but it transpires out that this TPI doesn’t cover the R as it has different (vented) backing plates which aren’t included, and of course he wasn’t going to fit non vented plates. So instead they removed, cleaned and inspected the brake backing plates for rust and corrosion (none present) and have used cavity spray in the underside of the car. For the creaking suspension noise - there is a TPI (similar to the mk7 one) which is for greasing the front top mounts and front shocks with silicone grease, so this has been carried out, but likely the noise will return in time, so the tech said they’ll just repeat it as a service item when the car is in for service or for anything else. He did say that there’s a few other noises they are aware for the mk8 (not related to my car) and there is a new TPI coming out for front end noise but they don’t actually know what the noise is yet, and the TPI is to postpone repair as the fix is not yet known!! He also said it’s not uncommon for TPIs to be issued and actioned but them rescinded if the fix turns out not to be a fix after all. I asked if they would share the TPI numbers (they have in the past including last year) but declined on this occasion. The Service Manager said no. 🙁 You can but try! I had a silent drive home but let’s see how it goes. And I asked about engine cover but as others have said, no news on that, no knowledge of recall replacement engine cover, no idea in other words.

Bring on the redneck jokes…..😆 I know there’s not much appetite for pickup trucks on this forum 😄 but a new car day (yesterday) is a new car day! 🥳 The new Amarok beasty has arrived! It’s my other half’s workhorse truck for both work and family duties. He nabbed a dealer allocated factory order a few weeks back (‘73 plate) and 6 weeks later it’s here, with some nice optional extras such as leather, Harman Kardon, 20” wheels and a few other extra bits. A session showing him how all the new tech works is booked for this weekend! 😂

Mac back after its PPF and Ceramic coating. 😁

Ours was built a couple of weeks ago and arrived at the dealers today but waiting until October to pick up. Funnily enough we actually just popped in to choose a reg plate and they said that it had just arrived on the lorry today. Still haven't seen it though!

Milky and Benni are well and truly settled now. Milky is a homebody and has claimed her couch, chair, bed…. No Paparazzi! Benni is the avid outdoor adventurer, always getting up to mischief, often found padding around on the roof of the house or stuck up a variety of trees. After hours of exploring he collapses into a comatose state for hours to recharge ready for another kitty garden expedition! Resting!

Oh, it did happen here, not so long ago 🙂 They are among us, the converts, lurking in the cyber shadows for someone to say the T word so they can come out guns a-blazing and Nikola-shame all of us dinosaur burners. And you know what they say about converts, right ? They are usually more extreme than life long believers.

Two out of the three cleaned on Sunday and interior detail on Model 3. Octavia needs a wet vac which I'll do this week one evening. Octavia is now on 101k miles. Both have Gyeon Syncro coating so it was just a wash and dry with Gyeon Bathe and Gyeon Silk dryer.

Come on, get it right.. ..in a week. 🤣

Or the number of bongs and warnings in a year...😂

Twins!

New steering wheel being fitted today 🙂

Picking up my R20 this afternoon - ordered end-Feb. Very exciting 😁

I am assuming the replacement parts and greasing action is as a result of me booking in for the noises. However I will have more information tomorrow when I go and collect the car and find out the further detail. I will endeavour to get the TPI numbers from the tech, but pictures of TPI are unlikely as they’ve refused me taking a photo of TPIs previously but did let me note the numbers down. I did have a unexpected and somewhat amusing phone call from the tech a couple hours ago - first to tell me the the tech will start work on it as soon as he’s in at 8:30 in the morning; second, that he’ll go through everything when I collect, and third, to tell me that if I drive past the dealership tonight and don’t see my car outside it’s because it’s being kept inside the workshop because, and I quote “it’s a really really nice car”, and “is very clean” 🤣 (it’s a bit grubby by my standards, makes me wonder if they only are used to dirty customers cars). 😄 Anyway that immediately made me think one of them was going to take it home for the night and rag it. 😂 But WeConnect shows in in the dealership, in their workshop and the mileage hasn’t budged since they took it out this morning. 😅 This morning when I dropped it off, I had a guy (another customer) wind his car window down as he was pulling out of the customer car park, ask me if that was my R and what “chemical” did I use on it. I asked if he meant paint protection and he said yes, so I told him it had Gyeon Wax on and WetCoat currently, he thanked me and drove off. Nice that my detailing efforts do not go unnoticed. 😄

Got my R back from TK Detailing on Friday last week, I am blown away with the improvement and what he has managed to do to refresh the paintwork. Also (after literally hours of reading threads on here!) fitted a Pedal Box Pro yesterday, the car feels brilliant now. Since getting the Golf in July I didn't think the stock performance was lacking, but always felt there was some lag in the power delivery which I wrongly assumed was just turbo lag. Since fitting the pedal box this has been completely eliminated, the drive is transformed (but all of you who have done this already know ). Only cost £11 to declare on insurance too. Anyway here are some glamour shots.... new R caliper decals installed supplied by EZmods (again thanks to this forum for this!), they are a perfect fit over the orginals.

Hello, I am Micael and I live in Portugal. Been an Audi owner since I got my license but just recently moved to VW and got myself a facelift mark 7 Golf R. Absolutely love the car so far. Already have a few mods done, visual and performance-wise. My main objective on coming to this forum is to learn some VCDS/OBD11 coding stuff and requesting feedback before purchasing newer upgrades (exhaust system soon)

Just to update. Sent my haldex controller off to haldexrepairs.co.uk sent it Monday. They got it Tuesday and repaired it. Sent back same day. So I got today Wednesday. Have put it back on the car and all faults have gone. Cost £159. Witch I think is very good. just for future my faults on obd eleven where lost commutation with four wheel drive clutch. Dashlights that were on. Abs, esp, tpms, hill hold assist, acc and even the parking sensors would not work.

Both parked on the end space, carefully out of the space, away from the idiots. Well done. 🙂 I do find it annoying though when you come back to the car and the person next to you actually parks their car out of their space too (probably because they lined up with you) so they are a normal width between you and them. 🥵

100% with you. And I kind of hope it does get worse so that I can go back to them and say nah that's not on. For now though they've been reasonable, there wasn't any codes in the ECU so they can't do anything. To me that sounds like they know it's an issue but VW HQ are telling them to ignore it. Which I know isn't good enough but with limited supply of steering wheels I'd rather someone else got one, as mine isn't that bad yet.

I have a lovely green non polluting Tesla parked on my drive that literally is saving the planet. I'm all things Zen, so to balance it out , right in front of it is my diesel burning 2007 Touran, pre DPF, pre SCR (ad-blue) that would make Sadiq Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan curl up and cry.

https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/the-new-id-gti-concept-world-premiere-17587

HI all, I’ve been watching with interest as the travel assist/SOS error bongs posts continue. For my car it got to the point where it was roughly every 2-3 seconds on every single drive, and on some occasions the three warning lights would come on and stay on. The Wheel became more and more hyper sensitive, with an open window setting it off, or a change in the speed of the Aircon fan, or heater or the like. It became sensitive to everything and drove me mad to the extent you could not drive the car due to the distraction. In my experience, once you have the chimes happening they may come and go, but they will sure as anything only get worse. VW have a global problem with this, and I think they know it, but have no real or meaningful solution as yet. So, I rejected the car as previously advised, returned it last Monday, and I have had a partial refund of around 70% of what I paid and I have taken that and advised at the time it was not acceptable, and I have launched an action against the dealer now, who has only a number of business days to reply before it is further progressed. The car was de registered, and my plates returned, and the dealer paid out the remaining finance. The car will now be returned by the dealer to VW Australia and I am very happy to advise I instead have taken delivery of a new Mercedes-AMG GLA 45S with the 310kw engine, and I am also happy to say everything just works in it!

Just been out for my first bong free drive in over a year. New steering wheel feels nice too. And no more creaking/clicking form the suspension either, happy days, long may it continue 😆

I had to top up my coolant last year (had just over 10k miles on it). The warning light came on after a particularly enthusiastic spell of driving in Special mode. Checked the level and it was just below minimum but only a couple weeks earlier had been fine. Could have been an airlock that leached out as is not unusual at all and makes it appear as though the level has dropped when in reality it’s the trapped air leaching out leading to a level drop, or just as a result of the system cycles over time. I topped it up with G12 Evo and I’ve not had any drop in level since then and that’s over a year ago.

Dropped the car in to the dealership this morning. Of course even though it made the grinding/groaning/creaking sound on lock to lock whilst I was parked up in their car park before going in, when I came out with the technician for him to have a listen it was predictably silent. 🙄😂 No matter though. They have phoned to say they need to keep the car in till tomorrow as they need to replace both front brake backing guards/plates (there's a TPI for this) and are greasing lubing the shocks (another TPI). Parts and grease will be in tomorrow so they car is staying with them overnight. Sadly no sign of my replacement steering wheel so that'll have to be another visit when it eventually turns up (ordered back in May).

Taken from anther forum Maybe some good news regarding the engine covers The new service campaign 10H9 revision 2, dated 25/08/2023, is to fit the new engine compartment cover which were removed or never fitted from factory via campaign 10H5. There are two different covers: PN 06Q103925L for vehicles up to 180kW only PN 06Q103925N for vehicles greater than/equal to 180kW only

VW’s Customer service and aftercare is shocking, it’s not a cheap car and you expect better from a major brand. Best service I ever had was from Toyota, I couldn’t fault it and that was on a humble Yaris. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After 26 months of waiting, finally, FINALLY have a confirmed build week of next week, with a hopeful delivery of end of October/beginning of November. I’d started losing interest, but a little excitement has returned!

Well it seems to have done the trick, Thanks

There’s a t25 screw at the top of the arch lip which protrudes quite abit. I just removed it and it solved the issue when I had 12mm spacers on. There’s plenty of other screws holding the arch liner so it doesn’t affect integrity. I’ve had it off for a few years and no issues.

That will make all the difference with the 4WD. Don't get much ice here in Southern parts of the UK.

Just don’t have any thoughts about a contrast roof….that could be really painful! 😂

Some of that regarding the dash errors, does make sense, there must be times when warnings are legitimate and not errors. The trouble is that because of the plentiful examples of seemingly non legitimate errors (like those who get them every few seconds on a drive), nobody has any confidence in what is an actual warning, albeit fleeting, and what’s an error of the system, and also if the system is too sensitive leading to lots of errors pinging up. As for the brake clicking noise, who knows. It’s not something everyone reports but how much of that is one person tuning into a noise and others not noticing a noise; or some owner’s experiencing it and others not. Because of that it’s hard to know if it is a characteristic of the car or a genuine issue. At least you they took the time to explain everything to you regarding the errors and the brakes.

It's not the lead times VW need to sort out but the software faults after over 3 years. A great choice the BMW 135i and probably my next car as i wouldn't touch the Mk8 Golf with it's software problems.

I recall reading somewhere (on VW website) that it reduces the intensity of the illumination on wet roads to help minimise the glare from it, and also reduce the reflection of the headlights from wet roads, as well as providing broader illumination. Reading that prompted me to try them in dark wet conditions and I did find there was a reduction in glare and reflection from the wet road with it on. I’ve used them a few times in those conditions and noticed the difference with it off and then switched on

The brake lights illuminate if you fully lift off accelerator. Maybe that is why. I tend to 85% lift off. You can see if brake lights are on, on the display on image of car.

Possibly - they also confuse acceleration with speed....i guess its the rate at which i overtake them, as once past i let off the accelerator and the hard regen in a Tesla slows me down pretty quick. Although you would have thought the screaming farting akro exhaust, loud enough to wake the dead, would have given more cause for concern

Front Splitter: https://www.maxtondesign.co.uk/body-kits/volkswagen/vw-golf/vw-golf-mk7.5/vw-golf-mk7.5-r/front-splitter-v.3-vw-golf-7-r-r-line-facelift Rear Defuser: https://www.maxtondesign.co.uk/body-kits/volkswagen/vw-golf/vw-golf-mk7.5/vw-golf-mk7.5-r-estate/rear-valance-vw-golf-7-r-variant-facelift I'm also going to add these to the rear too soon https://www.maxtondesign.co.uk/body-kits/volkswagen/vw-golf/vw-golf-mk7.5/vw-golf-mk7.5-r-estate/rear-side-splitters-v.2-vw-golf-7-r-variant-facelift Yes the rear hatch on the estate has the same shape as the basic golfs, the R, GTI, GTI, TCR has a longer/deeper top section, which means its curve is a different radius , just type "Golf 7 spoiler" in Aliexpress & it will come up with 100's, so nice so absolutely awful looking 😄 Aliexpress TCR type lip

The new Estoril was £1067.04 and that was with a 10% discount! (I did buy two Prets in the past from them for the 7.5). Once I've got the new one on I will take the buckled one back to Wheelclass to try and fix. It will need a complete refurbishment as they would need to apply heat to the face rim lip which would damage the paint and there is also the small possibility it could crack. If successful it will be nice to have a spare for our rubbish UK roads As you are both from Kent please be careful if you are using the A2 coming out of London just before the M25 slip road. The hole is still there in all its glory on the white lines between the outside and middle lanes but is only a problem when changing lanes. My next problem is deciding on which tyre to replace the Hankooks with as now after 24000 (fronts 4mm rears 6mm) miles they are becoming quite noisy. At present I'm tempted to go back to Michelin PS 4S's as I can't see the 5S's been available for some time.

They do it to create price wars between tyre makers, so they can get insanely cheap deals on them. They give you tyres that are just good enough the be sporty, and I guess they know those who care more will change them. If I had an option to add £200 and get PS5 as OEM no doubt I would. But what I’ve done is very much the same. I hopes for GY SS (as I tried all and they are the closest to PS5) and as I found out I got the Bridges I put the, on Marketplace and sold them with 600 miles and bought PS5 instead, and it cost me £250 difference including Hunter balancing (which I would’ve done anyway). So for me, not a big difference other than hassle, and still worth it. The thing is you have to do it on your first 1000 miles, because a tyre with 10k on it is worth nothing, and them it’s a £500+ issue.

That did seem to be the indication Jason, as he said they have a plentiful supply of that grease in the workshop, and would just top it up when the car was in for servicing or anything else, although it was not explicitly stated. I’ll be taking out the All-in Plan next year when the factory warranty runs out so maybe that might sway things but time will tell. But if they do repeat the greasing FOC I think that is very good of them. They’ve always been a very good dealership for servicing, I’ve been going there since 2005 for servicing and have always had a really good relationship with them. They cocked up earlier this year when they got the service schedule wrong for the Magna 4WD and did it 2 years earlier than it was due (it’s due at 4 years) but they bore the cost of that error and were suitably apologetic and I’ve noticed since then the service I get is even better than before.

Did we just get a glimpse of the new Golf 8.5 🤔at the IAA Mobility in Munich while they were presenting the new Passat? 😁

That was my first response but then I kept reading. 😄

First thing this morning after the rain last night

Larva Orange

Sold the R had it from new (8 years) Must admit it was sad to see it go . New project.. always wanted the brand since I was a kid. loving it.. and no it’s not red it’s larva Orange.