SillyOldHector

Will miss the heated screen, but gain a heated wheel 🙄. I can drop the back seats from inside the boot 🚴‍♂️ Wanted to go 6cyl before ICEs are banned and not ready for electric - I think H2 will be the way to go for longer distances. Will be back at some point, as the R is so much my kinda car.

Living in N.E. Scotland and driving around the Cairngorms, I have a set of 18” winter wheels and tyres. When required they are indispensable and generally give more confidence from Nov to March, on wet, greasy, icy, snowy and generally poorer conditions. I will be selling them soon, as I’m moving on, car-wise, and bought similar for the new car.

Jumping ship to a M2 Comp. Ugly as sin, RWD only, less doors, no hatch, but 6cyl. Just come back from a drive in the R and I’m sure I’ll miss it in the deep of winter.

What route are you planning ?

Pagid - amazing brake pads (had them on my Caterham). Not sure of costs, but never skimp on pads. Call John @ Performance Braking - knowledgable and helpful chap.

They’re for my 18” winter wheels, which are the multispoke R32 ones. Any idea on size or part number, before I go looking on Amazon/ebay...?

Evenin’ Any pointers where I can get a set of 4 plastic centre wheel hub covers type things ? Taa 🙂

Have two (Polo & R), but too big brother for me...

If you’ve not already had any software updates, your dealer should do this for you.

Keyless, rear view camera are a must for me. I’ve got the new winter (wire-free) screen, but not had to use it yet. Think 19” Pretorias go without saying....

The Cabrach ?

After originally just going in for a test drive of an Up! GTi (cheeky little devil), it’s been just over two weeks since I picked up my 2nd R, now a 7.5, so time for my initial feedback 🙈 I’ve only ever bought the same car on one occasion before (2 Abarth 500s), but at least they were different colours 😉 So, I have a 5dr Lapiz 7.5R with Active Info/Nav as standard (nice), winter screen (new wire-free style, used once - jury still out), gained the extra 10hp and DSG cog, but I’ve lost the keyless and HBA (this was a stock car for quick delivery). Gone are the underseat cubby-boxes (meh) and the glove box lock (also meh). On picking up the car in the showroom, it was easy to see the bonnet was covered in micro swirls/scratches (not helped by the LED lights directly above the car) what I hoped wouldn’t happen. I stayed calm on the exterior (sad/frustrated on the inside) and the Salesman was great about it. A few days later the car was dropped at the dealer for them to return the car to my preferred state. This they did, so I was happy to see all was well. I had it in race most of the time for the first week - pick-up seems a little jerky and the soundaktor is droning. On the motorway today, I drove in Individual (average speed cameras) and I find 7th is very highly geared, so I find myself dropping to 6th manually. Overall ; - it feels more tight and smoother than my 7R - the all black cloth interior is classier - I love the new rear lights, but not sure about the new LED fronts (fussy) - new front bumper is better in some parts (ACC hidden), but not so nice in others (I liked the original oil cooler vents) - active dash is a nice addition - lifts the interior but I’m not yet convinced by the 7sp DSG. What’s it going to take ?

SoundAcktor was reseated with extra damping, to stop big dashboard vibrations Driver visor light was replaced due to vibration Rear door speaker/seal replaced to halt damp floor Under-bonnet sound deadening became loose - wad going to fix, but traded the car in 😉

Halfords jack is same as the blue one. Red one looks beefier...

Halfords low profile alloy jack - covers Golf and should also do Tiguan (did our old Yeti). Follow the little arrows under the sills to place jack (or stands) on the car metal structure.

Ooooooh 👍 Need to take your advice on not getting distracted.

I’m picking up my new 7.5R on Wednesday now, given the snow has gone. I’ve put the Prets back on my 7R (18” Winters packed away 🙈). Hopefully last clean and wash performed. New car has Active Info display - is this easy to get used to from scratch ?

Mine was done - never go in the back 😉

Sure it wasn’t a Subaru Impreza ?

Awesome car history - I also went from A595 to R and about to move to my 2nd Lapiz (7.5 this time). Is that your 488 ?

Nooooo ! Went in to test the Up! GTi and ended up with a new 7.5R on the way :-0 Stock car for March registration - more info to come. Up! GTi was very enjoyable btw. I'm of to lie down.

Cinquecento 😍😍😍😍😍

Unlikely, as I am currently doing too limited miles. I may go for an Up! GTi, something a little fruity (Lotus Exige V6) , or an R Estate.

Mainly a Garmin Vivoactive HR, with a choice of dad’s old Rolex, many Swatch Chronos and a Mondaine.

2nd Service on mine @ 8k miles yesterday. Rattling sunvisor turned out to be poorly fitting visor light. Damp rear floor required speaker/seal replacement. Advice from Technician to replaced pitted rear disks politely declined. A/c check not completed due to lack of service book (?). Car has dashcam, which I found power disconnected from cig lighter, trip reset and was set to Race (when I normally use Individual). 🤔 Otherwise, all’s well.