EcosseGolfR

Mine was a stage 1+, so all supporting mods you’d expect, catback Remus exhaust, R600 Induction kit, TT turbo inlet, GFB DV+ with addition of a Wagner FMIC, oh and TCU tune…..my Remus exhaust sounded epic, as I said there was some pops n bangs but a tad more subtle.

Be interested to know if he had the car on a rolling road as the tune was applied.

When I had Unicorn tune my R it had quite a lot of pops n bangs, when I went back for a subsequent retune after some hardware additions I specifically asked Rick to map out the pops n bangs, not totally out but almost, which he did, no issues. So if your tuner can’t do that, then I’d recommend switching tuner if it’s really annoying….mine was a mk7.5.

The R has history with injectors, some can lead to melting an engine so I wouldn’t ignore it. as @Msportmanhas eluded to, it’s often better to take the vehicle to a specialist with a good reputation to have it checked out….especially if injectors are suspected. you can get a 2nd hand fuel rail c/w lines and injections but your spending cash without knowing it’ll actually fix the issue. 4 new injectors will cost £600-£700 without labour, and new manifold seal and cost. If close to RetroRemus I’d definitely go there. i had a leaking injector with my mk7.5 R and had an interesting period trying to troubleshoot it, long story short take to the specialist, pay the money and pay it once, learn from it and move on. keep the old injectors, send them away for testing, and have them redressed so next time you won’t have the costs of purchasing them.

You’d be better off chaining them to a lamppost, although I hear the police take a dim view of that…….apparently.

Unfortunately that didn’t make any difference, considering the Labour landslide yesterday.

Nice looking motor, it looks better than the new facelift Tiguan if I’m honest.

It was the dual U DRL’s that made it unique over the GTI and GTE, made it look aggressive.

From the front aspect, the mk7 R looks more aggressive in my opinion and had the twin headlights, where there GTI or GTD only had the single. But for overall performance, efficiency, and DSG and tech, the mk7.5 takes it for me, I’ve owned both and love both…its a hard choice but if you’re into modifying then you’ll have an absolute blast in the 7.5, it doesn’t take much to take it to 400 bhp and oodles of usable torque…..😏

Mk7.5 R all day long, it’s arguably the best Golf R of them all in my opinion.

White, with black roof it is then! Thanks @Dogman12

Has that been confirmed that there’s only 3 colours? I mean I loved my mk7 Tornado Red and mk7.5 Lapis Blue…..it would have to be white for the next one if only 3 colours.

Any idea as to when the order books will open up in the UK for this tasty little morsel?

Well, that settles it! My BMW X3 M40d will be getting dumped like 3rd period French and I’ll be getting reacquainted with a new mk8.5 Golf R. Unsure when this divorce will take place but it will happen!

A black beauty, a very nice example.