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An unusual change perhaps, but after 6.5 years with my Golf R 7.5 I'm swapping in to a Taycan Cross Turismo. Initial thoughts: Golf is better: - Interior mix of screens and buttons. Eg, in a Taycan it's a faff to FF >> RW a track or radio station, touchscreen for HVAC; screen is fine for most but charging a vent position is several menus deep. - Small on the outside and much bigger on the inside. - Cost of Golf ownership is very low, especially with the extended warranty, service, Mot plan. And PS5 tyres form CostCo. - It's been a great cat to own and drive. Taycan is better: - Speed, everywhere. - Quality of almost everything inside and out. - Looks. - Ability to preheat the cabin on a cold day. especially in the evening when I get off a train and it's less tan zero. And charging isn't an issue - 99% of my journeys are quite short and I'll home charge.

Thanks for confirming.

Hi, I'll be advertising my Golf R estate 7.5 after I've washed it this weekend. How do I list on this site as the option is greyed out? Lapiz blue, July 2017, DSG, still under VW warranty to mid July '24, including a free service and MoT in July '24. 43k miles, excellent condition, PS5 with 5mm, doesn't need anything spending on it.

Thanks all. Wil take a look over the coming weeks. Forgot to state on the original post, that I don't want it lowered due to having a steep driveway.

Hi, I've never thought much of the Golf R ride - too bouncy, lacks control, horrible over rougher roads. 2017, mk 7.5, estate, standard 18" wheels, passive dampers. Any suggestions for some great dampers? Happy to consider new springs too, but I do not want it lowered. Thank you.

Return. Spend a couple of grand more and buy one from VW. And get their £28 (I think) a month package to cover warranty, service, MOT and breakdown cover. Though you well get this free is you buy the car from them for 1 or 2 years'. My car's bonnet catch / cable broke. Warranty covered it. It was a PITA.

My car had the DSG recall done last Nov. Prior to this it has been flawless since new - 2017 mk 7.5 dsg. Since the update, I've had a handful of instances within the first 2-5 mins of driving when the car won't change to 3rd gear. Happened today and the oil was circa 60 degrees. Other times it was after a cold start. It stays in 2nd and I have to ease off and select manual / sport / drive again and it sorts itself out. Keen to hear if anyone has had a similar issue. It's booked in with VW next week. It's under VW's extended warranty, so if there is an issue it won't cost me anything. Thanks.

Had my wheels refurbed under warranty at 3 years to cure white-worm and again last week because the corrosion was coming back. So, my wheels now look like new on a 5 year old car. And they fitted Michelin PS5 tyres with a price-match offer and free fitting under goodwill. Only cost me £316 for all 4!!! Very happy with my local VW dealer. Oh, and in the first 3 years a replaced multi media screen (failed pixels and random turning off), rear boot drain bung, bonnet release cable.

Good to hear - thank you.

Hi, My R 7.5 (Aug 2017) needs new brakes and pads all round. I want to keep them quiet, so not after anything too far removed from stock. Don't do track days. Given the Clubsport S front discs and pads are pretty much the same in price to stock R equipment, I think I'll give them a try? Has anyone gone down this route? What do you think? Any noise issues? I presume they'll fit the standard R callipers. What did you do for the rears? I'm thinking of staying with stock R discs as I can't find Clubsport S discs. But could switch to Clubsport pads, Any suggestions / advice? Thanks.

Passenger glass fell out on Sat! Sun was out but only 8 degrees 😀 Amazingly, it landed on gravel and didn't smash. Even though it's a very cheap fix, I think it's poor of VW not to cover this under extended warranty. I expected better from VW and a 3.5 year old car.

Just needed something to tip me one way or another 😀 And decided charging in yr 2 / 3 could be a hassle with an i-Pace.

I've made a decision ... No iPace left in my preferred 2 colours. Therefore, I'm going to keep the R for another year (has extended warranty and 2 free services) and buy a Model Y Performance when they are released. I'll run it for 3-5 years as a company car and then buy it cheap from the company if and when car tax on EVs starts to increase.

My opinion is that the EV infrastructure right now is poor. Non-Tesla seems to have lots of issues with many suppliers and many separate apps. Plus lots of faulty chargers. Tesla is great now but how will the volume of chargers grow when sales will be exponential? This year will see less travel due to covid, so it's not really a concern to me. It will be a bigger concern 2 and 3 years from now. But hopefully by then, the non-Tesla providers will have a better / more stable model and it will be rapidly improving. I have no worries about the national grid coping. Chis Harris did a great interview on this topic,

Agree with your points Martin2. I don't do many long journey's but if I did, the iPace is effectively tethered to 110 miles each way before I'd need to consider public charging. This is a limiting factor but probably only one which I'd encounter a handful of times a year given I have use of another car when public charging isn't likely to be viable. I'm a co owner, so with an EV I'd save on company NI payments and the lease costs are paid pre tax so it's a very efficient way to spend money whilst keeping within my desired tax band. I'll also save on corporation tax, personal NI and income / dividend tax. Plus, I could expense the the charger purchase and installation, insurance etc. (All part of my calculated cost to change which is why the iPace only costs a little more per month than keeping my Golf.) Tesla leads regarding range and charging infrastructure by a significant margin. But we have a dog and a Model 3 is no use because it's a saloon. There's no point in the company buying a 2nd hand EV because it can't then claim back 19% of the car's price. (The company then pays a charge of 19% of the selling price when it's disposed of, which means the longer it keeps the car the cheaper it gets.) I'm a bit torn. The iPace has excellent kit, is fast enough, well built, looks good IMO, has enough space but public charging will give me tourettes. But in 3 years' will it have aged badly? A Model Y would be ideal, but it may even be next summer for UK deliveries and the build quality, so far at least, of many Teslas seem to be behind most auto manufacturers.