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cheers all. Car is dead straight no sign of any play in bushes or top mounts or even the rack. I suspect it may just not like these tyres. As for comparing to a van - well i do have a Transit and a few other cars, its not that i am not used to how a Golf should feel, its more just slightly over sensitive IMO My old R32 was also rock solid the faster you got - might have been helped by the weight of a small planet over the front wheels of course.

Guys, i feel my 7.5 is a little nervous steering wise at speed. On a motorway with the steering comfort level at normal, it feels a bit sensitive and twitchy. You can easily wander between lanes and over the white line unless concentrating. compared to all my other cars / vans this is a sensitive bugger I assumed it was tracking but after a 4 wheel geometry setup it appears all is well in that respect. Tyres are new goodyear F1 A5's and i have tried between 35 - 40 psi without it making much difference. Any other ideas ?

Sorry i got to 10 pages then went snow blind. . . . . . is there a page for vagcom mods specifically ?

Correct chaps - £155 It was a June 2017 car, but the options came in below the magic 40k number. Arrives Tuesday !!

Cheers all for the welcome just to clear up, i know i dissed the TTS but i felt that was more aimed at the Audis S Tronic mapping compared to the VW mapping if that makes sense. I had previously owned a standard TT 2.0 TFSI manual same as the golf GTI and it was epic, it was light, revvy and great fun a proper drivers car and would often easily return 40+ mpg with ease. The TTS i felt was not worth twice the price as the more basic car - and actually lost something in the driving dynamics along the way. Sure the TTS was loads quicker once all spooled up, but the handling suffered and was less fun on normal typical pot holed roads. The final straw was the constant changing its mind from the DSG box and even after 5 months i couldn't forgive it for being a bit stupid. There were no faults with it, i just felt it never suited the 2.0 engine that well compared to the lazier 3.2 I am sure this Golf will be another level again and no concern - if it is then it will either get remapped to how i want it to change gear or sold. I know doing a recalibration with VagCom helps settle things and as the car has done nearly 30k i will be doing a DSG oil and filter right away too - this i find makes a significant difference especially in winter months and cold shifts until warm and less likely to hold its gears for what feels like an age. anyway that said and done i can assure you it will NOT be anyway near as primitive as the Auto box in my new Transit Custom - now that is a proper old school agricultural box and is not suited to anyone with half an ounce of mechanical sympathy. it really is rubbish lol I will post pics once i get it. Quick question before i go digging, what is the road tax status on a June 2017 car ? mixed reports here of £155 or £560 (having flashbacks to my old R32 tax pricing wise) Cheers

I appreciate i am the new kid here, but thought i would share with you as some may just "get it" I have owned this for many years and its a low miles car (45k) but had a few owners over the years. I put it into storage back in 2018 and left it until early 2020 before being called to "pop over and take a look" when i asked my garage to prepare it for use in 2020. Sills were showing signs of rot, a couple of small holes appearing, bubbling on arches - all usual stuff for a Mk1 focus. However it was also at the point where if i was going to sort it - now if the time. I spoke with a couple of local body resto places and after several suggestions i opted for Dutton Paint just outside Preston brook near Frodsham to take it on. They made all the right noises and agreed if we are going to do it then it must be done properly and as such quoting is hard until you get in there and see how far the rot goes. We were lucky, another year may have been significantly more work and double the cost. All sills were hand made from proper steel - same for arches and wing lowers, no cheapo repair tin panels here. anyway in short - at huge expense later the car is now utterly rot free and its safe to say rot wont be killing this car. The car benefited from a full respray apart from the roof. I enjoyed using it a bit for the later part of 2020 and this year but next week it goes into storage again for winter. Not exactly quick, but nippy and very light and great fun to drive - but at my age the ride quality and damping gets tiresome. I present my Focus RS #4400

Not a newcomer to golfs - having owned a couple of R32's over the years which i enjoyed immensely and after around 7 years just one day around a year or so ago woke up and fancied a change, so advertised my 58 plate loaded DPB car and it sold way too quickly (perhaps undervalued it) I have always loved the 3.2 and DSG combo after getting my first taste in a Mk1 TT, granted not the fastest things in the world, but they sound lovely and are not even offensive to fuel. However i can tell what was offensive to fuel - i had a short spell in a TTS which after 5 months i was done with. Yes it was quick when the planets aligned but i never felt the 2.0 and DSG were that well suited and it felt like the car was always either in the wrong gear or just changing down too soon relying on revs over grunt which of course is where the old 3.2 worked well. So taking the plunge on a 17 plate red 7.5 2 door with some nice extras like sunroof and leather and other bits. So why the red ? first choice was certainly the blue, but with all respect, the blue seems to attract a little too much attn from kids in other cars looking for a challenge, or parked on the driveway or office car park it is obvious what the car is just from its colour. I felt the red is a little more subtle and works equally as well with the black accents. The other thing was wheels. I am a bit old school and like silver wheels period. Black wheels for me always smack of poverty rattle paint job to cover the scuffs. Obviously that's a bit of a sweeping statement, not all look tacky, some look great but over all for me personally silver is my preferred option. Same for size, i am quite comfortable (literally) on the 18" wheels too and hunted for a car with these taking priority over the more desirable 19" options. I see i am back to the £550+ a year road tax bracket - hey ho, oddly the insurance is very affordable even for me at my ripe old age which more than makes up for it. So on the edge of Cheshire and north wales border commuting to Chester, lets see how i get on with the R and if it gets the long term thumbs up and ends up being a keeper and easy to live with.