Ricardo1892 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Evening! Picking up a Pearl black Golf R on Monday. Always been a fan from afar, having usually had Fast Fords then an F40 M135i in 2021. 29k miles, main dealer, Full history, Pano roof, pretorias. Car was immaculate when I viewed and drove (twice). It'll be going up on the ramps at a family friends garage through the week to make sure all is well! Cheers! meandmyself777, MJC1216 and NRW 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRW Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Hi and welcome. You’ll be bursting with excitement then? Hope you enjoy your new R. Snap on Black & Pretorias👍 Ricardo1892 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo1892 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Helix to be ordered ASAP! There was a gent on here loaning our the programming dongle...if he's still here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booth11 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Welcome along! Sounds a lovely car you’re getting. Hope it proves to be a great follow on from the M135i. Ricardo1892 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo1892 Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Thanks Chaps. The 135 was so lifeless. Lovely tech, but lifeless. The R put a BIG smile on my face....in an unexpected way. The car already has Ghost on, which is a plus I guess! Are the front struts/suspension issues present as on the standard Golf? My other half and friends GTI needed doing at about 30k miles under warranty. I'll be keeping an eye on the coolant for the water pump issue, but as it's got full VW history and has just been through the service dept at the dealer, I'm hopeful I won't find too much to moan about 🤣 I didn't go through VW for finance, but I still get the 2yr warranty, breakdown and MOT cover which is a must IMO. Booth11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo1892 Posted Thursday at 22:54 Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 22:54 (edited) Okay...should have got one of these years ago. What a machine....the previous owner has been meticulous! Seats have no wear. Boot looks like it's never had anything in it... possibly a coating on the glass and paintwork too. If anyone sold a 2018 Black R in the past month or two with pretorias and a Pano roof....thank you 🤣 Edited Thursday at 22:54 by Ricardo1892 Booth11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booth11 Posted Thursday at 23:10 Report Share Posted Thursday at 23:10 9 minutes ago, Ricardo1892 said: Okay...should have got one of these years ago. What a machine....the previous owner has been meticulous! Seats have no wear. Boot looks like it's never had anything in it... possibly a coating on the glass and paintwork too. If anyone sold a 2018 Black R in the past month or two with pretorias and a Pano roof....thank you 🤣 Great to hear you’re enjoying the R! Sounds like you got a well looked after car which is a huge plus. And they look superb in black! Post some pics up of you get chance! Regarding the suspension question, a fair few have had to have suspension bushes greased etc (under a TSB) so it’s not uncommon, as is the coolant leak issue but you know about those, but fingers crossed yours will not succumb to these. Ricardo1892 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRW Posted Friday at 00:54 Report Share Posted Friday at 00:54 Great to hear you smitten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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