Olly Posted September 2, 2025 Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 Hi all I’m new to vw’s and just test driven a 65 plate manual golf r and the clutch seemed very heavy to press down is this normal?any advice would be greatly accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimble Posted September 2, 2025 Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 Hi Olly, It really depends on what you can compare the heavy clutch pedal to? Can you test drive another manual Golf R? What car do you drive now? Is the car standard? could it have an upgraded clutch fitted already? I have had my manual R for nearly a year now, compared to the Skoda Citigo I had before it felt very heavy but you get used to it. If I drive my Wife's Skoda Yeti now, in comparison the clutch feels very light (but the Yeti clutch is heavier than the Citigo) Better to try and compare to another manual R and I'd be more worried about where the bite is in the pedal travel and no juddering etc fastandy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_wannabe_owner Posted September 2, 2025 Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 @Olly - has the car been remapped? The factory clutch fitted to the R with manual transmission is often unable to handle the extra power of a remap (it can suffer from slippage), so it’s possible a previous owner may have had an upgraded clutch fitted. Upgraded clutches can feel heavy compared to the factory spec clutch that VW would have originally fitted to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 2, 2025 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 Thank you both for your replies,the car is stock and I currently drive a bmw 116d which has recently had a new clutch so I know about the juddering you mentioned and the golf doesn’t seem to have that.the bite seems pretty high but I’m used to driving diesel so maybe it’s that?I’ve also found older posts on here and it does seem quite common in some and not others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dv52 Posted September 2, 2025 Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 @Olly: Hi. Hmm......."65 plate"? Shirley this can't mean that this mk7 was built in 1965! I'm aware that the land of King Chuck went through a metrication process - maybe "65 plate" is a left-over designation from the old imperial measurement system? As for your specific question - my experience with the manual gearbox on the mk7 R is also that it tends to be on the heavy side - but of course this is a very personal perception. Is the clutch on this car original factory OEM? Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRW Posted September 2, 2025 Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 1 hour ago, dv52 said: Shirley this can't mean that this mk7 was built in 1965! @dv52 For your info,reference, guidance, & your anorak store…. In UK the Year the National registration plate for new vehicles since September 2001 changes twice each year. March - August then September-Feb. (Before this letters were used, as a suffix and later a prefix, to designate year of new registration. 😬) Starting in September 2001 from 51. Then March 2002 was 02… …and so on each year. So. In 2025 a new car bought in March would be 25 reg. From September 2025 it is 75. The reg for a vehicle typically has two regional letters, then the year numbers, then three further random letters. Eg. My VW Golf gti, bought new in May 2012 was NA12WCK - Newcastle, north east 2012 WCK.. aka “on a 12 plate”. The OP referring to a 65 plate is shorthand for a car registered between Sept 15 and end Feb 16. hth a little, Sleep well tho😁 Booth11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dv52 Posted September 2, 2025 Report Share Posted September 2, 2025 @NRW Neil: Wow - thanks!! I keep learning everyday - albeit my decrepit brain is now at a stage where for every new bit of stored information, I need to forget a previously understood fact. With due deference to your advice - I will need to think long and hard if I want to replace a known fact in my dwindling memory bank to make room for UK's unique National plate registration protocol!! No offense intended - but again, thanks for the information Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 3, 2025 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 Yeah my great grandad left me the car shame yours didn’t leave you the ability to read then you’d know it’s the original clutch but thanks anyway Ali-Gee. and Booth11 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stobsie Posted September 3, 2025 Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 Wow great way to try & make friends on a new forum. 😂 Booth11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booth11 Posted September 3, 2025 Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 25 minutes ago, Stobsie said: Wow great way to try & make friends on a new forum. 😂 Quite the charmer eh! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 3, 2025 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 28 minutes ago, Stobsie said: Wow great way to try & make friends on a new forum. 😂 If you’re referring to to me I don’t want to make friends as I don’t particularly like people(no offence)but people like the idiot who couldn’t just say yes or no is the reason I don’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booth11 Posted September 3, 2025 Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 30 minutes ago, Olly said: If you’re referring to to me I don’t want to make friends as I don’t particularly like people(no offence)but people like the idiot who couldn’t just say yes or no is the reason I don’t Maybe the reason you don’t like people is that you have zero people skills yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 3, 2025 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 Haha I’ve worked with the general public my whole life so pretty sure I have good people skills.the reason I don’t like people is 90% of them are morons and I think this forum has proven me right 😘 18 minutes ago, Booth11 said: Maybe the reason you don’t like people is that you have zero people skills yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booth11 Posted September 3, 2025 Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 We’ll be so sad to see you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryP Posted September 3, 2025 Report Share Posted September 3, 2025 7 minutes ago, Olly said: Haha I’ve worked with the general public my whole life so pretty sure I have good people skills.the reason I don’t like people is 90% of them are morons and I think this forum has proven me right 😘 Close the door on your way out please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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