i looked for a passat wagon forever.....settled and got inline 5 jetta sportwagen...will be sleeping in it for two weeks in acadia national park in october.
Just sold my dirty 1.9 Diesel Golf and that thing was such a great allrounder. I looked at the Golf R Variant as a replacement, but these don't come with a trailer hitch. I'm in a new Tiguan currently (neg rep away), which is a really nice car but not exactly dynamic. I hope that following Dieselgate, we'll finally get a GTI wagon again instead of just the GTD. A nice roomy Golf wagon with 220+ HP is all the car I'll ever need.
I'm sure you could find a receiver for the Golf R. Almost everything can be had with one in Europe and it's usually a matter of just looking hard.
I looked into it and while it would technically be possible to retrofit one, this type of alteration needs to be registered and certified in Germany. The problem is that VW doesn't specify a towing capacity for the R, which means that I would need to have the car extensively tested to get a certification, which amounts to several thousands of Euros. Not worth it unfortunately.
This. Total pita here in yurp. Just imagine what amount of horsesh!t that creates in Italy...
Yeah that sucks. While VW does say the R is not to be used for towing in the US as well, it does not say that a hitch cannot be installed for bike racks, and in the US no one cares about these types of things. So I have one.
I have a ten year old run of the mill GTI. At the time it offered the best combination of utility/performance/quality/comfort/price by a huge margin. Other available hatchbacks either lacked any amusing levels of power or had the refinement of a Fischer Price scooty puff. As small turbos have become ubiquitous other manufacturers have closed the gap, but if I was in the market for a new car I would probably end up with another GTI.
because i've never had a lemon from them
A used 2016 Golf GTI in Denmark is $77,000 :-(
...and it goes to 11.
Agreed, I won't buy another FWD car, which is why I went for the R. But now the Golf Sportwagen and Alltrack wagon are available in AWD as well, so there are multiple choices for once!
True, but my one regret with the R is getting a manual. The car was clearly designed around the DSG transmission and they just threw in a manual option to make the die hard manual fans happy.
Totally agree here. It's very rare that I get to push the R anywhere close to its limits, or even to a level that is fun, in day to day driving. It's fast enough on straights but that gets old quick anyway.
How often do you get the Haldex clutch to send torque to the rear wheels on dry pavement? The R is still a FWD car most of the time.
Abortion?
today i sat in the worst traffic jam ever.
today i sat in the worst traffic jam ever.
took me 1 hour and 36 minutes to drive 6 miles to work; thought about leaving the car in the street and walk 2 miles to work; but an AMG sitting in the streets of Lima just asks to be vandalized....
37.3 liters per 100km; or 6,3 mpg. worst mileage I have ever seen in a car.
Love the car though.
What is this "P R N D" indicator about?today i sat in the worst traffic jam ever.
took me 1 hour and 36 minutes to drive 6 miles to work; thought about leaving the car in the street and walk 2 miles to work; but an AMG sitting in the streets of Lima just asks to be vandalized....
37.3 liters per 100km; or 6,3 mpg. worst mileage I have ever seen in a car.
Love the car though.
Automatic shifting.What is this "P R N D" indicator about?
actually. I had the radio on, the AC on (I have a 2 door and the car gets hot inside because of the huge engine) and was charging my phone; didnt want to risk draining the battery in the middle of the worst traffic jam ever.Automatic shifting.
@ALEXIS_DH Did you never stop the engine? Isn't there some kind of start&stop automatic involved? What car is it actually? C63AMG?
My Passat has an average of 4.5l/100km or 52,3mpg due to start&stop assist. It's a manual driver, though.
2.0l Diesel, 150hp.
Well, he probably wanted to go fast. If you want to go fast these days, you don't row through a manual. Autos best them now at everything. You get a manual because you use a Motorola brick phone or the car you bought isn't expensive enough for a refined auto, but even that's getting less common.
Fuck that.
Fuck manual transmission?
Yeah. I used to love them, but my first van, an Astro, came with a slush box and it convinced me of a couple of things.
i wanted an AMG. AMG does not make cars with manual transmissions.
I see. I rarely need to do 0-60mph in 4s but I frequently like to keep the engine in higher RPMs in mid-speeds before stepping on it and for that, all autos suck, even those with paddle shifters.
