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"MLGCarGuy" (thejdmguy)
11/27/2016 at 18:41 • Filed to: None

Mk. 6 Golf R. Are they any good?

DISCUSSION (18)

bob and john > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 18:47

dey be awesome.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 18:48

All I know about them is from the factory you can’t turn off the traction control

Steve in Manhattan > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 18:49

I’d sure drive one ... having never done so.

E92M3 > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 19:04

If you love understeer..

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 19:08

if you like check engine lights and crappy understeer

theloudmouth > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/27/2016 at 19:30

This features makes me HATE my Mk7. NEVER AGAIN.

E90M3 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/27/2016 at 19:51

I wonder why that is. If you got an E60 M5 or an E63/E64 M6 with a 6MT, you couldn’t disable traction control because apparently it would grenade the gear box.

TDIGuy > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 20:10

Good friend of mine has one, he loves it. Albeit expensive, if you ignore the price it is about as aggressive as you can get in a can that you need to live with every day. Blast to drive, pain on the track for the reasons everyone else has said, but it is for sure a super good road car

Matsayz > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 21:30

Quite enjoying mine now that I got the stage 1 tune from APR... you can get these from CarMax for less than $30k easily

whatisthatsound > theloudmouth
11/27/2016 at 23:54

Wait, why? You can turn it off in the Mk 7.

whatisthatsound > MLGCarGuy
11/27/2016 at 23:59

Kinja'd!!!

We have two, I don’t know how it happened. I have a mk7 and the s/o has a mk6. The mk6 is more comfortable, has more legroom in the rear, and a better turning radius. The mk7 is faster, more balanced awd power distribution, and better infotainment system. If you have specific questions let me know. She has 30k with no issues, I have 20k with no issues.

MLGCarGuy > whatisthatsound
11/28/2016 at 00:35

Well that’s one hell of a garage.

whatisthatsound > MLGCarGuy
11/28/2016 at 00:51

I’m selling mine in March, then in 6 months comes a new toy

Saracen > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/28/2016 at 20:12

You could with some VAG-COM coding. It was very easy to do. It enables the two-stage ESC defeat that was present in the euro models.

Saracen > E92M3
11/28/2016 at 20:12

see my comment about ESC defeat above ;)

Saracen > MLGCarGuy
11/28/2016 at 20:15

I put 75k miles on a 2012 Golf R over three years. Great car. I loved it. I honestly regret selling it. It was dumb.

Ignore the people who didn’t actually own the car and talk about non-defeatable traction control. The VAGCOM coding to enable two-stage ESC defeat is well documented and is easy to do. The car is a beast, and with mods is flat out incredible.

It was also super reliable, never threw any codes or anything like that.

Zero issues with the car, I just made a dumb mistake and decided to go with a TDI wagon. Did I mention it was dumb?

Saracen > whatisthatsound
11/28/2016 at 20:15

sold mine at 75k with no issues, except a slipping clutch due to a very aggressive driver ;)

theloudmouth > whatisthatsound
11/28/2016 at 20:58

Ahh but you can’t, it’s a ruse. It’s ESC off only, not TCS, and that’s a crucial difference. VAG-COM confirms what you can tell while driving, its ABS control deactivation only. The electronic throttle closure is unaffected and it is a MAJOR kill joy. Any decent slip and if absolutely bogs and kills power. The brakes don’t slam on on top of the throttle shutting, but in a relatively small displacement engine that relies on boost snapping the throttle shut feels like hitting the brakes.