I am now suddenly very interested in this car

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt) 08/07/2018 at 17:01 • Filed to: Doug DeMuro, daddy doug, Rare dougs, golf r, VW, Volkswagen, vw golf r

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Also, somebody please make a meme out of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 0 to 62mph in 4.6 seconds with the DSG. Damn!

MonkeePuzzle > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:04

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make gifs from youtube vids here

https://imgur.com/vidgif/video

LOREM IPSUM > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:05

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I bet i t’ll look really pretty on the flatbed.

MonkeePuzzle > MonkeePuzzle 08/07/2018 at 17:07

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KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > LOREM IPSUM 08/07/2018 at 17:08

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That’s not until after 3 years so the solution is to lease it.

MonkeePuzzle > MonkeePuzzle 08/07/2018 at 17:08

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KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > MonkeePuzzle 08/07/2018 at 17:09

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In addition to the star

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:11

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Are those stock wheel? I can’t watch  the video right now

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/07/2018 at 17:12

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Yup. The 2017s are way more classier

WRXforScience > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:13

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The oil pan is plastic and I’ve seen at least 3 break at the track.

It’s a cat that is amazing until it is awful.

It’s like having a great girlfriend (or boyfriend or whatever) who is amazing, but you know they are eventually going to cheat on you or burn down your house. Things are great until they aren’t.

It’s a grownup STi, Focus RS, or Type R. But if you’re in the market for one of these, do you really want grownup? If you want a mature car, do you want to deal with the foolishness that underlies the Golf R? Plus, it’s a Golf that’s over $40k.

I think all the faults add character. But I don’t really think it beats out its competitors at anything other than luxury and then it’s competing with luxury cars that have it beat there.

LOREM IPSUM > MonkeePuzzle 08/07/2018 at 17:14

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KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > WRXforScience 08/07/2018 at 17:14

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So you’re telling me I should get the Audi S3 instead?

Takuro Spirit > MonkeePuzzle 08/07/2018 at 17:15

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WRXforScience > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:16

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Yes, same platform (or at least they used to be) but at least you can tell people you drive an Audi and you don’t have to buy a vape.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:34

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Yup, these other ones look like something Rotaform would sell. Which is probably the point 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/07/2018 at 17:35

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2015s had these wheels.

average user > WRXforScience 08/07/2018 at 17:37

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I vape and drive an S3. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:40

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Yeah I never liked those either too flat and boring

user314 > Takuro Spirit 08/07/2018 at 17:42

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Takuro Spirit 08/07/2018 at 17:43

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[slow clap]

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 17:44

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That rear camera is just made to fail...

interstate366, now In The Industry > Takuro Spirit 08/07/2018 at 17:47

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KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/07/2018 at 17:47

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VW’s way of forcing you to do the ‘ol shoulder check

Chariotoflove > MonkeePuzzle 08/07/2018 at 17:48

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What do you mean you’ve had a bunch calls, officer?  I’m just reviewing a car here.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > average user 08/07/2018 at 17:48

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Did you cross shop it with a Golf R by any chance?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 18:38

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I would certainly like one, but that’ll never happen. Something something must be nice

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 18:51

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Doug is correct, people who think Golf R is not best hatch are wrong.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 18:54

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Can you get a S3 with a sportback?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > WRXforScience 08/07/2018 at 19:19

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Please, tell me again how nice and quiet and well built the interior of the WRX or RS is?

And do go on about how often you’ll get stopped driving any of the cars you mentioned because the police assume you’re speeding or are looking for your obnoxious wing to tag you.

All of those are great cars, true. But none are perfect, and have their own glaring faults. The Golf R is one of many options in the market. And it is a fantastic car and is far more worthy than being insulted as merely a $40K Golf.

If you’re going to say that, then the Type R is a $40k Civic, the RS is a $45k Focus, and the WRX is an overpriced Impreza.

How about you celebrate that we have choices rather than shit all over the one you dislike most.

average user > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/07/2018 at 20:48

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No. I crossshopped it with BMWs. (See one of my first posts on oppo). 

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > WRXforScience 08/07/2018 at 22:03

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I’m with you; I want an AWD hot hatch to feed my inner 16 year old; and for me the RS does that with room to spare. The Golf R, I respect it and I’m sure it’s great but compared to the competition; I dunno.

Arrivederci > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/08/2018 at 07:54

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That’s what I did. I actually wanted the Golf R - since my wife and I were planning on starting a family, I knew my BRZ would never fit a rear-facing seat and allow someone to still ride up front, so I started researching a new ride. Test drove lots of things - STi, Golf R, GTI, FoRS, FoST, but time and time again I came back to the Golf R. Nicest interior of the lot by far, available DSG so my wife could drive it, most comfortable and quiet. And, of the VAG stuff, they’re reasonably reliable. Early 2015 builds can have issues with the Haldex and turbo, but both were sorted by mid- late 2015.

So I started searching for a Golf R, lightly used. As used cars, they don’t seem to be a great value - residual values hang up there, like they do with the WRX and STi. What drops are the S3's - and I found a great late 2015 build for well under $30k last summer.

Arrivederci > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 08/08/2018 at 07:55

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Overseas, but not in the US. 

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > Arrivederci 08/08/2018 at 12:37

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My understanding was that VAG got a good but more reliable in the past decade