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[Rosssco]

And the avant is a lot cooler than the saloon

I was just being a bit disingenuous It's a good car, I'm just sick of seeing them up here..

[JG]

It would be nice to have a few more colour options

 

this one may be a bit too brash though

 

wish i was brave enough in terms of cost and image

[Rosssco]

I keep seeing a new RS6 Avant in what looks like Laguna Seca Blue or something with black wheels... Dribble.. This colour: http://thesupercarki...15/02/57-13.jpg I could handle that as a DD..

[JG]

I would have liked Sepang Blue, but it is an S6 only colour in the A6 range

 

[chez]

The estate is nicer, my dad bought a jag xf and I also think the estate is nicer on that

[Captain Vimes]

Good choice. The 4 month wait isn't great though. Been waiting for my company car for just over 3 months... Due to be delivered to me next Tuesday.

[JG]

What did you go for?

[Mangham54]

The whole VAG group seem to be suffering with large delays... Some Golf and Polo editions have been known to have 6month production lead times. A couple of Golf GTI buyers have been advised 4months, and waited nearly 3 to get a build date.

[Captain Vimes]

What did you go for?

 

Nothing as nice as an A6. We needed 7 seats which massively limits the choice. We ended up ordering a top spec Citroen C4 Grand Picasso in white like this:

 

[techieboy]

4 month wait .

Just been quoted a 24 week wait for a Golf R. There'll probably be a new model by then.

[fezzasus]

Problem with the MQB platform is that all models are impacted by supply issues of components.

[JG]

 

4 month wait .

Just been quoted a 24 week wait for a Golf R. There'll probably be a new model by then.

 

 

Mine has arrived, 8 weeks early. I can either have it delivered on the 10th Aug or wait until 1st September for new registration. 

 

I think i'll have it now. got to confirm on Monday.

[2GOOD]

Doesn't the delivery date make a difference to your lease payments? The September registered car will have a better residual than the August registered car.

[Mangham54]

 

4 month wait .

Just been quoted a 24 week wait for a Golf R. There'll probably be a new model by then.  

  Mine has arrived, 8 weeks early. I can either have it delivered on the 10th Aug or wait until 1st September for new registration.    I think i'll have it now. got to confirm on Monday.

I'd just wait... You can't be so impatient to not cope for 3 weeks.

[JG]

Nah, it makes no difference to them apparently. 

 

Its just a question of vanity versus impatience.

[PaulCP]

Impatience wins every time with me😎😎 Congrats on "the" event BTW

[JG]

Last couple of days with the Golf. I'm really going to miss it. 

 

 

I'll post my final thoughts on Monday when it goes properly. 

 

I've had it for three and half years and 76,000 miles. It chewed through 6 sets of front   and one set of rear tyres. The brake disk and pads were changed today so they made the whole mileage too. Not bad considering all of its performance was used quite a lot of the time. 

 

Its been a really great car, fast but incredibly frugal averaging around 50mpg over its lifetime. Its worn well too. There are no real wear marks on the interior despite using like this every so often and its only now at nearly 80k that the leather on the steering wheel is going a bit shinny. 

 

 

the front end has a couple of nasty stone chips, but on the whole the exterior is virtually unmarked. 

 

It never went wrong, never threw a warning light, never even required a new bulb. It just did exactly what was asked of it and did it very well. It would have been cheap to run privately too. its only ever had 3 services (the last one today). If was looking for a warm frugal hatch i know exactly what i'd buy. 

 

It had one major issue and that's how noisy it is on the motorway. The sound actor interfered with the bluetooth microphone too which was amusing to begin and then got tiresome. It also encouraged hooliganism which sometimes was a step too far simply because of how capable it is. 

 

I'll be quite jealous of whomever picks it up at auction. I very much doubt it's replacement will be able to delight in the way it has. 

 

 

 

[JG]

New shed turned up on Monday

 

 

Its bloody fantastic. Its nearly silent, it changes gear beautifully, its surprisingly fast (no running in here) and is very comfortable. 

 

it isn't quite as frugal as its manufacturer states, averaging about 32mpg which is around half it only has 100 miles on the clock so far so it might get better. 

[fezzasus]

The latest EA288 engines are very well made, they've designed out all of the weak points of the earlier engines (now use roller followers in place of bucket tappets, greater piston top land to reduce deposits at the piston ring, relocated cylinder head bolts to minimise distortion, not to mention great aftertreatment packaging), all of this means that in my experience from our engine testing programs, you shouldn't need to run it in for more than about 10 hours, or about 400 miles.

 

so if the mpg doesn't improve over the next week or so, I guess that's what you're stuck with.

 

Out of interest, does the handbook specify 0W-30 504 00 507 00 oil or still 5w-30?

[JG]

i didn't run it in at all. 

 

although it spends most of its time between 1 and 2k rpm anyway (it will never wear out). 100mph is 1900 rpm. 

 

 

economy is much better on long runs. to average 57, you have to do 80-85 on the motorway bits. So 47mpg isn't bad for a 1650kg car. the golf would have done 44 on the same journey.