Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that's posted on here. I always found help when I needed it.

I had my 2011 MR for 3 years and she was a great car. Fun and fast with great handling. But it was time to move on so I had to trade her in. Now I have a 2016 Golf R.

I traded her in at Jack Daniels VW in Fairlawn NJ. Really nice people over there. I think she already sold but you can call and check if you like.

I have a few leftover parts and will be cleaning the garage out soon. If anyone sees this and buys her let me know and I can fill you in on the mods/let you know what I have for her.

Anyway, thanks again to all, this forum has always been great.

 

Take care man. Golf R is a nice car.

 

Gl with your new car.I luv my x mr blast to drive.

 

Farewell EVO brother. Congrats on your VW. Who knows, maybe you'll reacquire another EVO later down the road!

 

Sad to see you go. I just bought my fifth Evo two days ago (I have a problem)

I have a sense you may be back

 

Why did you go with the R? Looking at it myself, but I'm thinking I'm more of a sedan type. Plus no sunroof is a bit of a downer on the '16, but it has much nicer lines than the 2013.

 

Is there a reason the '16 doesn't have a sunroof? Did they go to aluminum perhaps?

 

Very, very nice daily, dude. Congrats. I wouldn't mind having one myself. It's 1,000,000x better than my Civic LOL.

 

Apparently VW figured people took the R to the track and would prefer the weight saving.

Honestly, if you're serious about lap times, you're not taking a Golf R to the track. Otherwise, you just go out there and run a slightly slower lap, but still have fun nonetheless.

And if you're more hardcore about it, you'll gut it and mod it, or get a dedicated track car. I'm sure many people took a fully loaded GTI over an R because of this. The interiors on both are almost indistinguishable.

 

Honestly I went with the R cause I wanted a faster car that was well built with a quiter cabin and more cargo space. Just installed an intake and stage 1 tune and ran my best time at the track ever 12.2.

 

Sweet ride. Where's the pics?!

 

What did you pay for her? I hear dealers try to get over sticker for them.

Did you ever consider the GTI? It has the sunroof and same interior, just less power and no awd, but I hear a chip brings it level on power with the R.

I like the styling of the MarkVII but it's a whole lotta money. Leaning towards a 2013 R with ~25k miles for $28k, or a B8 A4 with a sport package, then a chip from APR.

 

I ended up paying sticker price for her. They tried to get me to pay 2000 over sticker but i walked out and they chased me. You gotta play the game with these guys

 

My dad said something like that to a salesman and almost ended up in a fist fight, but that's a different story for another day. Nice Golf R

 

playing the game would have meant walking out at msrp... with the current sales etc sticker on a golf R is not a great deal