2022 VW Golf R (Mk8)

[brucebanner]

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MK4? Mk6? MK7?

Mk7

[flipstah]

He lives in Aspen so that may explain the anomaly.

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It's likely just an anomaly. I was in the Alberta MK7 Facebook group that had almost one thousand members and the majority of owners by far were in the range of 20-35 years old.

[cam_wmh]

New R, can now be configured on VW.ca
Only a 3 colours, and a couple options (transmission/sunroof) on launch.

$48k w/sunroof & manual. Better than I expected.

[flipstah]

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New R, can now be configured on VW.ca
Only a 3 colours, and a couple options (transmission/sunroof) on launch.

$48k w/sunroof & manual. Better than I expected.

Before taxes. I wish they come out with more colours!

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Too bad all the safety shite is baked in.

[cam_wmh]

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Before taxes. I wish they come out with more colours!

Yeah I hear ya, hoping Spektrum comes out when I pick one up in a couple years.

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Too bad all the safety shite is baked in.

Just leave it in Drift Mode?

[RX_EVOLV]

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New R, can now be configured on VW.ca
Only a 3 colours, and a couple options (transmission/sunroof) on launch.

$48k w/sunroof & manual. Better than I expected.

The residual is pretty good on the lease. 68% on 36 months. Tempting.

[heavyD]

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New R, can now be configured on VW.ca
Only a 3 colours, and a couple options (transmission/sunroof) on launch.

$48k w/sunroof & manual. Better than I expected.

I paid $41,500 for my 2016 which was fully optioned with DSG so to me this is a pretty significant increase. Three colors is pretty sad especially considering the blue sucks and black and white are super generic at a time when a lot of interesting colors are available from other automakers.

[bjstare]

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$48k w/sunroof & manual. Better than I expected.

A 20% increase is better than what you expected? Is this 20% more car?

It definitely seems a lot better than the outgoing, but that's a pretty big jump IMO.

[npham]

Inflation since 2016 was around 10 percent so it only needs to be 10 percent better...but 48k is a lot of money for a Golf R. Leasing sounds like the best option at 68% residual at 3 years.

[heavyD]

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A 20% increase is better than what you expected? Is this 20% more car?

It definitely seems a lot better than the outgoing, but that's a pretty big jump IMO.

It does have the trick differential, HUD, and sunroof which were not available last gen but IMO the interior is downgraded to cheap plastics, no buttons, and the rest of the car is pretty well carryover. Seems overpriced to me.

[Buster]

It was just a matter of time until the whole centre touch screen thing became a cost saving strategy rather than a premium feature.

[heavyD]

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It was just a matter of time until the whole centre touch screen thing became a cost saving strategy rather than a premium feature.

There's little doubt that was the intention with this car as it shows. They went too far IMO as it's not worthy of it's near $50k price tag. Looks cheaper than a Subaru interior and that's not a direction any automaker wants to go.

[schocker]

The 2019 w/ DSG was $44k before tech package so $48 is a fair price. The interior though and amount of touch sensitive items is a step back imo and having only the 3 colours available. Ill stick with my purple for a while I think.

[killramos]

Don’t worry they will need all need a timing chain replacement in a couple years and be firesaled.

[cam_wmh]

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I paid $41,500 for my 2016 which was fully optioned with DSG so to me this is a pretty significant increase. Three colors is pretty sad especially considering the blue sucks and black and white are super generic at a time when a lot of interesting colors are available from other automakers.

Equipment differences between a 7 and 8, are substantial. (You even mentioned it 7 to 7.5)

So best to compare the pricing between the 7.5 and 8. ($44 to $48)

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Don’t worry they will need all need a timing chain replacement in a couple years and be firesaled.

Are you in a “concerns of 10 years ago” mindframe today?

[killramos]

See I could have sworn the concern of 10 years ago was timing belts and water pumps on engines that needed $$$ replacements that was “fixed” by using timing chains that lasted the life of the engine (oops).

[cam_wmh]

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See I could have sworn the concern of 10 years ago was timing belts and water pumps on engines that needed $$$ replacements that was “fixed” by using timing chains that lasted the life of the engine (oops).

TB 20 years ago. TC, like I said, 10 years ago.. Just don’t be an newb, and update the tensioner.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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See I could have sworn the concern of 10 years ago was timing belts and water pumps on engines that needed $$$ replacements that was “fixed” by using timing chains that lasted the life of the engine (oops).

When they put the bean counters in the chairs that should've been occupied by engineers, you get what you get. "3 bids and a buy" for a chain tensioner and the winner is 13% cheaper from Nanjing.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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TB 20 years ago. TC, like I said, 10 years ago.. Just don’t be an newb, and update the tensioner.

The Mercedes M117 engine had a timing chain in 1990. I'm not sure if it did throughout its 20 year production before that.
According to tHe NeT, it completely fails at 160,000.1 km