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We tend to only post when we have a complaint. I have none. (Well except when I locked the key in hatchback - see another thread.) It is now 2 years since I collected my GTi PP (details below). I have covered 32,000 kms or just under 20,000miles. I get a long-term average of 7.6 litres per...

After 2 years and 32,000kms I finally got caught. So I dropped my rucksack off in the boot of the GTI. The boot will open if you have the car key on your person. Sadly, the key was in my rucksack and we now know the only way to lock the key in the car is by the boot easy-opening system, where...

It looks very very silly. What's that stupid business at the back? This is really for kids...

"I don't expect you to talk Mr Bond, I expect you to die..."

I'm surprised how readily the the Electronic Stability Control can be activated even with the Performance Pack electronic differential. Just floor it on a bend and it goes round like it's on rails, then I see the "ESC Intervention" message on the console screen. I guess if I turn it off I'll...

As you might expect really - too much for the radar to cope with. Driving through a downpour last night at 100kph (60mph) well behind another car (ACC setting middle) when my car slowed down and the ACC refused to work anymore...

With the Mk7's Ownner's Manual stretching to in excess of 400 pages I though a thread on some of those hidden away features might be fun and useful. I discovered a couple that were switched off as the default, but I think are useful: Page 129 - Lowering and Storing front passenger exterior...

Today's Sunday Times (March 30) "Driving" section carries a glowing review by Clarkson of the Golf R. Says how it's the car for millionaires who want all the fun and performance but keep a low profile and hide their wealth. Then 3/4 way through, I read with amazement that JC confessed that he...

Auto Express on YouTube...

Before visiting my dealer, anyone throw any light on this: The Discover Pro hand book show how to receive and send text messages. (It's the receiving I'm interested in.) There is an envelope icon shown in a screen-shot in the handbook at the bottom of the phone contacts. This does not appear on...

Ignore list in the control panel??

Sorry can't seem to embed Flickr videos. So try this link. 8 minutes up the mountain, edited to 2 minutes. February 2014, French Alps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7760586@N02/12766403664/

As I cruised along letting the ACC take the strain, I suddenly wondered about the front radar system and how this might effect those with radar detectors in the cars. Probably a different frequency, but wouldn't it be fun if it set off radar detectors and better still interfered with the radar...

I have signed up for 30 day free trial of Spotify Premium. For me the big attraction was to be able to listed to up to 3,300 tracks (as 'Playlists') offline. ie. in the car. I have tried with Discovery Pro and iPhone, iPad and iPod Shuffle. All have the same problem: With both Bluetooth and...

Golf R on ice...

Like the subject says...

This thread's got pix tho...

This is going back a bit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SwmCNjGzw They didn't have a lot to say...

Check Auto Express' review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jVPZUXOYM