Volkswagen Golf Estate (2013 - 2020) R 2.0 TSI 300PS 4Motion DSG auto 5d Owner Review

This is an excellent car! It replaced a Supercharged Jaguar S Type R. A little quicker than the Golf but could be VERY thirsty, that also was excellent however I didn’t like it’s replacement. Before that was a Porsche Boxster, the best handling car I’ve ever driven providing the road was smooth but I live in a village! Before those I had a Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 which when on Bridgestone tyres with Bilstein shock absorbers was superb. I’ve given this preamble to set the scene. I like quick comfortable cars. My first R (a Mk7) was on 19” wheels - they looked good but the ride was awful. My current one (a Mk7.5) has 18” wheels and the ride is definitely better, it also has more adjustment of the suspension settings too. It came with leather, I wouldn’t have chosen leather but I must say, after having lived with it for a while, that I’m pleased to have it. The seats are very comfortable and grip you well. The adaptive cruise control is a godsend in towns and other places with heavy, slow moving traffic but on the motorway it is infuriating. I forces me into lane 2 far too early or to override it with the accelerator pedal and I have it set on the smallest possible intervention distance. (Can I keep the ACC but switch it off on motorways?). These are relatively small niggles because overall I think this car is fantastic. Would I have another? YOU BET.