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nethers66
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New R owner

Post by nethers66 »

After ordering a 2.0 GT DSG and subsequently cancelling it due to long long leadtimes, i've found and bought a brand new unregistered R DSG in Rising Blue, delivery in a couple of weeks, its a pretty basic spec, metallic & reversing sensors, and only the RCD510 no bluetooth either but i've been looking at the Kenwood DNX520VBT as an all singing all dancing Media/Nav & phone replacement.

The R will replace my Alfa Brera 3.2 V6 Q4 Qtronic, great car but the lease is up and its very thirsty even compared to the R - I reckon i'll get an extra 10mpg from the R

I'm chuffed to bits. :nod:
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Re: New R owner

Post by trix »

congrats nethers :yes:

we have had 1 or 2 people try the Kenwood unit previously so there are some thoughts for you to read before fitting http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... it=kenwood" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I drive a: Scirocco R
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Thanks for the link trix, interesting comments, the other option is to fit the fiscon bluetooth unit and keep my current separate Garmin sat nav.
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Re: New R owner

Post by Strat »

Congrats, and well to the R club.

Any other mods planned?
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Re: New R owner

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Strat wrote:Congrats, and well to the R club.

Any other mods planned?
Not sure yet, i'm not really one for major mods, I like my cars pretty standard, but never say never :D
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Re: New R owner

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Nice one! Looks superb! Is it manual or DSG?
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Re: New R owner

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skippy wrote:Nice one! Looks superb! Is it manual or DSG?
DSG - My last 2 cars have been auto/semi auto Alfa GT Selespeed & Current Afla Brera Qtronic, both very different but both very good, I drove a Scirocco GT DSG for a few hours on a testdrive and the DSG box blew me away its soooooooo much better that i've driven before.
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Re: New R owner

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Got my "R" on Friday, very impresses so far. I've done a couple of mods already, S2T DSG paddle shifters, fitted my Pure DAB Radio.

Quick pics better ones to follow....
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Re: New R owner

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Lovely! :yes:
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Re: New R owner

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Looking good, enjoy her... :yes:
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Re: New R owner

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How you getting on with the car mate? Good / bad / fast / slow / happy / livid?

haha
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Re: New R owner

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Strat wrote:How you getting on with the car mate? Good / bad / fast / slow / happy / livid?

haha
Good, fast, happy !!

Its an incredible car !
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Re: New R owner

Post by goranot »

Looks nice
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