nomadicS2k

The R just got a little more serious!

revo

Nottm_S2

7.9s to 100 sounds optimstic for that ptw?

Cheap power tho

s2k4tony

Designed for Golf drivers who may like to catch out filtering 'bikes at the lights

Seriously, the service intervals would drastically drop, if you were to expect some sort of longivity - or if you aren't "playing" too much.

MarcS2000

But anyone who got one built after may 2015 (could have been april or march) but after a certain build point VW changed the encryption on the ECU and REVO haven't been able to crack it as of yet. My mate has a 2015 Golf R and its not able to be mapped because of the ECU encryption

phil121081

I thought the £599 ECU chip for 375 bhp was the best value option.

not that I will be entertaining such, being a lease of course.

An interesting exercise, but throwing 10k+ at a 32k (min) DSG golf is NOT value in my opinion, no matter how fast said Golf becomes.

I would not pay 30k for a Golf either. I *only* paid £23k for my GT100 so anything more for a Golf is just silly.

The monthly rentals on the other hand make it quite attractive but that has always been my view on the car and the only reason it's on my drive.

s2k4tony

AFAIK it's easy for a company to remove the ECU, and show no attempts of fiddling it. It's even pot riveted back with vw parts. There was only 1 company earlier this year that was risking this, easy enough to find on Googleth. Cheeky or what. Some GTD drivers have paid £499 for a remap, which requires this type of "service" and only slips power up to 230bhp at most. Not bad for a 2 litre derv, however, no mean feat. And it's relatively lukewarm.
I think there's enough to worry about for GTD drivers now though, and handing back the car to have software removal for the emissions scandal. I can see business coming back for tuners, to swap back to oem ecu's for the worriers, in case of being found out.
What a mess!

s2k4tony

Not sure if you still have a mk5 gt tdi...
I found out today, that vw will honour any kind of rust from beneath the surface i.e wheel arches, behind rear light cluster, sills. Due to the 12 year anti corrosion warranty, it's 100% fixable.
My mk5 tdi has all of the above symptoms for its 151k miles.
Might be worth a thread for others that have them as dailys/ Doris car's.
Kick vw while they're down eh?!

MarcS2000

REVO haven't been able to crack the ECU's on the 2015 Golf R if they were built after March 2015. From REVO's website: "Due to manufacturer revisions with the ECU security Revo software might not be compatible with vehicles built after March 2015; your Revo Dealer can verify this if you book in and visit them." My mate with one hasn't found anybody that is able to remap has car, either by OBD or bench.

U9aXy6Dn

Great thread, thanks for continuing to share.