The TGR Dream Car Is Here

[Timberridge]

Here's a pic ...this one has an R badge, 4WD TDI, 6 spd manual.

[HD333]

So you just drill holes and use carriage bolts/wingnuts to attach the roof box?

May want to use a few washers as well.

[plugboots]

Timberidge, where was that?

[Timberridge]

Timberidge, where was that?

NYC Auto Show last week. It looked well finished inside and out. It was not just a show body on a rotating platform you couldn't play with. If VW are not planning to bring it, they are giving us a really good head fake.

I hope they do.

[plugboots]

OK, that was the same one then that I saw in the Autoblog article.

[liv2ski]

NYC Auto Show last week. It looked well finished inside and out. It was not just a show body on a rotating platform you couldn't play with. If VW are not planning to bring it, they are giving us a really good head fake.

I hope they do.

I do not understand why they have it at a N.A auto show if there is no way they are selling it here. In the $30k range, that car should sell like crazy.

[stuckathuntermtn]

$30k for a Golf?
And ooooooh, look at the rubberband tires. There better be some big brakes under there at least.

[shroom]

you expect a sport model not to come with low profile tires? id be stoked on a 30k price point, look at the tag on the v60.

[Timberridge]

$30k for a Golf?
And ooooooh, look at the rubberband tires. There better be some big brakes under there at least.

I dunno I think a low 30K would be attractive--people are paying 30K for Mini All4s and seriously what can you buy with all that spec for under 30K these days?

There was plenty of room behind that wheel for a smaller wheel. There were no Brembo's behind there if that's what you are asking. Looked like standard floating calipers.

[DasBlunt]

30K stock. You can upgrade I imagine. ugly and pug IMO.

These cheap autobahn (perfect roads, no potholes, no torn up roads bridges) suspensions cannot handle actual winter and American driving habits. They will be trashed after one hard driving winter.

This is the major reason many people in the USA are driving SUVs…..

[AdironRider]

Honda Accords are 30k these days, at least for ones that arent stripped out rental machines. 30k for this car is a steal.

And like mentioned before, guys like AustinSA will bitch in 5 years cause they cant find one used for below book value.

[grskier]

yes


please


hopefully this bleeds up to the A4

[liv2ski]

30K stock. You can upgrade I imagine. ugly and pug IMO.

These cheap autobahn (perfect roads, no potholes, no torn up roads bridges) suspensions cannot handle actual winter and American driving habits. They will be trashed after one hard driving winter.

This is the major reason many people in the USA are driving SUVs…..

Mericans drive SUVs because Mericans like trucks and are fucking idiots for the most part. My V70R wagon will haul as much as most any SUV, is way more comfortable and way more fun to drive. O and it looks a hella lot better than an SUV as does the VW.

As far as reliability, my car is an 06 with 135k on it. Best Volvo I have owned out of 4. And did I say it drives and kicks the shit out of most any SUV????

[AdironRider]

Dude you live on the beach in San Diego right, not exactly the road conditions found in many other parts of the country. AKA, the roads DasCunt is talking about.

Sure you V70R works great on roads that have never seen a freeze/thaw cycle.

[stuckathuntermtn]

A "stripped" rental/fleet vehicle nowadays typically still has power everything, keyless entry, a whole host of safety features legally required, etc, etc. With any luck, they also have real mechanical knobs that are attached to something (a lot of knobs are just there for tactile sensation and not actually. attached to anything. Whole dash is barely serviceable if at all.). Fucking "infotainment" in a car. Brilliant. And who still needs nav?
So base model me up, homes!

[liv2ski]

Dude you live on the beach in San Diego right, not exactly the road conditions found in many other parts of the country. AKA, the roads DasCunt is talking about.

Sure you V70R works great on roads that have never seen a freeze/thaw cycle.

Your a fucking dork. It is a Volvo. They are all over Sweden. It is cold there and I am in the mountains at least a month a winter. The car kicks ass in the snow.

[MontuckyFried]

Sure you V70R works great on roads that have never seen a freeze/thaw cycle.

You're joking, right? Have you ever driven a Volvo in the mountains? I can assure you they kick ass in snow and ice. I live off one of the most deadly highways in the state (very icy sometimes). My Volvo has been an absolute boss on the slickest of days, and the deepest of days. I just wish it was an R.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Gallatin Canyon isn't too bad on potholes, I seem to remember. Bozeman is high and cold enough that the freeze/thaw cycle isn't too bad.
Sometimes Missoula gets so bad, Subarus just go missing.

[Hugh Conway]

Subarus just go missing.

don't they just go back to California/Virginia/Florida aka where they came from?

[PNWbrit]

a lot of knobs are just there for tactile sensation

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[stuckathuntermtn]

don't they just go back to California/Virginia/Florida aka where they came from?

IDK, I almost got swallowed up, one time.

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teehee

[Ted Striker]

This is the major reason many people in the USA are driving SUVs…..

The reason SUVs are so popular in North America is marketing and group think.

[Timberridge]

The reason SUVs are so popular in North America is marketing and group think.

Women prefer vehicles in which they sit higher.

[Ted Striker]

^^^ yeah that's part of it.

High and Mighty.

[AdironRider]

You're joking, right? Have you ever driven a Volvo in the mountains? I can assure you they kick ass in snow and ice. I live off one of the most deadly highways in the state (very icy sometimes). My Volvo has been an absolute boss on the slickest of days, and the deepest of days. I just wish it was an R.

We arent talking about performance in the snow, we're talking about performance on frost heaves, potholes, and destroyed roads. Hence why people tend to prefer SUV's, which was the impetus of this specific thread drift.

No doubt the V70r handles great in the wet and snow, but not so great when the road base is torn to shit. 1" sidewalls just aren't the best for those conditions, which is a fact.