Farewell ye ole faithful steed.

paulie0735 · 09-10-2011, 07:22 PM

After nearly 4 years its time to pass the Mondeo on to the next of kin. My eldest son has now taken position of it as his family car, his wife recently gave birth to their 1st child and the SS Crewman just doesn’t cut it as a family ride. This also gives me the opportunity to choose a new ride so a Golf R will soon find a new home in my driveway for my everyday needs, it ticks all the boxes and there really isn’t anything else around that’s as good for the money. So its bye bye to the XR5 which has been a great car, apart from an early hiccup with the BCM (common problem with the early builds) it’s now done over 95,000 k’s trouble free.

Bucknaked · 09-10-2011, 07:44 PM

At least it's still in the family.

Golf R are a great car. A couple if guys I know have one each. They swear by them.

stuart · 10-10-2011, 11:57 PM

I am also about to give up my MA TDCi SSS sedan in November to my brother as end of lease buy out after 3.5 years. Love to drive it and I was looking forward to the MC as a replacement but my company decided to offer me a job in Germany for three years.
Damn, now I will have to drive on the autobahn at nice speeds!

I have travelled them regularly and on the last trip in June I had an Opel Insignia TDCi after complaining about the Opel Zafira petrol slug they first gave me to drive. The Insignia was OK but a little claustrophobic after driving a Mondy. Got up to 200 km/hr a couple of times near Frankfurt (5-6 lane roads) and it began to feel fast despite only a bit of traffic being around.

Now I have to look for a car within my budget for my three years in Germany. Might have to look for an ex-demo Mondy if possible to keep the feel going.

mighty-mon · 12-10-2011, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by paulie0735

After nearly 4 years its time to pass the Mondeo on to the next of kin. My eldest son has now taken position of it as his family car, his wife recently gave birth to their 1st child and the SS Crewman just doesn’t cut it as a family ride. This also gives me the opportunity to choose a new ride so a Golf R will soon find a new home in my driveway for my everyday needs, it ticks all the boxes and there really isn’t anything else around that’s as good for the money. So its bye bye to the XR5 which has been a great car, apart from an early hiccup with the BCM (common problem with the early builds) it’s now done over 95,000 k’s trouble free.

Sad in one way Paulie......but very excited about that Golf R. As you know I considered it prior to buying the Focus RS. Did you consider the Scirocco at all or was it the awd that tipped it for you??

Mark

Mackspower · 12-10-2011, 01:21 PM

Hey Stuart - you are the land of BMW . . . a nice 4.0 litre 5 series will take your mind off missing the mighty Mondeo !

And sad news paulie0753 but nice it'staying in the family.

stuart · 14-10-2011, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Mackspower

Hey Stuart - you are the land of BMW . . . a nice 4.0 litre 5 series will take your mind off missing the mighty Mondeo !

And sad news paulie0753 but nice it'staying in the family.

A 4lt Bima would be great but a little out of my pay scale besides they are also taxed heavily due to CO2 emissions - they usually fly by at over 200 klicks pushing everything out of the way. Most drivers are happy to sit around 160 to 180 tops.

Since the Mondy was designed by the Germans it suits the autobahn pace nicely.

paulie0735 · 15-10-2011, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mighty-mon

Sad in one way Paulie......but very excited about that Golf R. As you know I considered it prior to buying the Focus RS. Did you consider the Scirocco at all or was it the awd that tipped it for you??

Mark

Hay Mark, actually need a 5 door. I’m waiting for the options I want so will be a couple of months away, in the mean time my left leg is getting a work out in the crewman.

paulie0735 · 10-02-2012, 12:00 AM

The Golf R arrived last week, took a little longer than I planned because I decided to wait until the MY12 stock arrived in the country as these feature a few things standard that were options on the MY11 cars.

What’s it like? Awesome!!!!! The R takes the Golf to a whole new level, 190kw’s AWD, 6 speed DSG with launch control in a small compact car =’s a 13 second ¼ and loose ya licence speeds in just a few seconds, there is no comparison to the Mondeo, the R just blows the XR5 into the weeds at an embarrassing rate.

VW screw their cars together very well, the fit and finish is excellent and the paint is by the far the best that I have ever seen on any car costing less than $100k.

As good as the Mondeo was (is) the Golf R takes performance and luxury features to a whole new level, its at least 2 or 3 steps above the XR5 which was not shabby just that the VW is so much better. For the record it should be a considerable step up because its around $20k more expensive!!!!!! Worth the extra? Well to me it is but that’s just my opinion. For the record this is the wifes every day driver and I now get the territory to drive every day (I do get the Golf on Fridays though)

In Focus · 10-02-2012, 01:02 AM

Sounds like the wife got the best end of the deal...

dylby1 · 10-02-2012, 02:53 AM

The back end of those golfs is sexy as!!!

NZ XR6 · 10-02-2012, 09:16 PM

VWs are OK. To be honest, I'd planned to get a Skoda Superb wagon to replace my last Mondeo, but the runout deals on the MB Mondeo were just too good.

mighty-mon · 11-02-2012, 02:34 AM

Glad you like her mate

. Friend dropped round a few weeks ago and he gave me a drive of his .....flappy paddles makes for a whole new experience.

Trust she uses the reversing camera........that log in the background will put a sizeable dent in her rear

Mackspower · 11-02-2012, 07:10 AM

Can't believe it doesn't have keyless operation.

paulie0735 · 12-02-2012, 10:51 AM

Some models have keyless start but not the R at least not the Australian spec ones

ope126 · 10-06-2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by paulie0735

Some models have keyless start but not the R at least not the Australian spec ones

VAG Group cars call this system Kessy, such as the following link; http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technolo...tem-electronic I had this system in my previous Passat Highline and it worked well. Skoda also have made it available in the Supberb. Don't think it has filtered down to the Golf's yet. Shame that! The Golf R is a great piece of kit, I have driven a few and a Scirroco, now that is fun!!!

mighty-mon · 30-06-2012, 02:05 PM

Just moved my MA 2008 on, but.............. 2010 MB with 18,000 clicks on the way. Could not resist as price was too good.