Scirocco R owners I would like to hear from you please
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:20 am
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum and I joined because I intend to buy a Scirocco R in the next 6 to 12 months.
I first fell in love when the Scirocco R was announced all those years ago and said to myself I would one day have to get one. I then got an incredible chance to sit in one of only 2 ever Scirocco Rs registered in Portugal and it only made me fall deeper in love! Fast forward to 2014 when I was working for a VW UK main dealer and actually got to drive a Scirocco R DSG! What a machine I thought.
Anyway, back to my point. I'm not going to be looking at any particular spec/colour when making a decision to buy. My decision will be fully based on condition,age, mileage and history. Only thing I'm set on is no silver or grey cars (personal preference...).
When I do buy a Scirocco R I will be buying to keep it indefinitely and in original condition, certainly won't be swapping it any time soon if ever! I will not be using it as a daily, I'll probably use it at weekends and perhaps on some longer trips.
I would like to know from previous or current Scirocco R owners what the ownership has been like in terms of the following:
MPG (for information purposes only, whatever MPG the Scirocco gets will not put me off buying one), maintenance costs (regular service + any extra bits the car needed doing which can be seen as "serviceable" parts), reliability, any known common issues/faults, what to look for specifically when looking at one (over and above the usual used car checks), and general advice/guidance please.
Thank you very much in advance
I'm new to the forum and I joined because I intend to buy a Scirocco R in the next 6 to 12 months.
I first fell in love when the Scirocco R was announced all those years ago and said to myself I would one day have to get one. I then got an incredible chance to sit in one of only 2 ever Scirocco Rs registered in Portugal and it only made me fall deeper in love! Fast forward to 2014 when I was working for a VW UK main dealer and actually got to drive a Scirocco R DSG! What a machine I thought.
Anyway, back to my point. I'm not going to be looking at any particular spec/colour when making a decision to buy. My decision will be fully based on condition,age, mileage and history. Only thing I'm set on is no silver or grey cars (personal preference...).
When I do buy a Scirocco R I will be buying to keep it indefinitely and in original condition, certainly won't be swapping it any time soon if ever! I will not be using it as a daily, I'll probably use it at weekends and perhaps on some longer trips.
I would like to know from previous or current Scirocco R owners what the ownership has been like in terms of the following:
MPG (for information purposes only, whatever MPG the Scirocco gets will not put me off buying one), maintenance costs (regular service + any extra bits the car needed doing which can be seen as "serviceable" parts), reliability, any known common issues/faults, what to look for specifically when looking at one (over and above the usual used car checks), and general advice/guidance please.
Thank you very much in advance