► Month seven living with our VW Golf R
► This month a couple of gripes…
► Is the sat-nav worth the dosh?
Two moans this month, much as I’m enjoying the R. Firstly, the sat-nav. I don’t know what it’s smoking, but it seems to imagine upcoming travel problems; I regularly travel through what it thinks is gridlock at 70mph, so I can’t trust its traffic updates. Secondly, the metallic blue paint has a gorgeous deep lustre, but get up close and it’s spectacularly orange-peely; surrounded by exotics at Silverstone, a man actually laughed at it.
Logbook: Volkswagen Golf R
Engine: 1984cc 16v turbocharged 4-cyl, 296bhp @ 5500rpm, 280lb ft @ 1800rpm
Gearbox: 6spd manual, all-wheel drive
Stats: 5.3sec 0-62mph, 155mph, 165g/km
Price: £31,475
As tested: £35,640
Miles this month: 1226
Total miles: 7147
Our mpg: 30.3
Official mpg: 39.8
Fuel this month: £205.84
Extra costs: £0