Mobil 0W-20 is the standard oil for current Toyotas.

 

Check your owner’s manual to see which approval it requires. Not all Mobil 1 0W20 sold on Canadian stores have the VW approval depending on your model year.

 

thanks. Will do

 

Indirect comment…currently driving a new Passat in Germany. The infotainment system is great! Perfect size screen, snappy response, fluid menus, joy to use!

looks to be the same in the 2025 golf

 

I've had two fairly recent Golf R (7.5?). Learning about the demise of the stick both saddens me and made me wonder if I should stick one in the garage.

Attended at the store yesterday. The hvac and wheel buttons are needlessly fiddly, but something I'm sure would get easier with constant use. The shifter is much improved. Way shorter and notchier than the previous gen. The colour selections could be enlarged. R's seem quite plentiful, assume the same for GTI. Good luck. Hard to go wrong with a hot Golf.

 

how do you guys find vw service?
in the past I could not believe how low budget it felt when servicing at VW dealers (was a few years ago, granted).
I recall a part under warranty was ordered and they said call back in 2 weeks and see if it arrived. I was like, can't you call me? has this changed?

 

They are not the best. I have had one dealer forget about me in the waiting room and they all left, sales had to find my car. Another dealer needed me to give them copies of a TSB so they could install my wheels correctly. Another trying to talk me out of changing the ATF that they call lifetime. It goes on and on,

I have found Brett at Burlington VW to be the best. It’s important to build a relationship.

YMMV

Edit. And I will call out Oakville for being total douche bags. They tagged my Golf R TD1, and voided my warranty and did not even tell me. 6 months of fighting with vw and they reinstated my warranty. Honestly I find all Oakville dealers to be ****.

 

this has gone over my head

 

all the doorbell cam footage i see of car thefts, this is how they dress... (hoodies/mask)

 

^my bad. Didn’t know anyone stole VWs

 

I'm getting quotes for auto insurance for an additional vehicle and learning that insurers are charging higher premiums for vehicles "at higher risk" of being stolen. Thankfully, the Golf R / GTI aren't on that list

 

Well, this thread has cost me a bit of dough. Just bought a black manual R. Gonna start with stage 2 and likely a short shifter.

 

congratulaions!!! Anything to say about the buying experience?

 

And I am now missing my old Golf R. It was a great car.

 

I had a 2008 R32 which was a beast but considering a Golf R as a daily. There seems to be plentiful supply at dealers of GTI's/R's with another shipment planned before 2025's arrive.