'picked up my 7.5 R yesterday. First impressions are obviously, well, impressive. Without wanting to rev it out of course, first thing noticed is that low down pull. It's almost like a diesel from around 1500. Might be the direct injection making the difference. And I know what the the reviews say about Eco mode, but I reckon I'll make good use of it. I know, I know, "Why did you get a R" , ... blah blah. But I'm not going to fang around every time I'm in the thing, and there's plenty of pull to easily keep up with traffic, with the motor just chugging along lazily. Luvvin it.
Also luvvin radar cruise. Haven't used it in stop/start traffic yet, but certainly makes freeway driving truly relaxed. And the steering's fine - don't believe the nitpicking garbage on some of the reviews - they're just trying to look objective and pick on something.
Definitely not loving missing VW CarNet on the menu screen. Looks like they've pulled that on us, also. And that may mean we're also without hotspot. So, with all the other stuff they've yanked, I think VW have already released a stripper, "Grid" edition of the R. They just forgot to tell us.
