Well the 3.6 I put a deposit down on 2 weeks ago fell through (turbo problems) seller wouldn't replace so returned my deposit.
I then decided on a 2.7 hse, found one that went for sale yesterday went today to look and picked it up from a very nice garage in Bristol called lanes.

So the 120 mile drive home to Nottingham was EPIC, I LOVE MY NEW RRS.
to be honest I don't care about the power difference. The drive home felt so smooth and the miles just kept on coming, I just wanted to carry on driving. I was averaging 32 mpg which I thought was ok.
In for cam belt stuff on Friday. Dealer took the price off the cost of the car.
Rang warranty direct who have quoted £850 for 13 months warranty (does that sound about right to you guys?)

i'll get some pics up at the weekend.

oh its a stornaway grey with black/aluminium interior. 84k miles full service history, just had discs and pads all round (running brembos)
12 months MOT, just taxed it for a year £500.
want to go out and drive it now.
also just ordered the rear badges as the previous owner took them off (no idea why but I prefer them on)
also ordered clear repeaters.

would you guys recommend osram led bulbs?
if so how many can I change ?
is it just rear number plate lights?


thanks guys.

You will enjoy the ownership daily. lanes have a good reputation, I looked at a couple of cars there, they are a bit more local for me
You can change all the bulbs in the car, use error free version for front side lights and number plate lights, the rest can be cheap and cheerful version from eBay. You will need 12 internal and four error free. 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

What do you mean by error free.
Also you say 12 bulbs. Where do they all go?

The error free or canbus led bulbs have resistors in them to prevent bulb failure warnings, count up all interior lights, inc boot, puddle lights and glove box=12. 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Looking forward to the pics

Pics pics....

mr simple1, cant see the bulbs you mean, any chance you can send me an ebay link to the bulbs pls, to include all the int ones and the canbus ones .

Just go onto eBay and search canbus led bulbs, there's plenty on there.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Error-Free-Can...4d18061667 2015 Golf R DSG
Gone 2013 Mercedes C220 CDi AMG Sport Plus
Gone 2008 2.7 RRS HSE

If you put 501 led canbus in to search it will give a selection. Avoid Chinese/Hong Kong vendors as it takes weeks for products to arrive.  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Are all the other bulbs 501?

Yes Sir  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

so would these be ok then for the interior?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-T10-W5W-501...4d086a4503



so why does the rear number plate and side light bulbs have to be canbus resistor ones?

Yes they will be fine in the interior, the reason for canbus or resisted bulbs is that RRS continually check all exterior bulbs which create a resistance when complete. LED bulbs unless resisted, create zero resistance and you will continually get bulb failure warnings and bongs on dash. If that doesn't bother you, use ordinary bulbs, if like me, it would drive you nutz, fit resisted or canbus or error free bulbs. ( same thing but different sellers call them different things.) lesson ends  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

ordered those in the link (the 6 canbus ones)
also ordered the 10 led ones.

are the front side light bulbs hard to change.

just put clear wing repeaters on it. much better than orange

You have to remove the headlights but as we know, that takes less time than an F1 pit stop  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜