Sorry for late reply. I've been really busy with work because of the pandemic stuff.
Know what it's like when you drop the clutch a bit too quickly and there's a jerk? That's what mine does 2nd to 3rd a lot of the time. It's annoying as heck in city driving and I constantly find myself trying to drive the car in a way to avoid it. S shifting or manual shifting seems to be the way to go. It's probably worse now @15,000kms than when the car was new.
I've been having other gremlins pop up with this car, nothing too serious, but all annoying.
Radio gets 'stuck' with volume only coming out of front left speaker - not fixed (reset helped once, but it's messed up again)
Driver and passenger windows roll down when trying to roll up, like they jammed - not fixed
Creaking front suspension bushings (both A-Arm bushings now replaced)
I don't know if the radio issue is a firmware problem or electronic. I've had it in once already for this problem and it hasn't been fixed. I've brought up the window issue and the service manager thinks it's just the window channel being dirty (I doubt that). I think the window drive mechanism is binding and the safety system rolls it back down. I'm not sure if the rear windows are affected or not.
I also bought a new 2020 Z4 M40i convertible several weeks ago so the Golf R has been getting neglected a lot when the weather is nicer. Originally I wanted a different car with a sunroof. Ended up with a convertible and am super happy with it!
Rob