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He is lucky to be on German roads that generally are very good.

I've recently had KW2, Bilstein B16 and AST5100 with camber plates plus a few other suspension mods on my VW Scirocco and my wife is not super excited about long trips on less than perfect roads, especially on Bilstein. Clubsport stuff is usually less forgiving in terms of comfort.

Re the subject of Golf R MK7 I believe it can be tuned to surpass many significantly more expensive cars both in terms of performance and handling but here is the catch: it's not out of the box, you actually have to tune a lot of stuff, the engine, transmission, brakes, and suspension, etc., which takes some understanding of what you're doing, a lot of patience and a lot of cash and then some more every time and then because all of that requires servicing. That takes an enthusiast who doesn't mind things breaking or falling off. Not everyone is ready for that. Sometimes you just get tired.

Out of the factory Golf R is probably a great comfy DD, though.