I’ve had my R for a few weeks having previously had a Golf 7 R manual. Options I have are Lapiz, leather, DCC, performance pack, Harmon Kardon sound, Xpel ppf, and reverse camera. Thoughts so far:
- excellent steering
- effortless performance
- very refined
- good seats
However quite a few annoyances which is spoiling the experience
- appalling user interface just about everything is difficult to find
- spending 5 mins everytime you start car to reset all the pointless nannying features eg the lane assist
- dim witted DSG it’s really slow to kick down unless you are in race
- dangerous ACC which decides itself to slam on brakes on the motorway when it thinks there are speed limit changes
- steering wheel heating which switches itself on everytime you start the car
I’m really hoping I start to like the car but I’m afraid it’s a disappointment after the Mark 7. In summary seems VW have loaded the car with lots of features to justify the price hike but it’s meant to be a hot hatch not a limo. You pay for pointless features you want switched off but the real safety features of value, like the rear camera, are optional extras.
Shane
- excellent steering
- effortless performance
- very refined
- good seats
However quite a few annoyances which is spoiling the experience
- appalling user interface just about everything is difficult to find
- spending 5 mins everytime you start car to reset all the pointless nannying features eg the lane assist
- dim witted DSG it’s really slow to kick down unless you are in race
- dangerous ACC which decides itself to slam on brakes on the motorway when it thinks there are speed limit changes
- steering wheel heating which switches itself on everytime you start the car
I’m really hoping I start to like the car but I’m afraid it’s a disappointment after the Mark 7. In summary seems VW have loaded the car with lots of features to justify the price hike but it’s meant to be a hot hatch not a limo. You pay for pointless features you want switched off but the real safety features of value, like the rear camera, are optional extras.
Shane