jdiamondGolfMK7
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- TX
I test drove a '20 MK7.5 GTI SE, and it was a super blast! Every hit of the gas pedal, I'd spin the front tires a little and spurt ahead. It was fresh off the dealership, so I know it wasn't chipped.
BUT THEN, I test drove a '21 MK7.5 autobahn. Pressing the accelerator did... nothing. I've seen complaints of 1-2 second lags, but this seemed to take 4-5 seconds! (Although that might just be my perception.)
I realize a DSG shift can take longer than an automatic shift, so I made sure traction control was off and put myself in paddle shift mode so the DSG wouldn't have to decide to downshift, but it STILL it took over 2 seconds to get any response from the throttle! Given that high torque starts at just 1,500 RPM, I'd've thought the turbo would be spooled up already....
I looked on other forums (there's a lot of complaints about this), but there wasn't a silver bullet: Some people hacked a setting that switched the throttle mode from "timed mode" to "distance mode" (which I guess hurts gas mileage?), but it didn't fix the problem for everyone. [ I guess it waits 2 seconds to see if you're serious about pushing the throttle? I'd call that Prius mode. ] Some people did a DSG tune.
I'm curious as to why I saw this so badly on one GTI but not another? Some learning algorithm? Different software for '21?
Has anyone tried a DSG tune on a GTI? Would it help at all with the lag issue? And if you do a DSG tune on a 2019+ GTI, would you lose the fancy engine shut down / jump to neutral that's so good for gas mileage?
Thanks for any feedback / stories about throttle lag on the MK7.5 GTI and anyone who's fixed it.
This, and the DCC Nanny are my two biggest fears about the later MK7 models...
BUT THEN, I test drove a '21 MK7.5 autobahn. Pressing the accelerator did... nothing. I've seen complaints of 1-2 second lags, but this seemed to take 4-5 seconds! (Although that might just be my perception.)
I realize a DSG shift can take longer than an automatic shift, so I made sure traction control was off and put myself in paddle shift mode so the DSG wouldn't have to decide to downshift, but it STILL it took over 2 seconds to get any response from the throttle! Given that high torque starts at just 1,500 RPM, I'd've thought the turbo would be spooled up already....
I looked on other forums (there's a lot of complaints about this), but there wasn't a silver bullet: Some people hacked a setting that switched the throttle mode from "timed mode" to "distance mode" (which I guess hurts gas mileage?), but it didn't fix the problem for everyone. [ I guess it waits 2 seconds to see if you're serious about pushing the throttle? I'd call that Prius mode. ] Some people did a DSG tune.
I'm curious as to why I saw this so badly on one GTI but not another? Some learning algorithm? Different software for '21?
Has anyone tried a DSG tune on a GTI? Would it help at all with the lag issue? And if you do a DSG tune on a 2019+ GTI, would you lose the fancy engine shut down / jump to neutral that's so good for gas mileage?
Thanks for any feedback / stories about throttle lag on the MK7.5 GTI and anyone who's fixed it.
This, and the DCC Nanny are my two biggest fears about the later MK7 models...