Martinbury
Passed Driver's Ed
Hello. Am new to the forum but have enjoyed reading back over the topics and wondered if anyone else has the same query as me about the Mk8 ride quality. I have a Mk8 GTD, which is about 6 weeks old now. It has the 19" Adelaide wheels but also DCC to try and offset any ride quality issues the larger wheels might provide. It does seem to me that the ride is extremely hard, even in 'Comfort' mode and every stone in the road seems to shake my bones! My previous Golf was a Mk7 GTD with the standard 18" wheels and also DCC and this was quite comfortable to keep the suspension in 'Sport' mode permanently. In all of the reviews of the GTD/GTI's I've seen/read, no mention has been made of an uncomfortable ride at all. I can't believe that the slightly larger wheels and hence lower profile tyres could be the complete reason for the harshness and would welcome any thoughts from owners of similar cars. I have slightly lowered the tyre pressures to 2.5 bar all round instead of 2.6 but this appears to have made no noticeable difference.
I'm waiting to hear back from the supplying dealer about the 1803 Software Update (thanks for the tip about this) and will ask them to check the suspension when it goes in for this. I seem to have been quite lucky softwarewise, with my only apparent bug (that I've found so far) is the heated steering wheel coming on when the ignition is switched on (despite this not being selected in the infotainment system). Like many other software problems though, this doesn't happen every time and hasn't for a couple of weeks now.
Anyway, any thoughts on the ride quality of the GTD/GTI would be most welcome - thanks in advance.
I'm waiting to hear back from the supplying dealer about the 1803 Software Update (thanks for the tip about this) and will ask them to check the suspension when it goes in for this. I seem to have been quite lucky softwarewise, with my only apparent bug (that I've found so far) is the heated steering wheel coming on when the ignition is switched on (despite this not being selected in the infotainment system). Like many other software problems though, this doesn't happen every time and hasn't for a couple of weeks now.
Anyway, any thoughts on the ride quality of the GTD/GTI would be most welcome - thanks in advance.