Who owns a Golf GTD / GTI / R?

layte · 9 Jul 2018 at 13:17

Housey said:
I borrowed a friends new Golf R today for a quick blast up and down the roads of Mini land in Oxford. Now it was nothing more than a 5 minute around the block job, but it left me a little cold. It must be said I didn't fiddle with settings, I got in and drove it as was but the steering was very light and lacking feel, the engine had very noticeable lag and the DSG box felt blunt. By no means a proper road test, but off the bat very bland, more so than I remember. Do these things grow on you?

Very much sounds like the car was in Eco or Normal. In Race mode the DSG keeps the car on the boil for instant response as well as sharpening and adding decent weight to the steering.

FerretBoy · 9 Jul 2018 at 20:17

Yeah you don't get lag in sport, plenty in D though

layte · 10 Jul 2018 at 00:24

Go Race/Manual mode or you might as well buy a GTD tractor.

nemtizz · 10 Jul 2018 at 01:29

What sites do you guys primarily use for mods, etc? ECS P&P costs are a tad ridiculous.

MooMoo444 · 10 Jul 2018 at 08:49

Housey said:
I borrowed a friends new Golf R today for a quick blast up and down the roads of Mini land in Oxford. Now it was nothing more than a 5 minute around the block job, but it left me a little cold. It must be said I didn't fiddle with settings, I got in and drove it as was but the steering was very light and lacking feel, the engine had very noticeable lag and the DSG box felt blunt. By no means a proper road test, but off the bat very bland, more so than I remember. Do these things grow on you?

I get the same sort of thing when my Clio RS is in drive. In sport it is nice though.

wesley · 10 Jul 2018 at 12:09

Is there anyway to set the eco mode as default? 2017 GTD DSG model

.:SAmSuNG:. · 10 Jul 2018 at 12:31

Does it not remember the last setting used between drives?

wesley · 10 Jul 2018 at 20:19

Nope, always Normal on every time

Yas786 · 11 Jul 2018 at 00:52

wesley said:
Nope, always Normal on every time

Yep my 2014 GTD is the same although if I keep it in sport then turn the car off then turn it back on, the mode still says sport but engine in D mode aka normal...well until I push the dsg lever down and the engine goes back into sport mode.

Ev0 · 11 Jul 2018 at 10:11

when I had my GTD, and in the current R, if left in sport/race mode when turned off the next time I started up the engine settings were still in the sport/race modes just the gears were dropped back to D rather than S.

But the engine stuff still stayed the same, more noticeable in the R as in Race the engine noise, real/fake, is a lot more pronounced!

Personally 99% of the time I drive it in individual with all settings set to normal apart from the noise thing set to eco which pretty much removes any of the crappy noise.

Then race mode for a bit of fun now and again

dessimpson · 14 Jul 2018 at 09:52

Mine starts in eco mode. I set the key to myself and it remembers the settings. I used to have it start in normal with the engine sound thing set to sport (to mask the tractor engine). Now I've discovered "Coasting" I drive in eco mode if I'm not using the cruise control

wesley · 14 Jul 2018 at 12:58

How to set the key to remember the settings?

Yas786 · 14 Jul 2018 at 20:38

wesley said:
How to set the key to remember the settings?

Think you will need to do it through a cable and laptop to override that function.

Think it’s called VCDS or something like that. Used to be called Vag com but not cheap, cable is around £200 I think.

dessimpson · 15 Jul 2018 at 03:05

wesley said:
How to set the key to remember the settings?

I did it through the stereo. You can set each key to a person and the settings for that person will be active when that key is used.
At least, that's how it appears to work in mine?

Yas786 said:
Think you will need to do it through a cable and laptop to override that function.

Think it’s called VCDS or something like that. Used to be called Vag com but not cheap, cable is around £200 I think.

Ehh? Piffle

Finglonga · 15 Jul 2018 at 09:54

Or OBDEleven, it does 99% of the VCDS cable at a fraction on the price and without lugging a laptop around as it works on Android.

Damien. · 18 Jul 2018 at 23:12

About to click yes on a new GTI PP but undecided on a few options;

Art Velour Seats
Dynaudio Sound System

Can any owners with the above mentioned extras comment on whether they are worth the extra pound?

layte · 18 Jul 2018 at 23:39

Cant say anything about the seats, but I have the Dynaudio in my 7.5 R and it's good. Much better than the standard setup in my Mk 7 GT. I'd happily tick that option again.

Yas786 · 19 Jul 2018 at 05:44

Definitely go with the dynaudio option, I have it in my GTD and I quite like it. If I was to get another GTD, which I’m not rather thinking of a Golf R...it’s definitely an option that I’ll be wanting.

Lustral · 19 Jul 2018 at 14:41

If you dont like the tartan theme then yes to the arts velour set.

Dynaudio is a must in my book , specced this as part of the tech pack and for the money it is money well spent.

Damien. · 19 Jul 2018 at 15:22

Thanks for that guys.

Order placed this morning. Have gone for a GTI 245 Performance, 7 speed DSG with the following options;

- White Silver Metallic Paint
- Dynaudio
- 19" Brescia Alloy Wheels
- Art Velour Interior

Can't wait to take delivery. I currently have a 2017 MK7 GTI but with standard specification so really looking forward to extra power and improved dash!