The R has different suspension and sway bars to the GTI - so unfortunately it won't be much of a comparison...
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The R has different suspension and sway bars to the GTI - so unfortunately it won't be much of a comparison...
I wouldn't bother getting it on the R, but would on the GTI..
Its pretty good. I'd get it on our camry we used to have, that is, If we could have.
I got it on my R with 19's, But I could definitely see it being something you could omit for the sake of $1500. (Which really is foxtel or phone bill paid for the year)
Just got back from the VW Advanced Driver Training day and noticed the two Golf R's they took you on hot laps in didn't have ACC and they rode and handled damn well. Forgot to look and see whether the GTI's they let us drive had it though.
The GTIs used in Sydney had the ACC, and one of the instructors bothered to move it to Sport after the warm up lap, whereas the other one didn't and just left it in Sport for the whole drive. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Prodigy
Most important attibute of the Dynamic Chassis Control is that it's working every 10ms to create the optimum chassis damper tune for almost every roadway environment. Improving roadholding is one virtue; the other virtue is that DCC offers a supple ride.
The dynamic aspect of DCC may not be as apparent on the race-track where the dampers are predominantly in the their low speed compression range. Out in the real world where the entire depth of damper range is required - low speed and high speed compresion/rebound.
For those living where roadways are very good (Perth/Canberra), DCC differences may not be as stark. For instance: My drive from Canberra/Queanbeyan from the Farm to Cooma always starts in comfort. Sport can be had for almost all the drive from outside ACT border to Cooma with Sport or Normal fine for Cooma CBD as roadways are reasonably smooth in this township.
On the other hand; the drive from Sydney to Bathurst involved the use of all three modes: Sport/Normal/Comfort; with Comfort being the default setting for Bathurst City as roadways are much rougher than the CBD of Cooma. I certainly notice the difference between - Comfort - Normal - Sport - settings when driving around the block from my home on the South Coast of Sydney. Generally: Normal is the default mode for majority of the time. 2 months and 4,600km on I'd certainly recommend DCC option for a street driven vehicle. Definitely option this on any subsequent vehicles I purchase in the future. After having driven many Golf GTI's, the guys at Motor Magazine are also indicating that they wouldn't buy a Golf without DCC.
Only option I wouldn't buy is the MDI in the centre console compartment as it takes up practically all the glovebox space. My MKV GTI had the aftermarket OE Volkswagen glovebox fitted MDI that operates from the radio controls and re-charges the Ipod for $400 fitted, leaving room for the entire storage space in the centre console.
Cheers
WJ
Well said. I find it interesting that people will spend money on MDI or Dynaudio but question ACC. Audio is nice to have but you buy a car for the drive (at least I thought that was how it worked?) so ACC is a great option to have. But each to their own of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteJames
I just figured I'd go without a few dinners or something LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by REXman
After owning a 05 WRX for the last 5 years, a 40 minute drive to the city, (bumper to bumper) is exhausting...even worse is the two hour drive from home to our holiday house , nearly 90 minutes on the freeway.....(i need to lie down for half an hour from exhaustion).
However, having sports suspension is a delight to drive in short bursts and around fast corners...
My point....sports suspension is great, but for the long highway trips its going to be a life saver for someone like me with a crook back...having said that, its an option i put first on my list after driving a gti for a whole day in comfort mostly....
If I could have afforded another option on the car, then it would have been the ACC.
I quite like the MDI, and definitely prefer it over the glovebox version, which to me is in an awful spot especially if you use the glovebox for holding things (e.g. some in mine: notepad, pen, tyre pressure gauge, torch, etc). When I had a MkV, the bin between the seats was hardly used and the cooling never worked anyway.
I openly posed the question of ACC to the senior salesman at my dealership when placing my order; he advised against it (surprisingly strongly) as an option of little value that just adds to the depreciation hit. Unfortunately I wasn't able to sample ACC on a GTI prior to placing my order (one dealership in SA, one car in the state at the time), so I didn't spec it. I do regret that decision now, as a softer ride around town would be the icing on the cake for my GTI. But it's still a fantastic car without it, and rides far better than many other sporty models I've driven recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave-