Hi,
I am or was at the point of buying a new Golf 118TSI Comfortline DSG, but there is a major flaw with the test car I drove the other day.

This flaw turned a very impressive car into one we could not own.

The brakes were very over-assisted. It seemed to require less than half the pedal pressure to achieve the same amount of braking I am used to and I have driven a lot of cars over the years. This led to the brakes being hard to modulate coming to a complete stop resulting in feeling slightly ill when the car grabbed to a halt repeatedly.

Despite driving it as carefully as I could, I achieved only partial sucess but my wife was totally unable to stop smoothly and she was unable to agree to wanting the car.

I did a search on these forums the other day and found only one person mentioning the brakes feeling over-assisted. Google found nothing else.

So, to all those proud 118TSI drivers, did I drive a typical car or a bad one?
Also....... anyone know if any master cylinder valves etc can be changed to make it easier to drive?

Thanks in advance,
Steve.