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Bec’s at my age, sadly not really. I’m still in my 2018 MK7.5 GTI at the moment. I actually have a new Tiguan R-line on order, but that might be cancelled next week. It’s been on order for 11 weeks and there’s still no build date yet. When I ordered it I was told 12-14 weeks from order to driving it, now they are talking about September to October. It’s all been a fiasco, and to be honest I’m right royally pi55ed off and sick of the whole affair, so just might cancel altogether (I’ve given them until next Friday to give me a confirmed build week), and if not will cancel altogether and for the first time in 16 years will leave the brand altogether.

Wow, you really dropped lucky, just 2 months from order to delivery. If only VW could manage the more of the time.

I was going to say when did we get to a £50k Golf, but when you think about it, if you look at offerings from BMW, Mercedes and Audi with similar equipment and performance levels, it's about the going rate. Far cry from my (current) 2018 GTi which I spec'd the arse off and came in at a list of just over £35k 😄 if you don't mind me asking (sorry I didn't see it in the thread) how long from ordering to actually getting the car as I hear horror stories of performance MK8 (GTI's, Clubsports and R's) taking 8-10 months to deliver ?

She sure is pretty Bec's and whilst I was one that said I hated the MK8 when the "standard" model first appeared, I have to admit I'm loving the look of your R - she's a beaut. looking at your spec though, am I right in that's a £50k (list price) R your driving ?

TBH, if you are getting an ACC error on starting the car, I don't think it's a setting, sounds more like an issue with the sensor itself. As commented on above it's the small square area that sits in the lower grill cut-out dead centre. Have a look at the condition of it and see if it's there first of all, if it is, is the glass cover cracked, and it's also very sensitive to position and alignment (VW rip you off a bit for several hundred pounds in doing an ACC alignment). Post a photo f it and hopefully it will show us something.

Never had an issue (touch wood) with the climate control in any of my MK7's (including the current 7.5 GTI). Works exactly as it should. Sounds like a broken or jammed flap motor to me.

I'd have done this a while ago on my 2018 GTI which has the MIB2.5 8" standard unit, if you didn't lose Car-Net as part of the upgrade. Not bothered losing most of it (car parking, petrol prices, weather etc.), but I use the on-line traffic data every day on my trip to and from work (and it's dead accurate), and wouldn't want to lose just that part. Yes I know I can use Waze or Google Maps etc in ACP or AA, but neither of those displays in the dash AID. If anyone knows a way around that, I'm all ears (with cash to part with).

On my "We Connect" portal site, I still have the option for "My Points of Interest" and "add new list" ?

Well I'm 57 so no spring chicken myself 😄 Oh, and the process of switching the WiFi hotspot on and off is handled automatically by a free Android app called MacroDroid. Really easy to set up and been using the same app for over 4 years (on my previous GTD as well). TBH, I usually just use the VW Nav in the AID and don't bother with anything else.

I would agree with the above (mostly), and you can have the map in the AID which you can't with Waze, Google maps, apple maps etc). The one thing that Waze does really well is things like speed cameras and pot holes etc. which can be useful, but then again as many of these warnings as I've found useful, there were just as many that didn't exist (or wasn't removed). TBH, best of both worlds would be VW navigation (with the live traffic updates) displayed in the AID, and Waze on the Nav screen (but I don't think you can run both at the same time, at least not on my non-pro discover Navigation unit ?)

Yes, I use it all the time in my GTI. You do need an active VW Car-net subscription (free for the 1st 3 years then payable every year after that), and have a wireless hotspot set up to your phone to download the data from. My Galaxy S20 runs a macro that every time the phone connects to my cars Bluetooth, it automatically turns on the wireless hotspot and connects to the car. When the phone disconnects from the car Bluetooth, then it automatically shuts off the wireless hotspot on the phone. it’s all automatic and I don’t have to do anything or even get my phone out of my pocket. One it’s connected it takes about 30 seconds then the live traffic data starts downloading and shows on the map screen as green (traffic ok), amber (potential disruption ahead) and red (definable obstruction or warning ahead). If you then go to the “traffic” button on the home screen, you will then see far more detailed traffic info than usually gets downloaded via TMC, and pretty much always instant and up to date. Works really well, and as good as waze and google maps are (either in Android Auto or Apple Car play), neither show up in the AID (only the stereo display screen), so that’s why I persevere.

My GTI's been pretty bullet proof in the 2½ years I've had it, but when washing it on Saturday, I noticed water coming from underneath the inner boot trims. I took all the trims off and found that the left side vertical trim and the top trim (the inner piece at the top of the hatch near the spoiler) were very wet and took some drying off. I immediately thought of this thread and assumed my drain tube had perished but no, it was still in perfect condition and the grommet at the bottom was still in very good order. Checked the tube to the rear wash wipe and again no obvious signs. Weirdly, when I completely emptied the boot (trunk) and took the sound proofing carpet out, all were bone dry - no sign of dampness anywhere. Checked also the rear foot wells and the headlining at the rear hatch and all were bone dry too, so I'm sort of at a loss as to where the water came from ?

That's absolutely disgusting. No wonder they (VW) are losing customers in droves to other marques with crap customer service like that. How can an exploded gear case not be considered warranty ?

I have both carpet and rubber Becks, which I tend to swap over when heavy winter approaches. Got a good set from a seller on Ebay 2 years ago and like you say, have the edging to keep the crap in place and these seem to be wearing quite well. This photo was taken when they were brand new Here's what my current carpet mats are looking like after 2 years 3 months of use Excuse the mess - these were from carmats4u