Andy-B

it frustrates me how easy it is to turn off the tracking service for a thief, VW should make it that you have to enter your password or a pin to deactivate it like you do on mobiles. I know thieves know where the units are and can rip them out but at least that means they have to leave something obvious behind where as just being able to disable it by swiping down and setting the privacy setting is annoying. It would make things a lot easier for the police to catch the thieves if you alert them quick enough by making it harder to disable the tracking.

I also had an issue this morning where the car alarm went off and I could not stop it, I tried unlocking, and Relocking the car, starting the engine, driving it around the block, nothing would stop it. Then about 10-15 minutes after it stopped and hasn’t done it again. on the plus side I received the alert on the app and an email so at least I know that worked. God knows what set it off. Here is a link to the video of the dash flicking on and off. Interested to hear if anyone else has experienced similar. Worth adding, I wasn’t speeding, the sign recognition wasn’t picking up the speed limit on the motorway had returned to 70 for some reason.

Had an interesting one on Friday driving back round the M25. Mine is running the 1896 software after getting it updated due to some other issues. While driving back the radio section of the display rebooted and after this I had the issue with it reading speed signs in kph and adjusting the speed on the cruise control to the adjusted mph like Jason mention, only difference is the speedo kept removing all the numbers from the drivers display and then refreshing. Anyone else had an issue like that? I will try to upload a video later as managed to record the drivers display just need to check it isn’t showing anything else. You can see the cruise control adjusting the speed limit but it was a little worrying the Speedo loosing all the numbers around the outside.

Do you find in Special mode the exhaust makes more pops than in race? I have used it a couple of times and pretty sure it seems to adjust the gear changes to make the exhaust pop more than in race or individual but not sure if that is me just imagining it?

My Keyfob blinks like that whenever I am near the car, I just figured it was a light to let you know the key and the car are communicating? I know the keys work with UWB technology similar to how the iPhones talk to the airtags, supposedly more secure than the old keyless entry but I am sure it is just a matter of time before the criminals work out how to hack them. I couldn't find anything in the manual about the blinking light hence my assumption it was just to show it was communicating with the car. Never had the issue where it didn't unlock the car when I was near it although have had a couple of times where it hasn't auto unlocked as I approached and I had to put my hand on the door handle to get it to unlock.

I finally got round to getting the car looked at for the error which stops traffic alerts and parking sensors. Mentioned before but I randomly got it and I know some others said they had seen similar issues. The dealer appears to have updated the software (although I havent picked the car up yet so not sure to which version) but they have sent me details saying that it was down to the front assist camera giving some errors. Apparently it was giving the same fault codes but different symptoms to a TPI 2066871/1. Fault code being thrown up was B2F0100 symtom 1124417. I dont have access to the TPI, but thought I would post so if someone does have access and wanted to add it to the TPI thread.

As Rebecca said, it may be worth looking at the conti sportcontact 7’s the reviews are really good for them as well, most seem to say there is more feedback than the pilot sport 4s’s. Conti seem to have done well with the newer tyres. personally the hankook’s it came with aren’t great but I wouldn’t pay to change them for anything else, just when they come up for changing I’ll swap them for something else. Whilst the others are better you won’t notice them much on normal road driving, those that got the Goodyear super sport’s have done well, I would have been happier with them. Still the car is fantastic even with the hankook’s for the road, if your looking at track days the other option is to buy a second set of alloys to put some track tyres on which I have always thought about but never done yet, the problem is if you go down that route you could end up with lots of alloys for track, winter and so on. I know in Europe a lot of the garages store tyres to switch between summer and winter tyres.

Haha, well so far it doesn’t seem to have started my trial I am guessing as no data is going through it. @Booth11, no you can activate Apple Music through the media section of the display. I have used Apple Music through the phone which is flawless but was going to see what difference the inbuilt system was. Think I’ll stick the sa,e as you and just use Apple Music. Hadn’t thought about tune in radio through CarPlay to be fair so may give them a go to see if I can listen to my stations through that.

Can anyone confirm if the internet radio and Apple Music works? I have tried both and neither seem to want to connect and get any music/stations despite me activating the trial data on the web, do you have to do anything in the car after activating the data online?

I haven’t fully pushed her yet as she is still under the 1k miles for breaking in but I would say she feels well balanced when pushing her at the minute, def not rear biased. I have had a few rear wheel drive cars and the golf doesn’t snap out on you like some of them did, which gives you a bit more confidence in the corners. She is a bit more rear balanced than the old 911 I had which actually understeered more than I expected when I took it on the track (it was the carrera so rear wheel drive).

Cheers Rebecca, added to the vote on which mine came with. The video I watched was interesting as they did it on a golf (although granted it was a gti rather than an R) Would have loved the super sports, I think I’m looking at the P4S or super sports when these tyres come up for replacement although that may be some time as still only done just over 800 miles in it.

Mine came with the Hankook Ventus S1 evo3’s. I found a good video on YouTube comparing summer tyres and the best thing about them appears to be their performance in wet conditions but other than that they are middle of the road from memory. I think this was the video I watched which covered them.

I absolutely love the car, so far I have been lucky with only a couple of minor issues to be fair but driving the car is perfect for me. I would compare it to an old 911 I had a while back, in that it is a car you can drive comfortably and easily on the motorway but then get to some back roads or a track and you can turn on the pops ans bangs and the handling is amazing, the only thing I dislike about it is the tyres it comes with. I have watched a number of track comparisons of the golf against other cars with small differences and find it interesting none of them mention the tyres, when you often find the competition comes with decent tyres and when you watch tyre comparisons you realise a lot of the time difference is down to the tyres. Would be great if someone did a comparison of the golf r on track again something like the civic type r with the same tyres on as the civic which everyone raves about the turn in has pilot sports from memory which get rated better for turn in anyway. little rant there on some of the reviews bit think you get my drift, as a car to drive the golf r I find amazing for me, sure it isn’t as track focused as a kit car or as comfortable as an SUV but for me it is the best of both worlds so given I can only afford 1 car it fits the bill perfectly. also worth mentioning as others have. Once you get used to the menus it is easy to use, not like the reviewers who complain there are no buttons, which to be fair the said the same of the iPhone and android devices which all appear to have got rid of all the buttons. So I guess if you loved the blackberries and wish they would make a comeback don’t go with the golf, but like the blackberry it seems to be the way thing ha are going as once your used to it you’ll wonder why people wanted the physical buttons anyway. for those who haven’t received their car yet, do as others have suggested and take some time to set up the system how you like (the same as your phone) putting the shortcut buttons you want into the pull down screen and getting the stations and other settings how you want, then you’ll find the car so easy to drive and you can flick at the press of a button to switch the cars driving style.

I have Discovery Media and Harmon Kardon

Posted the video into the Golf Mk8 videos thread. See what you all think on the responsiveness. @Booth11, yours is one of the older cars, so would be interesting to hear how it compares to your system. And no I dont mean that in a nasty way 🙂, I would have loved my car sooner as I am loving the two sides to the car at the minute (comfortable when cruising the motorway but so much fun when you get to the twisty roads, just cant wait to fit some good boots to it)