OverclockN'
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The new car I picked up a couple weeks back, a 2016 Golf R. Fully loaded with Dynamic Chassis Control, DSG, Blind Spot Warning, Lane Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Front Crash Avoidance, reverse cam, NAV, front/rear parking sensors, Rain Sensing Wipers, Fender Audio, and Apple Carplay/Android Auto.
Love it so far, except for all of the assisted driving aids. They are totally obnoxious, like the Adaptive Cruise Control (cant disable), Lane Assist, Auto Wipers, and Front Crash Avoidance. I've turned everything off at this point. The rest of it is quite a good package. The interior is fantastic material and build quality. The audio sounds GREAT to me, since I've never had a car with even a remotely decent stereo system.
The gearbox is bittersweet. Love it when I'm in attack mode and in a sporty mood, but it's not great from a dead stop as it creeps up slowly through the gears. It's great as it cranks through the gears very quickly. The DSG fart noise between shifts is mildly amusing, but mostly just silly. I'd turn that off too if I could.
Driving experience is good for a daily driver and halfway normal car. It's not GREAT, but it's good. Handling toward the limit is a little funny. Definitely front wheel drive balance in the corners. Brakes are good, and I feel like even though they have a great initial bite and feel at first like they are extremely good....there's something not quite analog and they don't feel like it has that bite/stopping power from high speeds. Which tells me it's all fake and over-boosted. But that's ok. We'll see how it does with better pads during a track day sometime in the future. Really though, it's just a decently balanced and fun car to get around in.
Won't go crazy with this thing, but I would like to do what they call a "stage 2" tune (I still find stages pointless). Which is basically a bit more aggressive tune with a downpipe that is required. Looking to go for the stage 1 tune right away along with the TCU tune for the DSG trans. Will take it to the dragstrip immediately after.
For now, some pics I snapped today. Not the greatest, but I've been busy lately.
Love it so far, except for all of the assisted driving aids. They are totally obnoxious, like the Adaptive Cruise Control (cant disable), Lane Assist, Auto Wipers, and Front Crash Avoidance. I've turned everything off at this point. The rest of it is quite a good package. The interior is fantastic material and build quality. The audio sounds GREAT to me, since I've never had a car with even a remotely decent stereo system.
The gearbox is bittersweet. Love it when I'm in attack mode and in a sporty mood, but it's not great from a dead stop as it creeps up slowly through the gears. It's great as it cranks through the gears very quickly. The DSG fart noise between shifts is mildly amusing, but mostly just silly. I'd turn that off too if I could.
Driving experience is good for a daily driver and halfway normal car. It's not GREAT, but it's good. Handling toward the limit is a little funny. Definitely front wheel drive balance in the corners. Brakes are good, and I feel like even though they have a great initial bite and feel at first like they are extremely good....there's something not quite analog and they don't feel like it has that bite/stopping power from high speeds. Which tells me it's all fake and over-boosted. But that's ok. We'll see how it does with better pads during a track day sometime in the future. Really though, it's just a decently balanced and fun car to get around in.
Won't go crazy with this thing, but I would like to do what they call a "stage 2" tune (I still find stages pointless). Which is basically a bit more aggressive tune with a downpipe that is required. Looking to go for the stage 1 tune right away along with the TCU tune for the DSG trans. Will take it to the dragstrip immediately after.
For now, some pics I snapped today. Not the greatest, but I've been busy lately.
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