Do all RS 's do "the needle dance"???

[Tigger]

OK, so once again, sorry if I sound stupid, but I have only had experience with VW's.

I know that only the Golf R and the Scirocco R have the dash needles dance back and forth on start-up. (GTI's dont)

I was very pleasantly suprised to see that my 147 RS does it too!!!

I know its just a gimmick, but is a great one at that! It is like the adrenaline starter to build anticipation before starting off on that drive!

[K1W1]

Mine does so does our Audi. I assumed all VW products do.
It's not a gimmick IMO. If I try to start my car before the needles reset it basically won't. The reset I think allows all the computer systems to boot.

[dArK5HaD0w]

I assumed all VW products do.

Nope, not all vee-dubs do this, the mk6 gti included.

The needle sweep is one of the many little things I liked bout the RS.

[backdoc]

Nope, not all vee-dubs do this, the mk6 gti included.

The needle sweep is one of the many little things I liked bout the RS.

I used the VAGCOM to make my GTI do it too. Now they match! Only took 5 seconds to do. I always wondered why the RS did it and why the GTI didn't.

[woofy]

I don't remember our RS doing it, it's been a while since I drove it, or maybe I'm just used to it. It could be a MY09 thing though.

[dArK5HaD0w]

I used the VAGCOM to make my GTI do it too. Now they match! Only took 5 seconds to do. I always wondered why the RS did it and why the GTI didn't.

guess wat i was meant to say is "the mk6 gti doesn't do it by default, but it can b activated by VCDS."

woofy - urs should "sweep" too. i'm pretty sure it's a facelift feature. the pre-fl don't (can't activate even with vcds) do this. the entire speedo cluster is different.

[woofy]

Mine was the last before the facelight so that would be why.

[Ryan_R]

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f112/vcds-vag-com-settings-make-gti-needles-dance-upon-ignition-40556.html

Cars built from November 2009 can do this. Mine was delivered Sep 09 so not possible for me.

[K1W1]

Cars built from November 2009 can do this. Mine was delivered Sep 09 so not possible for me.

I don't think thats correct in Skodas case. My car would have been built in October 2009 at the latest.

[Ryan_R]

Just passing on what I was once told, worth a try if you've got access to VCDS

[Mysticality]

Mine does! I love it!!

Funny that the GTI doesn't, though...
Even the last-gen Isuzu D-Max does it.