Golf GTI: the good, the bad, the weird...and appreciation thread

[elephino]

Interior good:
- MFD/MFI (in comparison to the info in the Mk5)
- red stitching
- touchscreen

Interior bad:
- fuel gauge (having such a long sweep can feel like using more fuel than you are)
- no more 300km/h speedo (not really that bad as the car in stanrd trim couldn't even get remotely close to 300)
- bottom of the centre console sits out a little more, not too bad but noticeable
- seat sits marginally higher (only an issue if you like the seat really low)

[MkVIGTI]

I find it interesting that when I put my aircon on manual, but lower the temp a fair bit, the aircon will still overide and increase the fan speed automatically.

[Corey_R]

Nope, just disappointed. Nothing more, nothing less. Is that real enough?

Anyway - since what you're talking about has absolutely nothing to do with the car, take it to the general forum if you guys want to keep discussing the laziness of the record companies

[elephino]

Does it matter? That's why I said "get real" Are you going to boycott or complain to CD manufacturers about it?

Nope, just disappointed. Nothing more, nothing less. Is that real enough?

[rs73]

I think they do not have to be symmetrical... does it matter?
doing it that way enable people to swap driver and passenger head restraints , does not affect safety at all, cheaper for production too because VW does not have to produce two version of head rest for each side, they just make one version.

[GTI mk6]

Found a bit of a weird thing this this arvo (well to me anyway)
Just used the Duragloss leather conditioner from car care products for the first time (very impressed, gotta love that smell)
Ayway....I had lifted the two front head restraints to wipe under them and after pushing the button to lower them back down,
I noticed for the first time that the drivers side button is facing the passengers seat, but the passengers seat button is facing
passenger door instead of facing the drivers seat? Assume you all have the same?

[REXman]

Wunderba!!

[Ryan_R]

Meanwhile, somewhere in Germany:

"Dat mute button really was eine gut idea, Klaus. Have anozer beer un me"


I'm of German descent myself, so hopefully no-one is offended of that awful impression

[Corey_R]

Yeah... it did that on the MKV with the previous versions of the VW head units too!
It's great that you all think it's cool though

[MurphyTheElf]

Another GOOD thing I found:
- Pressing the mute button (I don't have voice control) on my steering wheel also pauses the MP3 music that's playing on the internal HDD media (on RNS510)... haven't confirm if this is the case with SD Card and/or on RCD510... but it's a good thing that if you mute the music to do something, you will resume where you were when you're finished with it.

FYI, "Mute" pauses all sources in the Media submenu - CD/DVD, SD Card, HDD, MDI.

[rs73]

You're right, in the case of a car audio should be PAR as PVR = Personal Video Recorder...

but if the car has a DTV tuner installed, then... a PVR it is! LOL

[Ryan_R]

PVR? Wouldn't you mean a PAR?

[rs73]

Another GOOD thing I found:
- Pressing the mute button (I don't have voice control) on my steering wheel also pauses the MP3 music that's playing on the internal HDD media (on RNS510)... haven't confirm if this is the case with SD Card and/or on RCD510... but it's a good thing that if you mute the music to do something, you will resume where you were when you're finished with it.

Of course you'll miss stuff on radio though - can't pause radio broadcoast - RNS510 is not a PVR. (but hey, that's an idea for next generation of RNS510 perhaps?)

[pologti18t]

Depends on who made the disc I guess. Not many CD players display CDText so it's not a big deal for some studios/manufacturers.

And look at the way people use CDs. They seem to rip them to their PC and load on the MP3 players. The PC/Mac downloads the track titles and artwork so it doesn't need the CD TEXT info.

Why do you "need" the track title in the car? You are most likely listening to the same CDs for the last 12 months

[Ryan_R]

Depends on who made the disc I guess. Not many CD players display CDText so it's not a big deal for some studios/manufacturers.