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

[mvw]

had my GTI since Nov, love the car, one thing i am trying to get used to is the RCD-510 sound system... it is a little "strange" e.g. can't display the time of day (clock) and i don't get the logic of the controls on the steering wheel for changing radio stations e.g. start listening to FM radio preset no 1, then press the "next" button on the wheel (->) and it chooses the next preset (no 2), which is fine....HOWEVER, after a few mins of listening to FM preset no2, if i press the "next" button on the wheel, it goes back to FM preset no1.... it seems to lose track of where it is after a certain period of time

unfortunately the user guide for the RCD-510 is designed to cover every model in the world so is too generic to be helpful for this question...

apart from this, a great car

[MkVIGTI]

Thanks for that, I thought it was something along those lines

[brisgtimkv]

sounds like the kickdown switch. if you floor the pedal i think it overrides the dsg logic and kicks you down a gear. it's obviously more complicated than that but someone's probably written a thread about it somewhere. ah, there you go.

[MkVIGTI]

I find that the throttle 'clicks' if you floor it. Anyone knows what it does? I know that in manual mode if you push the throttle past this 'click' it'll automatically downshift.

[Orient Express]

Here in the US, I just finished a trip from California to up into central Canada in my GTI with an APR Stage I, and got on average for the trip 6.667L/100, very good considering my average speed for the entire trip was 116 Kph. Sure do like my GTI.

[elephino]

I'll add a good - over 3000km completed in a trip, average fuel consumption 6.8L/100 with running in Brisbane, around a country town for about a week and a half and some very slow driving past the Gold Coast. Plus the 1200km drive home averaged 6.6L/100 including the awful GC bit.

[Ryan_R]

Yeah - I meant instant fuel consumption. My average is currently around 7.6L, which is up a tad since I've started using manual mode and holding gears for longer and not jumping into 7th asap.

[Nath]

does everyone else have an aerial? i have an my11 and it doesn't have one. i saw another gti that was a my10 and it has one. no, there isn't a ragged hole where it should be, just clean roof. is it a change or are they now optional like my goddamn sill strips?

mate the sharf fin is only fitted with the RNS-510 from factory

[brisgtimkv]

does everyone else have an aerial? i have an my11 and it doesn't have one. i saw another gti that was a my10 and it has one. no, there isn't a ragged hole where it should be, just clean roof. is it a change or are they now optional like my goddamn sill strips?

[jrgti]

Interesting.......but then you are driving a 118TSI with a supercharger. One things for sure is that they are more fuel efficient.

Actually on the MFD I'd be referring to the average L per 100kms rather than the real time L per 100kms, which varies literally every second, every bump, turn, gradient change etc... With the real time data, it definately drops to 0.0 when it rolls.
Not too sure which one Hooba or yourself is referring to.
Also, mine is still stock and not APR tuned. I heard the APR tuned engines are more fuel efficient because the higher torque results in it stayin in the highest gear for longer and more often.

[Ryan_R]

I get 0 every time I roll - even when on a flat road when pulling up to the traffic lights. I once tried to keep the readout at 0 for as long as possible when rolling down Mt Buller while the road was empty, until I saw a Lancer starting to slowly catchup

[jrgti]

Never rolled long enough down a hill to get to 0.0....about 4.6 to be exact. Really does sink real fast though.

[Ryan_R]

Don't you get 0.0 l/100k when rolling?

[jrgti]

Further to my previous post:

Good
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- How is it possible that I can get 4.8L/100km with this type of performance

Hi Hooba
4.8L/100KM is very very good. How do you manage that? KM's done? Petrol type? Driving style? I can only manage 4.8L/100KM when I am rolling downhill otherwise I'd average between 8 and 10L per tank. Although I've done less than 5000KMs.

[Ryan_R]

You should've asked him to show you how to turn your lights off then