the thing that's making me really think about it is even in normal mode it doesn't behave like a car without DCC. its constantly doing it's thing no matter what mode it's in so even if I left in in normal mode it should in theory be better than normal shock absorbers.
The mode that is most like a car without ACC/DCC is "Sport". This is the mode where the damping is fixed (or does it have very limited adjustment?) at the hard end of the ACC adjustment range. "Normal" is anything but, although on the Roc it errs on the hard end of the adjustment spectrum most of the time. I actually never use "Normal", I either keep it in the comfort setting or the sport setting. I suspect that "sport" is a little softer than a plain sprung VW with lowered sports suspension, it's definitely less harsh than my old MK5 Golf 170TDI on 17" wheels - maybe that is just down to refinement advances which should be even better on a MK7 Golf than on a Scirocco.
