I've been doing a lot of reading since ordering my MK8.5. One thing I started to look up was how OBDeleven works with the latest Golfs having found it very useful with the MK7.
It looks like the days of coding in fun things into your car is over with SFD 2. It looks like in the name of making it impossible to code out safety features and to protect from hacking, the entire car is locked down and you need VW approval to code pretty much anything.
https://solwit.com/en/blog/r155-r156-a-quick-guide-to-the-updated-cybersecurity-regulations-for-automotive/SFD 2 in the MK8.5 is more locked down than SFD that was present in the MK8. OBDeleven and others managed to find a way around SFD, but haven't found a way to get around SFD 2 completely yet. Some stuff seems to be available, but most stuff is impossible from the looks of things.
https://forum.obdeleven.com/thread/20229/sfd-2-unlocked-2024-modelsThis is really disappointing and seems to fly in the face of 'Right to Repair' which the EU is quite strong on. It also sounds like non VW shops trying to do retrofits can't do them on the latest models. Heaven forbid something breaks and you'd like to install a replacement yourself.
Does anyone on the forum have experience with SFD 2 on the MK8.5? Is the OBDeleven useless on the newer cars?
I've seen a bunch of reviewers complain about some of the safety features and how they can't be permanently disabled, and it sounds like coding won't be able to do that either in the foreseeable future.