Exonian, I don't quite undwerstand your post above, if you have DCC with 19's, why not change modes.
On a choppy UK B road there is no doubt that comfort mode is beneficial.
There is that often quoted line about the CS-S ring lap car was driven in Comfort mode.
I get why the CSS was run in comfort allowing it to bounce up kerbs without breaking Benny L’s spine but I’ve never been to the ‘Ring and have no intention of going. I’m not a closet racing driver I’m afraid. I’ve no intention of exploring the car’s limits on public roads either, it’s way more competent than I am. I sometimes drive quite spiritedly but most of the time I’m stuck behind Mavis in her i10 doing 35 in an NSL with nowhere to overtake (and would only then get stuck behind Gloria in her Micra half a mile up the road if I did risk life and limb passing like a certain tw@t I see from time to time on my commute driving a white 7.5 GTI with a James Bond plate
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I’m not a complete bore (I hope). I did used to do occasional track days in my younger life and spent my whole first 30 years of driving modifying cars too, with countless remaps and Suspension kits, brakes, wheels, more wheels and even more wheels again.
Unfortunately nowadays I have no enthusiasm for it.
What makes a good track car makes for a less good commuter car in my experience.
I want sharp responses, relative comfort and engine flexibility for cut and thrust, not outright speed or on the limit finesse. I’ll leave the latter for those that worship Evo Magazine and have have far more money and time than me.
Normal is good.
I want something I can get in and just drive, have a bit of fun in and arrive at work unflustered. Which is what Golf GTI’s are all about.
Modes are fine, but so long as Normal allows me to do the daily grind and still marvel at how good the basic underpinnings of the car are when Mavis is watching Songs of Praise then I feel no need to find badly placed buttons or scroll through screens on the fly.
Hats off to Benny Leuchter and all the team who developed this great chassis. I found it superb without DCC and marginally better with it. I wouldn’t spec it myself.
I probably won’t be one of those lamenting high revving petrol engines once electric cars are properly developed to handle well and accelerate like Teslas. An ID.3 R would be lovely, thank you.
Now edited around 12 hours later: Update.
Ok Mr clubsport, I took your challenge!
I did my 4:30am commute in Comfort (everything else in sport bar Soundaktor and gearbox)
The ‘ring CSS might ride the kerbs well but I elected to avoid the things on my way home!
I guess the Dynamic part of DCC firms up the dampers when they’re put under cornering load on track but when cruising public roads in Comfort I found the car body to be constantly moving around jelly like. Cornering felt a bit woolly and believe it or not, despite almost identical temperature and traffic conditions (no traffic!) the journey did 2mpg less than normal and average speed was slightly less. I think I drove a bit slower without realising as the car didn’t feel comfortable!
The trip included a few roundabouts, the city ring road and about ten miles of single track very winding country A road. Just over 13 miles all in.
The non DCC Ed40 felt taut and lively on that route.
The TCR in normal feels taut but slightly inert at times (similar to an M135i I had on test) when just cruising but much sharper when driven more dynamically, but in Comfort it’s too bouncy, the front outer damper wallows around roundabouts unless put under higher load and surprisingly in Comfort potholes actually feel worse and transmit more noise.
I’ll try it in Sport mode later in the week. I’ve got a dentist appointment next week anyway!
