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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: golfmanj80 on 04 February 2012, 18:41
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Now had my GTD for nearly 3 months now, and am just getting used to the DSG and ACC features [business not too busy, so not many miles done]
Obviously the ACC adjusts the damper settings, but does it do anything else ?.......tighten steering ? alter throttle response ? make adjustment to engine map etc ?
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AFAIK there's no change to the map but it does improve throttle response and steering assist.
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Its mainly about the dampers. The steering gets heavier but only in sport mode. I don't believe the throttle response is changed in any of the modes..
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Thanks guys I was confident someone would have the S.P., no joy from local VW dealer !
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Hope this helps
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/glossary/adaptive-chassis-control-acc
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ACC is one option I want to try
What's the general consensus from those who have had good experience of driving both ACC and non ACC Golfs (i.e people who have driven both and can make a direct comparison).
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I think it's one of the best things about the car. I don't think I'll get another car without a system like this. Comfort mode on the motorway is remarkable when you remember you're in a hot hatch with 18" wheels and sports suspension. It really just glides and irons out undulations. You really need a pretty good surface for sports mode but it's good when the chance comes around to use it. Corners very flat and the weightier steering is nice
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ACC is one option I want to try
What's the general consensus from those who have had good experience of driving both ACC and non ACC Golfs (i.e people who have driven both and can make a direct comparison).
Normal on ACC seems slightly more compliant than a GTI on standard dampers.
Comfort great on potholed town roads, but I find it alarmingly floaty out on the open road ay 60+
Sport is too harsh for all but the smoothest roads, but the sharper steering and stiffer rear damping makes in a breeze to get the tail wagging.
Overall, I consider it well worth it.
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Agree with all above, I decided not to opt for the option as I thought I'd be ok with the raw GiT suspension. How wrong was I, it does get very tiresome, esp on low profile tyres !!
Always go for the ACC option, esp if you have a dodgy back :wink:
Red
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What Ess_Three said. I have now driven cars very regular with and without it and imo i do wish i had it.
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Very happy with mine. I'd get it again for my next GTI. :)
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Thanks for the responses ... seems to be a majority in favour then !
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I have driven cars with both and I think it is nice to have but wouldn't pay for it as I don't think it's worth the money. I found the comfort was too floaty on country roads and sport just too firm on anything but smooth roads so tended to leave it in normal. If it was included in the spec like the Scirocco I wouldn't mind. I am not against the system it would be better it it was automatically triggered to turn on if you go for full throttle or put the DSG in manual or sport or something like that, I would then be happy to pay. I guess it's something you get more used to over time and find the right times to use it such as cruising on the motorway.
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I've come from Audi's so I'm used to hard suspension, in comparison the GTI is positively limo like.
Jim
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I'm on my 2nd GTD with ACC - an essential, gives a really sporty drive on the A roads and country lanes!
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Best option by far in my opinion.
A real mood thing. Comfort for a rainy Monday morning into work, normal/sport for a weekend blast.
The ride in comfort is amazingly smooth and limo like, normal is obviously firmer and more stable.
You get to choose - that's the great thing about it.
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Best option by far in my opinion.
A real mood thing. Comfort for a rainy Monday morning into work, normal/sport for a weekend blast.
One of the best drives I've ever had was in my GTI, heading accross Perthshire during the storms last summer, it was lashing down, trees down everywhere and blowing a hooly...I stuck it in comfort to soften it and went about 14 miles with the TC light flashing the whole way, picking my way through debris and fallen trees - it was one of the best drives I've ever had. :grin:
Standard was just too hard for the consitions. Comfort softened it us enough to make it uber-drivable in the awful conditions.
(Not that I condone pressing on in such conditions...but I was the only person daft enough to be driving on that day - the view through the windscreen was like watching 'Twister')