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I appreciate you’re an engineer and would want some tangible technical details, and those might actually be out there somewhere in German language format if you dive deep enough into the internet bowels.
The only details I can provide are woolly memories from press launches and ownership experience.

The Drive profiles and Dynamics overlap to a certain extent.
The Drive part affects steering, throttle, gearbox, aircon, noise etc where as the Dynamics will bring in the VDM, ESC, Diff and such like plus the active safety parameters can be tweaked accordingly.
That’s a very summarised version and it varies between models too.

Motorway traffic ahead will part like the biblical Red Sea!

It’s the blue lights behind me that might be the problem……

I just have the feeling that 2026 is a sweet spot for my residual value.

Another 12 months and 5,000 miles might be less so.

At the moment DTD is offering around 17% discount using PCP contribution on top of dealer contribution.

Motorway suggest circa 19 for my car (would hope to get more when full details are disclosed). Just been serviced and MOT to 3/27, new Goodyears, one owner, etc.

So cash equivalent cost to change is not savage but can only go in one direction.

I paid £28k new in 3/19 so value has been good for me.

To get the options I would want in a new GTI 8.5 would put me over the MRP £40k limit and on principle I won’t do that.

I’m in the same situation but with a 2019 7.5 Performance which has just passed 50,000 miles.

I used to “scratch the itch” every couple of years but this has been such a great car.

In the next couple of months I will order a Skoda Octavia vRS which as you will know is pure Golf 8.5 GTI under the skin.

I looked at other options by this is the only thing that floats my boat…… and takes me back to my pre-Golf days of 2010 when I had a new vRS to succeed a couple of A3s.

The vRS is no longer a “cheap” alternative but in terms of value it looks good. And essential extras like metallic paint and 19” alloys are free (VW please note!!!!)

The vRS hatchback still comfortably slips in below the dreaded extra 40k tax band as well.

I like the Octavia . The three box shape is quite deceptive - it looks like a saloon car even though it’s a hatchback.

Just fitted mine, no instructions included  but thanks to you guys I have managed to fit it and very pleased with the results. For some reason I can't attach images, some type of system error
 

I use the pull down menu all the time on my mk8... I've got the HK menu in there and stop/start and tcs too...

Mainly its about quick access to HK for me.

Just out of interest what is the need for accessing the HK? Are you changing the settings regularly?
I set mine up years ago and haven't fiddled with that either, having said that the last update has reset everything but I'm not even sure I can tell any difference, maybe my ears are four years more scrambled.