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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by MrEdition50 on 04 March 2026, 15:55 »That’s a hell of a wait! Did you get the email saying the factory has your order and getting things ready and looking out parts ect..?
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Golf mk8 / Re: Individual Drive Mode Options - Confused!
« Last post by Exonian on 04 March 2026, 14:43 »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.
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.
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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by Exonian on 04 March 2026, 13:51 »The romanticist in me thinks your car should be sold privately so you can vet the buyer rather than a stone cold trade sale of a modern classic in the making that might end up in the hands of someone who will ruin it.
I’m 100% with you in your thinking and rationale and especially the point around VED as that really grates me too. The Octavia has that 7.5 Golf undertone with its styling and interior as well as being distinctly Skoda. My neighbour’s daughter has a year old vRS estate in Race Blue that I admire every Sunday when I’m out washing my car.
I’m 100% with you in your thinking and rationale and especially the point around VED as that really grates me too. The Octavia has that 7.5 Golf undertone with its styling and interior as well as being distinctly Skoda. My neighbour’s daughter has a year old vRS estate in Race Blue that I admire every Sunday when I’m out washing my car.
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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by P6GTD on 04 March 2026, 13:15 »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.
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.
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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by Exonian on 04 March 2026, 13:00 »Someone will get a very well cared for 7.5 GTI when you make the move.
Great thinking P6GTD, a good decision on many levels. Great styling, great packaging and a very well proven recipe. I can’t believe more people don’t buy Octavias instead of nasty SUVs.
And another bonus is you’ll never get done for speeding. Every car in front of you will be doing 1mph below the limit in case there’s an eruption of blue lights from behind your grille 😁
Great thinking P6GTD, a good decision on many levels. Great styling, great packaging and a very well proven recipe. I can’t believe more people don’t buy Octavias instead of nasty SUVs.
And another bonus is you’ll never get done for speeding. Every car in front of you will be doing 1mph below the limit in case there’s an eruption of blue lights from behind your grille 😁
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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by SRGTD on 04 March 2026, 12:55 »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. 77
Golf mk8 / Re: New software direct button for speed limit warning off
« Last post by Dav3smith on 04 March 2026, 12:06 »Right O, Fred. Understood. I'll have a mess around next time I'm waiting around somewhere.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Bonnet Strut
« Last post by Rhoderunner on 04 March 2026, 10:57 »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 
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 79
Golf mk8 / Re: New software direct button for speed limit warning off
« Last post by fredgroves on 04 March 2026, 10:39 »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...Just out of interest what is the need for accessing the HK? Are you changing the settings regularly?
Mainly its about quick access to HK for me.
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.
Not to mess with the equaliser, but to select the different profiles as I swap between listening to say Radio4 vs playing heavy music.
I don't need massive bass for the world at one, but listening to d&b I certainly do and even something like classic metal doesn't sound good on either of those modes, so another for that.
There's the four (??) mode buttons - one with a mic icon, one with a music icon, one with a palm tree and one with a lightning bolt... four modes.
And these modes are independent to the equaliser.
Yes no VW documentation about this and HK also won't provide it either.... sh*theads
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Golf mk8 / Re: New software direct button for speed limit warning off
« Last post by Dav3smith on 04 March 2026, 10:29 »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...Just out of interest what is the need for accessing the HK? Are you changing the settings regularly?
Mainly its about quick access to HK for me.
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.