« Reply #37 on: 20 October 2011, 05:49 »
Okay, the poll was started as a bit of fun to follow on from the DSG one as I wanted to see whether this would also end up as WWIII or whether we could actually learn something about the day to day benefits of the system.
Some opinions of mine now; The price of ACC isn't far off that of a top notch aftermarket suspension kit. As a potential downside the ACC doesn't lower the car in Sport mode but it does come direct from the production line with the car and thus carries the full factory warranty.
I think I'd prefer it if it perhaps came in two modes: Comfort which is self explanatory, and Dynamic which would be a combination of Normal and Sport using the best of both features in that it monitored and adapted along with driving style but gave the sharper steering and throttle response all the time. With just two modes you'd spend less time fiddling with it to make sure you were in the optimum setting and thus could concentrate 100% on what's going on around you.
As a side note, I had Koni FSDs on my previous mk5 GTI. They supposedly gave a softish ride on rough roads and firmed up under load. They improved the comfort of my car dramatically BUT the car did tend to bounce off the bumpstops a bit when pressing on a bit on B roads.
For a couple of hundred quid extra ACC has the FSDs licked, as a retro fit I'd guess ACC would be prohibitively expensive.
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Topic: How many mk6'ers specced ACC or wished they did? (Read 9223 times)