How freaky is this my mate has a new R32. Took into the dealer for diagnostics and they were able to determine that he'd been driving it "enthusiastically", Big Brother is watching.
That and you can only use launch control x2 before voiding the warranty! How rubbish is that?
I don't think that's true. The whole point in buying an R/GTI is to drive it enthusiastically, so if the engine isn't suitable (fit for purpose) then VW need to sort that out. The only way I think they'd be able to tell is if the car logs a code for some reason (underboost, for example) and it shows speed, rpm, throttle %, e.g. mine showed 150km/h, 5600rpm, 80% throttle, so from that they'd be able to see I was giving it some stick. If there are no codes logged like this then the dealer would be none the wiser.
And as for launch control, that's BS. Why would they provide a feature that can only be used twice.
