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Offline mortimerchris

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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #120 on: 28 April 2013, 16:19 »
I had no no intention of getting PP but peer pressure, from the forum and at work has lead to a change in mind.
Need to keep the car 4.5 years now!
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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #121 on: 28 April 2013, 16:26 »
Hold strong lol remember in life you should never follow the masses :laugh:...


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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #122 on: 28 April 2013, 16:28 »
Hold strong lol remember in life you should never follow the masses :laugh:...

Spoken like someone about to crumble and add the PP to their order  :rolleyes: :grin:
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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #123 on: 28 April 2013, 16:36 »
I will hold strong :smiley: To be honest when I saw the finance figure quoted above and the difference of 300 notes after three years I knew my position...


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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #124 on: 28 April 2013, 17:21 »
Well in fact I wouldn't think twice, I'd order a GTD DSG as it will be better. But that's just me  :tongue:

Exonian:

Can you tell me why the GTD DSG will be better for remapping (than the equivalent GTI)?

Just curious.
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Offline JonnyG

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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #125 on: 28 April 2013, 18:30 »
I had no no intention of getting PP but peer pressure, from the forum and at work has lead to a change in mind.
Need to keep the car 4.5 years now!

 :smiley:  ... I don't think you will regret it for one minute  :wink:

The new GTi engine has a lot more torque than the Mk 6, which is all transmitted to the front wheels.  I could get the traction control light (ESP) flashing in 3rd gear with my (unmapped) Edition 30 uphill in the wet, and I'm no boy racer  :grin:   There are loads of circumstances in normal driving conditions when such a system will help IMHO, not just on the track ... accelerating out of roundabouts in the wet will be one for sure.     
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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #126 on: 28 April 2013, 18:31 »
Well, I have deliberated too much on this and finally given in and asked to add the option to my order. I did get a good price on it to be honest too, which helped.

As I will keep the car for 3 years or so, I couldn't live all that time knowing I could have had it, did the same kind of thing when we had the mk6 and didn't spec Xenons due to the cost, and always regreted that decision.

Dave
Yeah there is nothing worse that regret, especially such a significant purchase.  I know I'll regret it if I don't get the heated screen too, which sucks because you need to get it with the £310 premium phone prep...  I'm going to just tell the dealer to add the the PP, heated screen, and phone prep, but I not paying for the phone prep as it's something I don't want or can even use with my iPhone.
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Offline JonnyG

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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #127 on: 28 April 2013, 18:57 »
Think i will be adding it to my order, in that video on youtube, when the guy is shown selecting different modes on the dash is this only available then if the PP is on the car?
Those modes being selected are part of the driver profile selection, standard on the GTI/GTD.  If you add Dynamic Chassis Control to the spec, I think that you get more options related to that.  Not sure adding the Performance Pack adds anything to those options.

There's the settings for the dif with the PP cars.

Jeez ... there's certainly a lot of options to play with if you have DCC and PP on top of the standard stuff   :nerd: :nerd:

Anyone know what the engine settings available are ??  I think I can guess most of the rest.

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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #128 on: 28 April 2013, 19:08 »
Well in fact I wouldn't think twice, I'd order a GTD DSG as it will be better. But that's just me  :tongue:

Exonian:

Can you tell me why the GTD DSG will be better for remapping (than the equivalent GTI)?

Just curious.

It was my bad description. I meant the GTD would more fun than a GTI without performance pack due to the high torque output making it a really punchy engine coupled with the lightening fast DSG gear changes that disguise the narrower power band.
Tongue in cheek personal opinion.

In fact the GTD would be easier to remap if you're going for an early car as it will likely be a bit of a wait for the tuners to come up with OBD flash remaps but tuning boxes will be available for the GTD very soon. 90% of the gains of a remap.
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Re: Performance Pack or Not? Have you?
« Reply #129 on: 28 April 2013, 21:37 »
How do plan on not paying?
I like the sound of this!

Well, I have deliberated too much on this and finally given in and asked to add the option to my order. I did get a good price on it to be honest too, which helped.

As I will keep the car for 3 years or so, I couldn't live all that time knowing I could have had it, did the same kind of thing when we had the mk6 and didn't spec Xenons due to the cost, and always regreted that decision.

Dave


Yeah there is nothing worse that regret, especially such a significant purchase.  I know I'll regret it if I don't get the heated screen too, which sucks because you need to get it with the £310 premium phone prep...  I'm going to just tell the dealer to add the the PP, heated screen, and phone prep, but I not paying for the phone prep as it's something I don't want or can even use with my iPhone.
Ordered a Golf GTI DSG Performance Pack in Pure White with Keyless Entry, Dynaudio, Rear View Camera and Panoramic Roof.

Currently driving a Scirocco 170 GT in Night Blue with Bluetooth, Rear Parking Sensors, DAB and Dynaudio.