Mode Button

[neilgcal]

Hey. Been looking through the golf brochure and had thought the mode button on the top left of the gear box was for people that ordered the ACC option and was confused how every car seems to have it. Just been reading the standard golf brochure and it says standard as coupled with a DSG gearbox and let's the driver select the driving style. It says there's normal, comfort, sport and econo. Now the question is, obviously without ACC this has no effect on the suspension but does it mean if you put it in sport it tightens the steering, quickens the gear changes and makes use of the sound actuator (on a GTD)? On a DSG there is a separate sport option on the gear leaver which lowers gearing. Would this also override the gears if you have it in D or does it have no effect on changing into lower gears and hanging onto them with the mode selected to sport and this needs to be done in addition?

Cheers guys.

[Gryzor]

I believe every GTI/GTD has this mode button, and all it does is bring up the driver profile options menu on the media screen for you to select from.  The only difference between ACC and non-ACC is the active damping across all driving modes.

[monkeyhanger]

Without ACC, Sport tightens up the steering, sharpens the throttle response, shortens the intervention (braking) distance on ADC and the sound actuator is a bit more vocal (on a GTD) and makes for a more agressive gear changing profile (on a DSG). You can go into "individual" mode to change individual parameters e.g. you want sports steering, Sports ACC//DCC setting but normal DSG gear changes and normal ADC response etc - you can do that.

Sports mode on a DSG GTD I found a bit crap - the DSG box sticks in 5th while maintaining 80mph (presumably "just in case" you put your foot down even though it would change quickly down if you put your foot down).