GTD Sound Actuator

[davyk31]

I got my GTD today, how do you know if you have the sound actuator on its own?

Certainly in Sport it does sound quite grunty !!

[AdmiralGant]

Hi Daveyk31 - that is my feeling, Sport mode on the ACC completely sounds different - as you say grunty - I can only think it is that - unless anyone else can tell us different.

Hope you are impressed so far - I am looking forward to the 1000 mile mark! 

[davyk31]

1000 miles seems a long way off for me, delivered today with 9 miles, now just 39   

Loving it so far, really well put together, drive great, plenty of power and decent economy even with such low miles on the engine.

[Skinnee D]

I got my GTD today, how do you know if you have the sound actuator on its own?

Certainly in Sport it does sound quite grunty !!

Welcome to the club mate If you have the internal sound actuator you'll hear an added grumble inside the car in sport mode when accelerating, as distinct from the other modes.  If you have an external sound actuator (speakers in the exhaust) your exhaust won't have any transverse silencer just behind the rear bumper.

[Golfgtd2014]

Just to update that my car arrived at the dealership yesterday and it also has the red callipers and external exhaust actuator. So it would seem that the sport and sound pack for the uk is the same as what's offered in Europe.  Would help though if they actually described it properly in the brochure so people can make an informed decision. 

[ffrank]

Just to update that my car arrived at the dealership yesterday and it also has the red callipers and external exhaust actuator. So it would seem that the sport and sound pack for the uk is the same as what's offered in Europe.  Would help though if they actually described it properly in the brochure so people can make an informed decision.

Thanks for confirming! Just about to place my order and I will be adding the Sport and Sound pack, so that was good timing to hear a second experience of this option. What colour is your car then?

[Golfgtd2014]

The car I brought for my partner and she wanted midnight blue which i was a little hesitate about at first. But now I have seen it in the flesh, it looks really nice.  For the price, the sport and sound pack seems quite reasonable for what you get so would defiantly recommend if you fancy a diesel that sounds a bit more aggressive. I think I will like this option more than my partner though! :-)

[ffrank]

It does seem good value now we know it's the full pack. I wonder why VW didn't offer it from day one in the UK. I do like the Midnight Blue, must look good with the red calipers? If you get a chance to post a pic or 2 that would be grand! I'm going for Carbon Grey, but have toyed with most colours at one point or another

[karlak]

Any close up pictures of the Calipers ?  Just standard calipers painted Red or an uprated item ?

I was in two minds about adding this to my order, but just read that the "faster" the car goes, the "lower" the volume becomes. My concern was that on a long motorway run, the noise would become tiresome and a bit intrusive, but this would seem to not be the case.

[ffrank]

That's true Karlak, and also you can just set the Engine to Comfort or Normal on the motorway to turn off the actuators. I suppose the exhaust may still sound slightly different though.