I do wonder whether the people that have the most to gain from the ACC/DCC are those that don’t usually go for cars with sports suspension and 18” wheels, and so are more sensitive than others that are used to a firmer ride from cars past. There is also the self-validation of something bought – you don’t like to think that you’ve spent £800 for nowt.
Had it on 2 Sciroccos (standard equipment) and not something I’d choose to pay out for. My Scirocco’s ACC/DCC spent 95% of its time in Sport mode, Comfort mode was for the worst roads in the worst of winter, purely in the hope that if you hit a pothole in comfort mode it would dull the impact enough to avoid sidewall bulges on the tyres or a dented/buckled wheel. In practice that didn’t happen with the first Scirocco – the Dunlop SP01’s seemed to have a propensity to have sidewall bulges from the subtlest of pothole impacts (3 knackered tyres in 1 winter), no such issues with the replacement tyres (Michelins), nor the Pirelli P7s on the 2nd Scirocco.
This winter has been pretty good in my locality for potholes to date. We’ve had no severely cold weather yet, for the 5 mornings I have had a frozen windscreen, the temp has barely been below zero. Without water freezing in cracks and expanding in the process, potholes generally don’t happen.
The standard MK7 ride is superb next to MK5 (very crashy, and on only 17” rubber) and MK6, I don’t see the need for it myself.
