GTD acceleration responsiveness

[virginVWman]

The girlfriend has just ordered a new 1.5 2014 Mini Cooper, impressive car!!! 136bhp with a 0-62 time of 7.5 seconds...WHAT THE FECK. That's just unreal. Shes been winding me up saying she would burn me in a race... not with the DTUK box on she wont but still bl**dy impressive from a 1.5. Mine still looks better 

[mcmaddy]

No fogging at all unless I put the air recirculation option on.

My car was delivered 19th September. Options are 19s, Nav and Metallic Paint.

i leave mine in auto all of the time but as soon as i turn it off the windows fog up. Have you applied anything to the inside of your screen?

[KyleB]

No fogging at all unless I put the air recirculation option on.

My car was delivered 19th September. Options are 19s, Nav and Metallic Paint.

i leave mine in auto all of the time but as soon as i turn it off the windows fog up. Have you applied anything to the inside of your screen?

Nothing mate. I don't have auto on, I leave it on 1 or 2 bars unless its been warm like today then I crank it up. Never had any fogging though.

[phazer]

The girlfriend has just ordered a new 1.5 2014 Mini Cooper, impressive car!!! 136bhp with a 0-62 time of 7.5 seconds...WHAT THE FECK. That's just unreal. Shes been winding me up saying she would burn me in a race... not with the DTUK box on she wont but still bl**dy impressive from a 1.5. Mine still looks better 

You should be able to have the last laugh, they're only 3 cylinder (even the derv is 3!). Impressive figures but it's not about the max power it's all about the torque (and range) and a 2 litre derv will always pull away as the smaller capacity runs out of breath pretty quickly 

[adekil]

I've noticed also that when in Individual mode with the engine set to Sport, changing out and in the throttle doesn't appear to be as responsive when in full Sport mode. My car is being collected tomorrow by VW so hopefully have some feedback by the weekend.

[adekil]

Car has just been collected and on the forms were marked recall for 45D4 which from what I've read is fixing various software bugs, I was never informed about this in advance and only know cuz I booked the car in, so for others out there, don't necessarily expect a call to recall your car but expect a software update when you next book in for service/repair.

Hopefully this fixes the Sport Mode issue

[monkeyhanger]

Adekil - you'll have to let us know if your car is more responsive when left in sport, rather than leaving it and coming back to it. Software fixes could just be the handbrake fixes.

[Mohsin]

Okay, I have been following this thread and I am confident mine is doing a similarly weird thing.

Before I read this I always used to leave it in Sport and did sometimes feel like it wasn't actually in Sport apart from the additional noise. Then after reading this I started testing by putting it back into Normal then to Sport. As you have mentioned, I can certainly feel the difference and it does feel like it is actually in Sport mode.

I don't know if it is just a placebo effect, that when we physically switch over to Sport mode within that same journey we are just believing it is responding a little quicker? Don't know, but even after deliberately starting off in Sport, doing the switch to Normal and back again, noticing the difference and then switching engine off, then start up again whilst still in Sport, I am positive there it feels like its back in Normal mode, until I do the switchy thing again.

Such a strange issue...really interested to see what VW say adekil.

[adekil]

VW have called back saying they cannot find anything wrong with the diagnostics, pretty much what I expected really.

I even asked if the guy who picked up the car tried the mode change and if he felt any difference, apparently he did and did not feel no difference

They have suggested I turn up one afternoon for a tech drive so I can demonstrate with an engineer and then determine whether it goes in again 

They have applied the software update though

 

[KyleB]

Anyone get anywhere with VW on this?

Post #3 in this thread suggests Seat's have a similar issue and Seat have fixed it

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=404017

Has any one had the same/similar issue that my 1.4 FR is suffering with at the mo?
When in Sport mode and the ignition is then turned off. On the restart to all intents I.e the mode switch is lit up and the screen says it is in Sport mode but the engine response defaults to normal, the door lights also default to white(normal mode) but the steering remains as it should for Sport mode. If I hit the the 'Sport' on the screen then it all works as it should. The mode function should retain the last setting it in it's memory according to the book.
My dealer is at the moment unable to effect a cure but Seat Technical are involved so hopefully it will be resolved soon.

Took a while but Seat have fixed my problem with the Mode retention. Apparently a combination of a software issue and one of the key fobs not compatible so both were recoded and all good so far.