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Offline pjr

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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #10 on: 15 October 2014, 23:09 »
Individual most of the time (Steering in Sport, ACC & Aircon in Eco, Headlights & Engine in Normal)

Long motorway journeys I'll use Eco

Sportier driving and/or overtaking I'll flick briefly into Sport

Hardly ever use Normal
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Offline JBirchy

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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #11 on: 16 October 2014, 08:48 »
Have to say I've never used ECO yet... Maybe I'll try it out.

Mine spends 80% of its time in Comfort and normal 'D' in the gearbox, then when going for a blast I'll use the paddles and either stick it in Sport or Individual (Everything in Normal other than Engine/Suspension in Sport - I'm not overly keen on the increased resistance of the steering in Sport. It's not horrible, I just think the Comfort/Normal settings are excellent).

One thing I really love about the GTI is it's dual character. Even left in Comfort and kept below 4k rpm you can make some proper progress, then it settles down and becomes a very relaxed cruiser! I did 350 miles in mine on Tuesday and I got 36mpg overall and it was a very comfortable drive.

Brilliant.
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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #12 on: 16 October 2014, 08:57 »
I'm a GTD "normal mode" fella.

ECO mode doesn't do what it says on the tin.

Sport I sometimes push, but not often as the road surface interacts badly with that and my spine, sometimes I resort to Comfort mode if I've really had enough of the bumps (I have DCC)

Overall, Normal is just fine - more than enough poke to make things vanish in the rear view mirror and typically ~50mpg.
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Offline mk7gti

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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #13 on: 16 October 2014, 09:22 »
Sport 100%.
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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #14 on: 16 October 2014, 11:17 »
Quote from: mk7gti on 16 October 2014, 09:22
Sport 100%.

Me too.  Tried the other modes for about 30 seconds once, then straight back to Sport.  It's a GTI, and therefore it wants to be in Sport all the time  :cool:
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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #15 on: 16 October 2014, 15:59 »
Mostly Sport with comfort if I am doing long distances. I have individual setup with everything Sport but the DCC in comfort which I somethimes use on long journeys
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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #16 on: 16 October 2014, 18:54 »
You can unplug the fake sound for Sport?

The car is not steaming up so much now I am not running in ECO.
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Offline Jammy1

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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #17 on: 16 October 2014, 19:47 »
Quote from: ChrisUK01 on 16 October 2014, 18:54
You can unplug the fake sound for Sport?

The car is not steaming up so much now I am not running in ECO.

Yep. I followed these instructions:

http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4871

Some people have asked their dealers to turn the volume to zero, for some reason mine said they couldn't do it.
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Offline remlapeel

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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #18 on: 16 October 2014, 20:18 »
Quote from: Jammy1 on 16 October 2014, 19:47
Quote from: ChrisUK01 on 16 October 2014, 18:54
You can unplug the fake sound for Sport?

The car is not steaming up so much now I am not running in ECO.

Yep. I followed these instructions:

http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4871

Some people have asked their dealers to turn the volume to zero, for some reason mine said they couldn't do it.

You can get to it without taking anything off, I used a long flat head screwdriver and pushed the clip off the actuator in about 2 seconds.  Its amazing how dull 4 pots sounds. Give me a supercharged flat 6 anyday
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Offline Geomets

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Re: Which Drive Mode do people drive in?
« Reply #19 on: 18 October 2014, 16:38 »
Individual. Everything in "normal" except the differential (always in "sport"). I do not like the "on/off" action of the throttle pedal in "sport" neither the heavier steering which gives less feeling to it.
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