Adaptive Chasis Control - Worth £815?

[Dully]

Some good points here both for and against, Mrs D has it on hers as she wanted the option to soften the ride, not too sure myself it has any major effect.

One interesting thing is that on 2 major car valuation sites, this option is not listed when you adjust for mileage and extras, they consider it has no value at all on resale.

Based on this I am tempted to say it's not worth it, it's not a cheap option!!!

[Mr Savage]

The thing is I have it right now on my GTI (DCC) and I never, ever change my driving profile. It stays in sport profile, all the time and that's because I've tried it in the other settings. The suspension feels the same in comfort mode as it does sport, maybe mines not working then.

But as I say I drove the R that didn't have DCC and it wasn't a harsh ride at all.

I even used to change the car from sport mode to comfort while going over those yellow lines they put down on the road to slow you down. And it didn't feel any more "comfortable" at all.

Since the Stig got his fastest lap time around the Top Gear track in Comfort mode and not "Sport" mode though then I guess I should just drive around in Comfort all the time

[valvebounce]

Worth every penny to me too. Huge difference in ride between the modes. Comfort is wallowy, lots of roll, ideal for speed bumps, but I don't like it otherwise. Normal is what I use 90% off the time, good overall compromise. Sport is too stiff for British roads.

[Mr Savage]

I must be driving a different car then because I've never thought to myself that the ride is too stiff and it's been in Sport mode pretty much permanently for the last 6 months atleast.

I think people are experiencing a placebo effect. It would be an interesting experiment for VW to disable someone's DCC without them knowing and see if they notice

[mcmaddy]

You can't really compare a non DCC car to a car with dcc as the dcc is working all the time even in normal mode. Options are subjective to everyone and it's what makes us individual by choosing different ones. Are any options really worth the money, no.

[ffrank]

If it feels the same in sport and comfort I think there has to be something wrong with your car Mr Savage! Or perhaps you have perfect roads where you live I've shown my DCC to dozens of passengers and I've never had anyone not immediately notice the difference, with a "oh yeah, wow" or similar.

And they werent being polite as they often havent seen what I've changed it to It's not a placebo at all, and I switch between comfort and sport daily (and occasionally normal for motorways where comfort is a bit too wallowy).

Speed bumps in sport is bone shaking!!

If I would buy it again is another question. Personally I love it and budget allowing would get again. If I wanted to reduce my budget I would consider not having it over some of the other options, but I would certainly miss it.

[iandjm]

I have DCC and love it  I live on the Isle of Wight which has the most awful roads.  In comfort mode the car rides fantastically.  If I want something feeling more sporty I simply select sport mode.  I would not be without it

[wigit]

Race mode or sport is not the best way to go point to point in Blighty, you need that extra bit of articulation side to side and front to rear, normal is a bit pants and never likes you pressing on

Mrs Wigit also specced it on hers, I may get to drive its some day

[Booth11]

Hello guys.

Drove an R the other day without Adaptive Chasis Control and was surprised to see you still get Race Mode in the driving profiles and the suspension in race mode wasn't harsh at all.

After speccing this on my GTI I've never felt any difference in any suspension setting (maybe very slight when being pushed) and ive asked all my passengers if they feel any difference while I switch modes, to which they say "no" so...

Adaptive Chasis Control, a bit crap for £815? I'd say so...will not be speccing this again.

Was the R you drove on 18s or 19s?  What size wheels on your current GTI?  If you're on 18s perhaps that's why you don't feel the need to make use of it, as arguably they give the optimum ride and as you say, the standard setup is pretty good anyway.

Now I haven't tried the DCC (formerly ACC) on mk7, but if you have 19s maybe that's where it becomes a worthwhile option, as we know they give a harder ride, whatever the car.  I have ACC (albeit on a mk6) so the poorer cousin, but even that takes a slight edge off the harsh ride on the bigger wheels.  By all accounts the 2nd generation on the 7 is a different beast, a distinct improvement with greater adaptability so reason enough to spec it if you are going for 19s?

I have specced it again on my R primarily as I'm sticking with 19" wheels, and, if they come on the woefully hard Bridgestones, coupled with our crappy UK roads, I might be even more thankful for it   (not that they're likely to stay on for long)

[GrahamFR]

Spec'd up an Audi S4 last night, did you know Audi are doing a 5k deposit contribution on the model, anyway, the damper control was only £300!