Adaptive Chasis Control - Worth £815?

[Mr Savage]

So it's not me going mad then.

[mcmaddy]

I've just had the rear shocks replaced due to them being noisy but it's taken a lot of persuasion from me to even get the dealer to check them out. Also had the front shock boots reattached as they'd been loose for about a year. The car is now quiet driving on roads but still very very crashy over raised table top speed bumps.

[ffrank]

If there is no discernible difference on your DCC I would definitely go for a drive with a VW tech and see what they say.

It is night and day for me. Of course it could be down to how good your roads are, but just find a speed bump and go over it the same speed in sport and then comfort.

In comfort my car simply wallows over most bumps, it can actually be too soft on Motorways at speed and occasionally I will put it in normal (and I can tell a huge difference to normal, let alone Sport!)

[Snoopy]

You have checked that the transport blocks have been removed? That would explain the feeling of no difference in ride and suspension noise.

[Mr Savage]

Yep it's been in the dealers for that already. They repositioned the gaitors which helped for a little while.

[JBirchy]

I'm sorry but I find the GTI to be the same ride in all settings. It can get quite crashy over poor road surfaces regardless of what setting the DCC is in. It's a reasonable ride but it will never be a great ride which is fine and expected.

Out of interest Mr Savage, where abouts are you in the country?

I would love you to have a drive in my car and see what you think of the DCC in mine as I honestly can tell a significant difference. Sure, it isn't as marked a difference as it was in my old Passat CC (that car was unbearable in Sport), but there is a clear difference and every passenger I've had in the car has commented on it.

I'm certainly not kidding myself, if I didn't think it was worthwhile I'd be more than happy to be honest and say.

The area where I live has some pretty terribly surfaced B-Roads and in Sport mode the drive is unpleasant, but in Comfort the edge is smoothed off and progress is much more fluid.

As I mention, I'd be delighted for you to drive my car if you're near to me in Lancashire to see if it is a problem with your car or a thing in general.

[GTDmike]

I agree its worth the money just to keep the wife happy when alone put it into sport and enjoy.
My wife can tell within 200/300 yards if i have it in sport!

[Mr Savage]

I'm sorry but I find the GTI to be the same ride in all settings. It can get quite crashy over poor road surfaces regardless of what setting the DCC is in. It's a reasonable ride but it will never be a great ride which is fine and expected.

Out of interest Mr Savage, where abouts are you in the country?

As I mention, I'd be delighted for you to drive my car if you're near to me in Lancashire to see if it is a problem with your car or a thing in general.

I'm in Nottingham/Derby area mate

Appreciate the offer though

[drisser]

For what its worth my opinion when I had a TTS with mag ride was that it was nice to have and you could notice a small difference but I would not have paid nearly a grand for it on my car (or the gti)

Personally if I wanted something where comfort was the priority I would go for an SE model, if I wanted firmer ride and better handling I would have a GTi.  I know people will say if you want one car that does it all you need it but I don't think the dynamic difference feels big enough on a hot hatch.  Fair enough on a Cayman GTS but a the end of the day you are trying to improve the handling of a car that is much taller and more compromised.  When I first test drove a new GTi what I loved was the overall balance between ride and handling and comfort, so much so that I wouldn't have even thought to consider ticking ACC option.

I am a bit old school and prefer more of the analogue driving experience so I never ever spec these kind of options on a car,I just buy a car that has the right ride and handling compromise. If I was going to get something more expensive or proper sports car like them it would be higher up the list, but on a day to day hatch its just something else that inevitably will go wrong at some point !