Features you'd like to see on the Mk8

[GTD1414]

You can select mode by pressing the mode button near gearstick on MY16 GTD/GTI's

Yes, thats what do, but be nice to keep pressing that button and cycle the modes, opposed to touching screen, as you can do that while still looking at road where you have little choice but to glance to screen and press (small things I know but this is where the MK 7 is at)

Yes sorry that's what I meant, you can cycle through the modes without touching the screen on MY16 cars..

[mjh_056]

You can select mode by pressing the mode button near gearstick on MY16 GTD/GTI's

Yes, thats what do, but be nice to keep pressing that button and cycle the modes, opposed to touching screen, as you can do that while still looking at road where you have little choice but to glance to screen and press (small things I know but this is where the MK 7 is at)

Yes sorry that's what I meant, you can cycle through the modes without touching the screen on MY16 cars..

Well thats good to read as it maybe a small thing but definitely a decent nice to have feature ticked off,

[dippy_x]

Am I the only one who hates how heated mirrors operate?  Leave my control in 'L' position so that the mirror lowers on reverse. To heat, you have to turn the dial so many clicks clockwise.  If you go the shorter anti clockwise route you end up folding the mirrors in.  Also, I forget to move the dial back to 'L'.  Wouldn't it be easier if you just pressed the dial and it could hear the mirrors for say 5-10 mins?

[Watts]

My early 90s Audi had heated mirrors that worked when you switched on the heated rear window. That made better sense but I can't sat the Golf's arrangement particularly bothers me. Just pleased to have heated mirrors again.

[p3asa]

Do the heated mirrors work constantly or just come on below a certain temperature?

[mjh_056]

Am I the only one who hates how heated mirrors operate?  Leave my control in 'L' position so that the mirror lowers on reverse. To heat, you have to turn the dial so many clicks clockwise.  If you go the shorter anti clockwise route you end up folding the mirrors in.  Also, I forget to move the dial back to 'L'.  Wouldn't it be easier if you just pressed the dial and it could hear the mirrors for say 5-10 mins?

Yes, drives you nuts as you go to reverse in winter and its in the heated option from your cold start.

Another minor irritant but definitely a design flaw that needs changing in next model - The best solution was to link with the heated rear screen = sorted!

[Mk7-GTD]

Am I the only one who hates how heated mirrors operate?  Leave my control in 'L' position so that the mirror lowers on reverse. To heat, you have to turn the dial so many clicks clockwise.  If you go the shorter anti clockwise route you end up folding the mirrors in.  Also, I forget to move the dial back to 'L'.  Wouldn't it be easier if you just pressed the dial and it could hear the mirrors for say 5-10 mins?

Give that man a star, this has been driving me mad for ages. Why VW why?

[2014GTi]

I think the next generation Golf R should have the GTI PP e-diff (VAQ) on both the front and rear axels with the Haldex 4WD system in the middle, for a better system

[The ANT]

I'd like to see fewer features and the car be smaller. Golf's now  are the size and passat should be almost.

A smaller car with less gizmos, means less weight, meaning that the car will drive better.

Another thing I'd like to see is a greater choice of colours, there isn't many to choose from at the moment whereas there were all sorts of colours for the mk2. In my opinion the mk6 and 7 could have looked better with more choice. The only colour I really like at the moment is carbon steel grey, but vw have had so many brilliant colours in the past, capri green was my favourite.

[Exonian]

My early 90s Audi had heated mirrors that worked when you switched on the heated rear window. That made better sense but I can't sat the Golf's arrangement particularly bothers me. Just pleased to have heated mirrors again.

I still have an old GTI that has the same feature. A far more sensible arrangement.

I'd like to see fewer features and the car be smaller. Golf's now  are the size and passat should be almost.

A smaller car with less gizmos, means less weight, meaning that the car will drive better.

Another thing I'd like to see is a greater choice of colours, there isn't many to choose from at the moment whereas there were all sorts of colours for the mk2. In my opinion the mk6 and 7 could have looked better with more choice. The only colour I really like at the moment is carbon steel grey, but vw have had so many brilliant colours in the past, capri green was my favourite.

Definitely more colours would be appreciated.
I saw a yellow S3 earlier (65 plate I think) which didn't make the S3 look any less like a base model but it certainly highlighted the fact you have more choice with Audi.

A proper ClubSport GTI with less weight and less gimmicks would be a nice option but unlikely.