Is a Pedalbox worth while?

[Thedude74]

Hi all

Pulled out of a junction in Eco mode at the weekend and there was quite a delay in throttle response.

Are the pedal boxes a worth while mod and what impact does it have on day to day driving ? Not looking to race away from traffic lights every time !
Thanks

[monkeyhanger]

Try getting your car out of eco mode first - the throttle response is dulled tremendously by being in eco mode.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Eco mode - not advised. Will get you a few extra miles to the gallon but christ it makes the GTI a bit dull.

Get it set up in Individual, I have no reason to use any other mode. The throttle response on the latest 7.5 is perfectly fine for everyday use.

[fredgroves]

Eco mode doesn't give you anything.

It turns off the cornering lights and dynamic curve lighting, sets the aircon to minimum, sets the throttle map to meh.

It probably saves VW a few CO2's in the NEDC test, but you'd be lucky to see a tenner back on 20k miles pa.

While you get sluggish response, burn or freeze and can't see the curbs that your expensive cornering lighting system is meant to show you when turning in...

Don't touch that button

[Thedude74]

Thanks for the replies - coming from an M135i I must admit I didn’t buy this car for economy but given that the car is new I am just playing around with all the settings as there are so many more options than what was on the beemer!

I didn’t realize that eco mode affected the lights etc so for sure I’ll stay away from that!

Thanks for the tip 

[dean5125]

Eco mode doesn't give you anything.

It turns off the cornering lights and dynamic curve lighting, sets the aircon to minimum, sets the throttle map to meh.

It probably saves VW a few CO2's in the NEDC test, but you'd be lucky to see a tenner back on 20k miles pa.

While you get sluggish response, burn or freeze and can't see the curbs that your expensive cornering lighting system is meant to show you when turning in...

Don't touch that button

note to self - check to see if my missus has cornering lights turned off in her car because she has a problem of not being able to see curbs!!

…..and she wonders why I won't put her on my insurance!!

[hog_hedge]

I can’t speak for the Mk7 but I have a 7.5 DSG and had a pedal box for a brief while before sending it back.

IMO it wasn’t needed and definitely wasn’t worth the £200 price tag. I much prefer driving in D and then flicking the lever for S when I need to get somewhere in a hurry.

I just feel like the 7.5 throttle response doesn’t need any improvements.

[mcmaddy]

The 7 didn't need it either but hundreds of you all still bought the pointless box 

[Thedude74]

Think I will keep it as factory for now and keep in Normal and forget Eco as I have to say Eco kills the throttle response . It’s not as bad as the M135i tho - Eco mode was an utter pointless option!

[Exonian]

Back in a previous life, a much younger version of me was once dragged to an agricultural show.
I have little recollection of the event other than a brief moment where I happened to be in close proximity to the hind quarters of a shire horse being led out of a large tent where it had been moored.
Staring up at the hairy footed beast’s derrière (through fate as opposed to choice) admiring how tall it was I was treated to an impromptu display as the beast’s tail swished and a huge fountain of greeny poop was ejected, landing in a large mushy pile in front of me. To this day it’s one of the smelliest most putrid things I’ve had the pleasure of encountering.
Eco mode is similarly a gloopy mound of green turd.


A pedalbox however isn’t “worthwhile“.
More of an “essential”.
One of those rare items that delivers unexpectedly positive things.