DCC system, is it a must have on the MK8?

[Guzzle]

Do you know when you're getting yours Fred? Hopefully they were keen to do deals on stock cars 

[fredgroves]

Do you know when you're getting yours Fred? Hopefully they were keen to do deals on stock cars 

1st March - my choice.... could have had it today if I had wanted.

[Powerman80]

I've heard about terrible lead times... up to 28 weeks.... if there is stock and its sort of right spec... that's what I did.

But do get a test drive of at least ANY Mk8 GTI, after that you will know what you want.

I'm testing this one... no way I'm signing without testing

[fredgroves]

I'm testing this one... no way I'm signing without testing

Can't wait to hear your thoughts - do us all a writeup when you've driven it.

[Guzzle]

Do you know when you're getting yours Fred? Hopefully they were keen to do deals on stock cars 

1st March - my choice.... could have had it today if I had wanted.

Good choice 👍

[Powerman80]

Test drove the car finally.

Looks absolutely amazing, sounds so much better than the A3 and SkRS
Interior is not bad as people say, it's simply different
Touch controls are not nearly a pain like people say (probably they never tested the car)

Coming from the Mini, i coudln't tell much difference from DCC normal to sport to comfort in terms of the suspensions. If we take away the different steering and gearbox responses, from a pure dampening standpoint simply there isn't much change, at least compared to the Mini/Non Mini difference .

What put me off is, while I was concerned about electronics reliability and issues and already doubted my effort, the dealer raised the request by 1K saying, it's this or five months wait. It was the tiny push I needed to decide for the no. At least for now, of course... 

[fredgroves]

Well, glad you got a chance to play.

Are you sure the car had DCC?

On the Mk7 the difference between sport and comfort modes on DCC are quite dramatic....

[Powerman80]

Well, glad you got a chance to play.

Are you sure the car had DCC?

On the Mk7 the difference between sport and comfort modes on DCC are quite dramatic....

Maybe it's because I pushed it quite hard so even in comfort, the car set the dampers to be harder by default.

[fredgroves]

Maybe something has changed on the Mk8 vs the Mk7?

On the Mk7 "sport" on a DCC equipped car you can (as the driver at least) feel the surface of the road - every lump and bump...in comfort it almost feels just short of wallowly. And going from one to the other is really noticeable.

I've not got my Mk8 with DCC yet, my test drive was on a non-DCC car.

[jcrollie]

My friend is potentially considering a Mk8 GTI CS. Difficulty is finding a car with DCC, sub 30k miles within budget. So my question is - is it necessary? From my TCR, I would say DCC is a must have, but not sure if the Mk8 CS differs and if anyone who has experienced no DCC would argue it’s not necessary. He is coming from a polo which is soft (I forgot how soft they are!) - this also means test drives aren’t an option (age and insurance…). For reference he is currently leaning towards a TTRS (which I thought the ride quality was pretty smooth but he thinks otherwise). He would ideally like Harmon Kardon also on the car if he got one - is this also necessary? How is the sound in a standard car? 

Any thoughts welcome