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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #60 on: 09 March 2021, 12:53 »
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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #61 on: 09 March 2021, 13:26 »
mk8 gallery section added :)

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=138.0

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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #62 on: 09 March 2021, 13:33 »
mk8 gallery section added :)

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=138.0

Can we have a “salty sea dog” section for us more down a heel members?






Now I understand why you swap cars every 3 months. Bodywork won’t last a year down there!
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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #63 on: 09 March 2021, 13:35 »
Call that filthy?! I've washed mine and had it look worse afterwards  :laugh:
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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #64 on: 09 March 2021, 14:05 »


Now I understand why you swap cars every 3 months. Bodywork won’t last a year down there!

I find it cuts five minutes off my commute if I wade across the mouth of the estuary.
I never actually sell my cars, I just occasionally misjudge the tide times and they sink!  :whistle:





(A few close encounters with gritting lorries going in opposing directions)

Call that filthy?! I've washed mine and had it look worse afterwards  :laugh:

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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #65 on: 09 March 2021, 14:55 »

I find it cuts five minutes off my commute if I wade across the mouth of the estuary.


That reminded me of this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkL3l4bT5OU

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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #66 on: 09 March 2021, 19:38 »
Eco mode turns down the aircon, disables cornering lighting, sets the ACC to slow acceleration (which I'd argue is quite dangerous) and deadens the throttle response even more.

What sort of extra economy are you getting for doing that?

If you are frequently flicking to S and then hoofing it, you probably are burning up whatever you've saved too...

I remain unconvinced...

I'm sure for VW it takes ~1g of CO2 off of the official figures (which is worth a lot to them) but for you and I?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favour of low pollution and better pound note savings, but maybe not to that degree!

My fuel between economy and comfort are different measuring over the last two weeks commuting to work I'm defo getting better MPG somehow, the only time I flick that switch is if anyone is slowing me down on that motorway or junction but mostly the last bit of my journey on a country road which is where I think it comes to life. I just love powering out of a corner in a GTI and front wheel drive feel and it holds and makes it more fun. My friend has just got a R and it's quite lethal but defo think this GTI was built as a all rounder. I was more so just saying that from economy flicking to sport feels like your in two different cars

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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #67 on: 10 March 2021, 22:24 »
Two more things I've been meaning to mention that I've noticed...

One, the window controls on the drivers door are further forward than on the mk7.5. I keep trying to open the rear windows  :grin:

Two, the indicator stalk seems more mechanical than the old one. Additionally the green turn lights on the dash are obscured by the steering wheel. It might just be my seat position but... On top of this the indicators don't self cancel so easily. Combine the two and I end up with driving down the road indicating. That's not great.
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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #68 on: 11 March 2021, 22:10 »
The indicator stalk does seem a bit different now you mention it.
Probably each unit is 3 cents cheaper than the outgoing mk7 item.
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Re: Fred's Thoughts on Mk8 GTI ownership
« Reply #69 on: 12 March 2021, 00:57 »
Two more things I've been meaning to mention that I've noticed...

One, the window controls on the drivers door are further forward than on the mk7.5. I keep trying to open the rear windows  :grin:
Me too.  The switch for rears is exactly where my fronts were in my Astra.  Hopefully muscle-memory will adjust itself soon.

Additionally the green turn lights on the dash are obscured by the steering wheel. It might just be my seat position but...
For me too but it's only the left that's obscured.  Wait....have I developed a 'gangsta-lean'?  :cool: :grin:  Does the GTI have a smaller wheel than the rest of the range and it wasn't taken into account during the dash design phase, maybe?
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