« Reply #2 on: 23 July 2025, 18:27 »
Seems pretty normal to me too unfortunately.
4.5 years in mk8’s has taught me to do certain manoeuvring with a covering foot putting light pressure on the brake to prevent severe whiplash when the car anchors everything on, be it reversing into a parking space and it spots a pedestrian heading toward their parked car over 20 feet away and going in the opposite direction, edging off a driveway onto the road and it decides a parked car opposite is an incoming ballistic missile, or the 1 inch lip at the entrance to my garage which it decides is something unfathomably dangerous.
Now moved to an 8.5 and the very first morning I went to use the car both front and rear wipers activated when the engine was started despite it being totally dry. Both wipers now left in the ‘off’ position.
I note on the 8.5 that light assist also stays on with each ignition cycle whereas on the mk8 it had to be selected Avery time the engine was started.
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