New Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport review - 2021's hot Golf tested - Autocar
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Date: 2022-04-17
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Enwin's
I agree. Too fussy. Bring back a handful of switches. Ditch the screen. I don't want a sports car connected to my phone. I am buying it to drive. Set up the car properly and leave it there. So from this video, leave the Nurburgring setting as standard and ditch all the damper settings, engine noise settings etc. 300 hp is plenty for the roads in Scotland or North Wales. I want to keep my license.
So why can't I just buy a sporty car without all the unwanted crap?
Is there a manufacturer listening? That's where my money would go. I might have to find a decent untouched Peugeot 205 GTi, or 306 GTi. A mk5 Golf or previous generation Fiesta ST and leave my phone at home where it belongs.
Rant over. Great review as always. Going to fix my Quantum Saloon fuel pump and get back on the road with a big smile on my face
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I agree. Too fussy. Bring back a handful of switches. Ditch the screen. I don't want a sports car connected to my phone. I am buying it to drive. Set up the car properly and leave it there. So from this video, leave the Nurburgring setting as standard and ditch all the damper settings, engine noise settings etc. 300 hp is plenty for the roads in Scotland or North Wales. I want to keep my license.
So why can't I just buy a sporty car without all the unwanted crap?
Is there a manufacturer listening? That's where my money would go. I might have to find a decent untouched Peugeot 205 GTi, or 306 GTi. A mk5 Golf or previous generation Fiesta ST and leave my phone at home where it belongs.
Rant over. Great review as always. Going to fix my Quantum Saloon fuel pump and get back on the road with a big smile on my face
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autos
I really hate the new trend of touch buttons & touch screens. The screen should not be more than a display for the map & music system or some vehicle info. Rest should be clicky buttons & dials for the volume air con etc. Specially the steering wheel should not have touch but clicky buttons. I test drove the new golf & decided to stick with my old one because it felt so hard & inconvenient to use the touch buttons I even had to stop my car once or twice because i was not able to find the right setting without keeping my eyes off the road.
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I really hate the new trend of touch buttons & touch screens. The screen should not be more than a display for the map & music system or some vehicle info. Rest should be clicky buttons & dials for the volume air con etc. Specially the steering wheel should not have touch but clicky buttons. I test drove the new golf & decided to stick with my old one because it felt so hard & inconvenient to use the touch buttons I even had to stop my car once or twice because i was not able to find the right setting without keeping my eyes off the road.
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Roger
Well said Matt! The touch screen/button combo in my recently departed Cupra Leon was a good and effective balance of illuminated buttons for the most commonly required functions, and a wonderfully NON-shiny, not too large touchscreen for everything else. More constructive criticism by you and your contemporaries will surely help to slow this mindless lurch towards large and shiny screens. along with some much-needed legislation around driver distraction. oh, and was the actual car any good to drive? says it all!
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Well said Matt! The touch screen/button combo in my recently departed Cupra Leon was a good and effective balance of illuminated buttons for the most commonly required functions, and a wonderfully NON-shiny, not too large touchscreen for everything else. More constructive criticism by you and your contemporaries will surely help to slow this mindless lurch towards large and shiny screens. along with some much-needed legislation around driver distraction. oh, and was the actual car any good to drive? says it all!
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Eric
As much as reviewers and owners have complained about the trend towards touch controls for the last few years I am baffled why VW did this.
I have a 2017 GTI which is my first VW and first German car in my 40+ years of driving and I absolutely love the car and it's manual electronic controls. I'm not sure I would consider a MK8 based on the number of complaints I have read and seen about these touch controls, but I do see myself buying a new MK7.
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As much as reviewers and owners have complained about the trend towards touch controls for the last few years I am baffled why VW did this.
I have a 2017 GTI which is my first VW and first German car in my 40+ years of driving and I absolutely love the car and it's manual electronic controls. I'm not sure I would consider a MK8 based on the number of complaints I have read and seen about these touch controls, but I do see myself buying a new MK7.
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Shiu
Great review, specially the beginning with a proper breakdown of the ergonomics.
You go into real reasons why it isn't ideal VS the usual 'I don't like it' style. That is my feedback as well (having bought the MK8 Golf R):
I don't mind fiddly quirky even impractical touch buttons but the 'taking my eyes off the road and lack of illumination' is really a pain.
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Great review, specially the beginning with a proper breakdown of the ergonomics.
You go into real reasons why it isn't ideal VS the usual 'I don't like it' style. That is my feedback as well (having bought the MK8 Golf R):
I don't mind fiddly quirky even impractical touch buttons but the 'taking my eyes off the road and lack of illumination' is really a pain.
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DadMadForgot
As a motorcyclist Im always really bemused when folks describe a car as 'still a daily drive'. im like eh? it a car, how could it not be suitable for daily use? Strange. I can see why a caterham or morgan might not be classed as usable every day. but anything else? its a car! a roof and a heater!
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As a motorcyclist Im always really bemused when folks describe a car as 'still a daily drive'. im like eh? it a car, how could it not be suitable for daily use? Strange. I can see why a caterham or morgan might not be classed as usable every day. but anything else? its a car! a roof and a heater!
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James
Seems to be a bit of a night mare I have a golf GTI and I know what he is on about. But don-t complain saying it-s not safe and the go on to show how you are counting settings while driving. Chap seems to be a bit of a mong really. Carlow need to re do this review
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Seems to be a bit of a night mare I have a golf GTI and I know what he is on about. But don-t complain saying it-s not safe and the go on to show how you are counting settings while driving. Chap seems to be a bit of a mong really. Carlow need to re do this review
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Mark
I couldn-t disagree more with his comments on the touch buttons. I test drove this car today and had no problem with any of it, and thought ithe whole system was excellent. I-m confident that once I actually own the car in the next few days it'll be just fine.
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I couldn-t disagree more with his comments on the touch buttons. I test drove this car today and had no problem with any of it, and thought ithe whole system was excellent. I-m confident that once I actually own the car in the next few days it'll be just fine.
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TC81
Its the pick of the performance Golf range; more or less identical mid range performance to the R but the running costs nearer to the standard GTI, and because its well below 40k you can spec it more or less how you want without incurring the VED premium.
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Its the pick of the performance Golf range; more or less identical mid range performance to the R but the running costs nearer to the standard GTI, and because its well below 40k you can spec it more or less how you want without incurring the VED premium.
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Drive
Is that a lambda sensor cable or a brake line you can see hanging about dangerously close to the tarmac dead centre beneath the car? - I hate to have to say vw has lost some of it-s professional feel while others have been gaining hard.
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Is that a lambda sensor cable or a brake line you can see hanging about dangerously close to the tarmac dead centre beneath the car? - I hate to have to say vw has lost some of it-s professional feel while others have been gaining hard.
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