« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2023, 04:48:05 pm »
Had a chance to drive the autobahn version in auto this summer. It's an excellent car but for the lack of any physical control knobs that is stunningly stupid. However, what makes this car unlivable is the ridiculous steps that are required to disable stop/start on every engine restart.
To label the stop/start and the rest of the controls "fussy" reinforces my belief that these reviews are co-written with the Distributor. At best the controls should be labeled as terrible.
Anybody looking at this car will be so disappointed because everything else is so excellent.
In Ontario, I see that finance or lease rates are esstentially 8%. I believe all VW Dealers tack on a $500 Admin Fee as well. Tuff times. Can't see a reduction in used car prices whatsoever with new prices the way they are.
Yeah, I'm getting as rich off of VW paying me off as you are from the competitors paying you off for complaining incessantly.
Or, maybe I haven't driven the automatic version and had no trouble with the start/stop and understand that once you set up a car's settings, you won't need to regularly modify the majority of them again. That's been the case with the ID.4, Golf R and this GTI. It truly is the weakest point on an otherwise very good machine, but it is far from 'unliveable'.
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