What ever gave you that idea? It's merely a friggin' buzzer vibrating, that gets louder as the RPM increases. There is no microphone, no amplifier, and it's not a speaker.
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What do you hate about your MK7 Golf R?
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What ever gave you that idea? It's merely a friggin' buzzer vibrating, that gets louder as the RPM increases. There is no microphone, no amplifier, and it's not a speaker.
Captain Slow1
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- Houston, TX
I only hate that I didn't get one in Lapiz or Limestone 
First car with lane assist for me as well. I've had the car two days now and turned it off. I think it's something that could be useful for a long trip but I've got enough back seat drivers as it is. Last thing I need is the car doing it.
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champignon
Ready to race!
- Location
- Idaho
My 2016 does not have the DAP, so I don't know from personal experience how VW executed this "feature." I have been given current model BMW loaners when my BMWs have been in the shop, and a couple of those had the BMW version of "lane assist." I found that feature to be just about the most annoying "amenity" in recent cars I have ever experienced. The wheel vibrates when the car thinks you are going out of the lane, but it is so overly sensitive as to be continually obtrusive. This combined with chewing gum no-feedback electric steering was so annoying that I could not wait to get rid of the loaner and back into my own car.
NCM
Ready to race!
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf R
Wrong. It's a device for reproducing either a digital recording or a synthesized sound file (reports differ).
And also speeds up.
Correct.
Bzzzt, wrong. The source is clearly amplified — it does get louder, after all. As a speaker it has its own voice coil but uses the firewall sheet metal to which its bolted as the diaphragm.
I find the Soundaktor to be quite cleverly engineered. Whether you like it or not is a matter of personal preference, but it's not hard to fix it as desired.
Neil
Every car with factory auto start that I have owned shuts off after 15 minutes of inactivity.
warpspeedr
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Tampa
I love my 16 R manual but there are a few things not to like: backup camera doesn't work about 25% of the time; window switches difficult to modulate; hill-holder doesn't release most of the time when it's time to go; automatic wipers have only 2 speeds (no intermittent) and rain sensor sometimes don't work in mist; and stock manuals are 1/2 second slower 0 - 60 than their STI and Focus RS counterparts. The R needs a Stage 1 tune to feel decently quick (which mine does). The AWD is awesome as is the interior and refinement. Hatchbacks will always be at the top of my shopping list.
KevinC
Autocross Champion
- Car(s)
- '19 Golf R, '21 M2c
Al_in_Philly
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Philadelphia USA
While the Haldex AWD vs BMW RWD is definitely contributing to the differences you're feeling, it's also the higher rear COG (inherent in hatchbacks) which is lightening the rear wheels, especially when braking while initiating a turn. That difference in where the mass is carried both lightens the rear wheels (from braking) and lifts the inside rear wheel (while turning). All of that can somewhat be compensated for with shock valving, spring rates, and anti-sway bar torsional stiffness, but ultimately, as Scotty on the old Star Trek series was fond of saying: "you can't defy the laws of physics." To me, I'll gladly accept those less-than-stellar 10/10ths racetrack manners for the amazing day-to-day utility of the Golf's hatchback design.
Rafal
Ready to race!
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
OBDII is OBD2 not eleven?
lol there's a product called OBDeleven, a little dongle that plugs into your OBD2 port and lets you make changes to the canbus system, similar to, yet cheaper than, VCDS.
shep13
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- North Pole
weak factory clutch on the manual
KevinC
Autocross Champion
- Car(s)
- '19 Golf R, '21 M2c
You don't want the moonroof, it's a turd. Many threads out there like these...
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26481
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29330
Lack of armrest cubby is easily solved. Kinda sucks that we have to DIY the thing, but at least once done, it's done.