Darkness has cloaked the UK as opposed to summer when I was excitingly active on this forum. That being said I never really had much of an opinion on the lights, however that's all changed. The Bi-Xenon headlights are great from the moment they flick about on activation giving you a satisfied feeling you're in a gadget filled car, more importantly they offer fantastic illumination of the road ahead. I'm a little bit in love with the High Beam Assist as it automatically dips for on coming cars (I can see the Audi matrix system being a addition on the MK8) not sure which option is responsible for the swinging around corners but I love that to! The Golf MK7 oozes class beyond its price range which is only magnified by the interior lights. The ambient lighting is a dream giving you a real connection to the car when street lights are absent, my last motor never even had the handy personal spot lights so my misses can constantly rummage about in her bag without a distracting glare! The White strip lighting in the doors is especially tasteful and often an envious sideways glances while in car parks, the GTIs I assume are red and reminiscent of an Amsterdam side street so they may get more unwanted attention!
Seeing as it's been a while... Last night I had a good run up the motorway (freeway for our American cousins, wow you totally out number us on here now!) Some joker in a red hatchback (raining so didn't notice but not a VW, nuff said!) took grievance with being passed and decided to sit up my ass while in traffic, as soon as a clear run appeared Sport Mode was swiftly selected with a tap down on the paddle shift, boom theses cars can move I won't mention speeds as not to incriminate myself! Only learnt this recently as I refuse to read the tedious instructions in the hand book... But if you hold down the right paddle after you've been playing it returns you to the correct automatic gear for more hassle free motoring!
Another feature I use often is the girlfriend silencer, a.k.a dual climate control... Simply put hers up to full heat in combination with her heated seat while yours is set to a crisp 17c and watch her nod off to uncontrollable and fidgeting sleep! #winner She woke only to moan about me passing cars, which I explained were parked! #morepoints
