Hello everyone,
Last week I put winter tires and wheels on it and it's on its first of many ski vacations. I am liking this car a lot. I have a handful of new-car owner questions.
Whenever I pull into my garage, or sometimes when I go into reverse, I hear some sort of servo doing something at the rear of my car. It’s a whirring noise that lasts about 2 seconds. Does the antenna extend and retract or something?
How the heck do you get the odometer to display? I can only see the trip odo. The regular odo is only visible when the engine is off.
I love how the cruise control works on this car. The way it increments/decrements in 5 mph steps is super convenient. One every previous car, when driving on a highway with cruise control on, I could dial down the speed and the car would coast down to the new speed. The VW actively applies the brakes to slow down. Is there a setting to turn this off, either on a menu or using one of those OBD tools? What would really be cool is if the setting was depending on the drive mode you’re in.
Also, is there a way to turn off the feature that disables the menus when the vehicle is in motion?
My Mazda 3 has an app where you can set the service intervals in miles, and then when it’s time for an oil change or tire rotation, you get a reminder. Does the Golf have anything like this?
On a related topic, what’s the verdict on car-net? I’ve been playing with it, and I find it a little klunky, and I'm not sure it's worth the subscription when the trial ends. And currently it’s telling me my “VW may need some attention” and wants me to schedule service, but it won’t tell me for what. This, I should point out, on a car with a grand total of 689 miles on it.
Last week I put winter tires and wheels on it and it's on its first of many ski vacations. I am liking this car a lot. I have a handful of new-car owner questions.
Whenever I pull into my garage, or sometimes when I go into reverse, I hear some sort of servo doing something at the rear of my car. It’s a whirring noise that lasts about 2 seconds. Does the antenna extend and retract or something?
How the heck do you get the odometer to display? I can only see the trip odo. The regular odo is only visible when the engine is off.
I love how the cruise control works on this car. The way it increments/decrements in 5 mph steps is super convenient. One every previous car, when driving on a highway with cruise control on, I could dial down the speed and the car would coast down to the new speed. The VW actively applies the brakes to slow down. Is there a setting to turn this off, either on a menu or using one of those OBD tools? What would really be cool is if the setting was depending on the drive mode you’re in.
Also, is there a way to turn off the feature that disables the menus when the vehicle is in motion?
My Mazda 3 has an app where you can set the service intervals in miles, and then when it’s time for an oil change or tire rotation, you get a reminder. Does the Golf have anything like this?
On a related topic, what’s the verdict on car-net? I’ve been playing with it, and I find it a little klunky, and I'm not sure it's worth the subscription when the trial ends. And currently it’s telling me my “VW may need some attention” and wants me to schedule service, but it won’t tell me for what. This, I should point out, on a car with a grand total of 689 miles on it.
