sstarrx2
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Davidson, NC
- Car(s)
- 2021 GTI S DSG
How does the interior suck? Is it any different than any other country's interior?Canadian prices are so good. If only the interior didn't suck.
How does the interior suck? Is it any different than any other country's interior?Canadian prices are so good. If only the interior didn't suck.
Man just order one online and install it! It took me an hour to install mine. That and adding billet paddle shifters was the first thing I did to my GTI. There should be no reason you cannot add. Don't trust a word the dealer tells you about anything...ever.Nothing to be jealous of, the Rabbit was a 1 year offering. Otherwise, in 2021 we had only Autobahn available and for 2022, we have 3 options... Standard GTI, Autobahn and Performance. So, from what I can tell.. S, SE and Autobahn sold under different names.
I'm jealous of the frameless mirror w/ Homelink US spec Autobahn's got which we can't even add according to the dealer.
Isn't Canada able to get upper level trims without the sun roof and with the Tartan seats?Nothing to be jealous of, the Rabbit was a 1 year offering. Otherwise, in 2021 we had only Autobahn available and for 2022, we have 3 options... Standard GTI, Autobahn and Performance. So, from what I can tell.. S, SE and Autobahn sold under different names.
I'm jealous of the frameless mirror w/ Homelink US spec Autobahn's got which we can't even add according to the dealer.
Surprisingly, the sunroof is optional on all MK8 Golf GTI trims in Canada. It's also optional in the Golf R.Isn't Canada able to get upper level trims without the sun roof and with the Tartan seats?
Next you’ll tell us your manuals aren’t detuned.Surprisingly, the sunroof is optional on all MK8 Golf GTI trims in Canada. It's also optional in the Golf R.
It's a significant downgrade compared to the MK7.5 for me. I dislike the all capacitive interior as many journalists have said during their reviews of the MK8.How does the interior suck? Is it any different than any other country's interior?
And a heated steering wheel, automated climate control, heated seats, and MiB 3 (instead of that all-touch abomination). With the diff coming standard now, that's a remarkably generous "base" options package. Genuinely the only thing I'd want on top of that is the DCC, but of course that's held hostage by the near $40k Autobahn trim.
Just wait for the refresh. im 99% sure the mk 8.5 will bring back physical buttons. There has been way too much backlash.
I remember a time when the Germans were all about function over gimmick when it came to interiors.I think the Germans are more stubborn than the Japanese manufacturers. Honda added some buttons back after their first attempt to go buttonless. MMI has been criticized from day one and VAG keeps adding more and more menus to Audis and fewer buttons. I don't see them changing course. They might rearrange the "buttons" on the wheel to keep you from accidentally hitting them, like reviewers have complained about, but I don't see them adding buttons. You will adapt to their new system and you will like it. Or else they'll beat you with a bratwurst.
The mk8 interior is worse in every way except RGB lighting.
For example it takes about 6 button presses through the touch screen to disable traction control. In my mk6 I just press a hard button and go.
And the mk7 is like 2 button presses or so but it's really buried on the mk8
Yeah...this is why you should never buy the first year of a new model.IMO the bugs and gremlins in the latest generation of software in the mk8 Golf and it’s Audi, Skoda and Seat siblings that are being reported by owners on many forums would be a greater concern to me than the interior layout.
The interior I would probably get used to although I still don’t like the removal of physical switches, and the HVAC and radio volume touch panel below the central infotainment screen not being illuminated at night seems bizarre. However, I couldn’t live with the persistent software issues that VW seem to be slow to address.
100% agree.Yeah...this is why you should never buy the first year of a new model.