Mk7 Golf GTI Discussion Thread

[ALCo4301]

I can back that up. I have a manual which lives most of it's life within the confines of a 60 zone. I use an app to log fuel usage and at the fill yesterday it is at an average of 9.99L/100km over the 3,273km since new. Pretty good really considering I'm still addicted to the sweet surge of power up through the revs in second gear, it stays in "Sport" mode, and a i regularly switch off the stop/start feature.

Normal driving I reckon 7's would be easily achieved even in traffic. I'd love to test it for you, but as far as I'm concerned, anything below 4000 rpm on the tach is just to remind you what the non-GTI crowd live with

My 2014 GTI/P DSG gets around 7.6 it's 12 months old with 15k on the clock. It's mainly driven by my wife and mostly on trips to Brisbane and Sydney from Tuncurry. It's mainly in Eco mode except when I like to have a play in Sport mode, stop/start is normally switched off.

[Mike_lama]

Is there a thread dedicated for MK 7 Golf GTI tuning, aftermarket upgrades and anything of the likes? Or is this the one?

I put a deposit on mine and it is currently getting built in Germany. 3 or 4 months it'll take so I can't help but do my research on tuning options and anything really.

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[mazstar1980]

Is there an aftermarket tuning option which allows you to select a range of tunes from mild to hyper? I had a Dreamscience unit for my XR5 which let me put a mild tune for daily driving but if I wanted something more aggressive I could simply select that. It would also give you option to choose tunes which were low down boost to a tune where power came on in the last 2000rpms in a big rush, lots of fun.

[Dan W]

I have done a bit of a search (on the forum) and couldn't find what I was after so apologies if this has been covered.

Has anyone done mods on their Mk7 GTI manual exhaust? I'm looking to let just a touch more of the note out. More than happy with performance, and don't want to go overboard as my daughter will start driving it on her L's at the end of the year. Would be keen to know if anyone got it done in Brissy too.

Many thanks

Dan

[Ralfi]

Am I the only one who challenges themself to smooth shift by changing from 4th to 5th whilst trying to maintain 60km/h on the digital speedo?

(I think so)..

[Dan W]

Am I the only one who challenges themself to smooth shift by changing from 4th to 5th whilst trying to maintain 60km/h on the digital speedo?

(I think so)..

4th? My gear changes go, 1st...2nd to 4000rpm, 5th........ 60km/hr

[Ralfi]

4th? My gear changes go, 1st...2nd to 4000rpm, 5th........ 60km/hr

Lol.

How smooth is the manual shifting though. Engine got set to 'Sport' a month ago - cant believe I had it in 'Normal' for so long..

[Dan W]

Lol.

How smooth is the manual shifting though. Engine got set to 'Sport' a month ago - cant believe I had it in 'Normal' for so long..

It is very slick. I was fortunate enough to get a dealer who let me drive the car (with him in it) for almost an hour. He put it in "Sport" and said I wouldn't worry about the others.

He was right. When I picked mine up in November, I put it in Sport and it hasn't been out of it!

I'm the guy who stops on the side of the 110 km/hr zone just so I can spank it in to 4th!

[Mike_lama]

How does it go with fuel in sport mode compared to the rest? Big enough of a difference?

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[Mike_lama]

Also, wondering if anyone knows if you can auto open/close windows with the key? Or is there a way to program it to do that?

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