Golf 8 GTI in infotainment and driver assistance faults

[Flipper Dog]

I use to have a 7.5 Golf but it was written off in 2021. This was just when the Golf 8 was being released so there were very few examples to purchase straight away as we needed a replacement.
The alternate at that time was a T-Roc, which is very similar to the Golf 7/7.5, so this was what we went with.
Looking back at the issues the Golf 8 has had, both locally and in Europe, I am glad we went the T-Roc. On our 2nd one now and this is pretty well sorted.
From what I am reading about the Golf 8.5 I think they won't fix many problems with the Golf 8 design and can't go backwards to the Golf 7.5 where things worked.

Problem Volkswagen have is there is too much effort to flog off their EV examples to concentrate on fixing the Golf now. Market focus is on fancy touch screens and vehicles have a shorter serviceable life span to warrant any effort in perfecting their models as they are chasing those Chinese models which are released almost monthly now.