Joey's Totally Predictable DD V2.0

[SlimKlim]

Coming up on 3 months of ownership.

Mileage: ~2100

Really only two minor complaints with the car.

1.) The radio is wonky as fuck. In addition to being a slower and generally crappier interface than most other cars in the market, it just does random shit all on its own. Every few weeks I'll get in it and the radio will have changed itself to 87.7. Other times I go to switch from radio to bluetooth and it mutes itself. Every couple of weeks it completely forgets how to bluetooth and I have to turn it off and on again in the menu. I swear the other day a parking distance sensor screen popped up for a second before the car remembered it doesn't have that option. :dunno: There is a fix for it, but they want the car for half a day and don't to give me a loaner for "just a software update" so I've been reluctant to take it in because it does work most of the time.

2.) This is completely, 100% due to my own dumbfuckery, but I don't fit in the 4-door very well and I just didn't notice when I was all pumped full of test-driving excitement. I'm so tall and skinny that the seat belt goes over me and not around me. The shoulder belt just sort of tickles my chest and gets caught on the buttons of my shirt while driving. I actually went in to the dealer to see if there was any possible way to snug it up (there isn't), and I noticed that the older 4-door and all of the 2-door cars have the belt buckle mounted on a flexible wire, whereas the new 4-doors are mounted on a stiff piece of metal about 4" from the corner of the seat for reasons that are beyond me.



Ultimately for normal driving it's just a minor annoyance, but I have a feeling its going to be more than minor when I'm bouncing around in the seat like a ping pong ball during the dub deliverance HPDE next month. In retrospect I probably would've bought a 2 door, but that comes with it's own disadvantages that i'd be bitching about if I had. I started a thread about this on VWVortex and we concluded if you're a really tall/thin person you're kinda shit out of luck unless you want to drive a Crown Vic or a 5-series or something.

Otherwise, it's great. I love that I can put it in "normal" mode, roll the windows up, throw it in D and 1-finger cruise to work with a great sound system and chilly A/C. Then after I drop the dog off at daycare I can put it in "M" mode and "sport" to make the engine all fake growly, and finish my commute "like I've sat on a wasp" to quote the venerable Jeremy Clarkson.

I never did take any decent photos of the thing, but I at least got some crappy iphone photos just for documentation purposes that it was nice and new once.








I have no concrete modification plans but I am eyeballing a few gadgets I might pick up eventually. Tempted by the "clip on" tuning boxes that add ~45ft-lbs but can be removed and are undetectable by the warranty police. I'd like to get a vent mounted boost gauge just for fun, and maybe an air intake and/or a "turbo muffler delete" to increase the induction/turbo noises a little bit.