The Itty Bitty NOVA VW Committee

[RawrImAMonster]

If you aren't happy with your shifter feel, maybe look into a short shift kit. I think this is the one most people use:

https://www.dieselgeek.com/products/sigm...kit-for-vw

[SlimKlim]

^ I had been suggesting the APR shift bracket but at that price you might as well just get a whole kit.

EDIT: Oh yeah, got my front plate installed after screwing around with a bunch of different options. The winning combo ended up being a shitload of 2" outdoor grade velcro supplemented with some heavy duty 3M double sided tape. It takes a ton of force to remove it so I don't think it will be an issue. And there are no fucking holes in the bumper. 






Didn't get so lucky with the Tiguan, the plate bracket was a different shape that made non-drilling not a option.

[SlimKlim]

Squad got caught by the paps yesterday. 







RJ, Matthew, Stephen, you could be living this life.

[*insertusernamehere*]

Lol

Find me a dsg sportwagen, 2.0t or a 2 door GTI and *maybe*

[WRXtranceformed]

That shot of Taylor's car with the crown of the tree reflecting in the roof and hood is sweet!

Man I forgot how many trash stickers those counties up there make you paste all over your windshield. I think my brother was paying like $800+ at one point for the privilege of an "Arlington City Sticker" to muck up his view

[RawrImAMonster]

RJ, Matthew, Stephen, you could be living this life.

Give me some time, I'm looking for a pretty specific option set.

As you saw, there's like one for sale in the US with the options and color I want.  2 door is really the main hold up, but I like the way they look so much better.

[SlimKlim]

Lol

Find me a dsg sportwagen, 2.0t or a 2 door GTI and *maybe*

Aren't the Sportwagens all 1.8Ts? You can still get good power out of them with a tune though. 

And yeah I say stick to your guns Stephen, there's gotta be one floating around and it might go for a premium when you go to sell thanks to the rarity of the 2-doors.

[.RJ]

RJ, Matthew, Stephen, you could be living this life.

#cel-life

[Apoc]

Velcro. Lol.

[SlimKlim]

Fight me

[Apoc]

Plate idea? 

[JPolen01]

[Senor_Taylor]

[ViPER1313]

Plate idea? 

You win the Internet today.

[.RJ]

when I had my A4 I almost ordered 'LOL CEL'

[Senor_Taylor]

What's a break in period?

[Jake]

What's a break in period?

If it's any comfort, I think my FoST first saw VIR with 400 miles or so on it.

[Senor_Taylor]

What's a break in period?

If it's any comfort, I think my FoST first saw VIR with 400 miles or so on it.

I've got 300 now, I think I can hit 500-600 by next weekend then the drive down brings me close to 700. I'll be fine.

If it was a Mazda, then I may have a few more thousand to go.

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[SlimKlim]

So it's been a full week since I picked mine up. Some initial thoughts:

1.) Adaptive Cruise is an amazing technology that I am almost certain has lowered my blood pressure and improved my general outlook on life. You take more of a managerial approach to stop & go traffic rather than having to be directly involved.

b.) Lane Assist is a nice concept and it's even executed fairly well in this car, but I still turned it off. If you're on a divided highway doing 55+ it's a great feature that'll nudge you gently back into you own lane should you drift too close to the line. However, NOVA roads just cause too many false positives with narrow/moving lane lines, and curvy but busy 4-lane roads like Herndon Pkwy. I will probably go back in and switch it on just for road trips where it's more in it's element.

iii.) The DCC (Dynamic Chassis Control aka Adjustable Dampers) is fuckin' choice. Comfort is King for commuting, it's not so soft that you can just crash through a pothole and not feel it like an old Cadillac... but it's also not terribly far off. Sport mode on the other hand is at least as stiff, if not stiffer, than the BMW on the Koni yellows. Like, you could read braille by driving over it. I have hucked it around an on ramp once so far, and as far as I can tell there is no perceivable body roll. 

IV.) IIRC, in older generations the Autobahns were a big step up from other trims and even got more sound deadening. I don't know if this is still the case or I just forgot how new a new car feels, but in Comfort or Eco mode it's like sitting in a bank vault. 

Cinco.) They finally "fixed" sport mode on the DSG. It will now upshift at about 3000rpms with a light throttle, whereas older cars will literally sit there and hang at 5500rpms coasting off the throttle, indefinitely. I have never understood why they tuned "sport" mode only be useful if you're on the track or in super canyon attack mode. I even tried using sport mode in the white one when Jake and I did Dub Deliverance figuring hey, it always keeps it in the lowest possible gear, why even bother with the paddle shifters, but I only made it a lap or two before slapping back over into "M", feeling the car shift when i didn't tell it to on track was just too weird of a feeling.

6.) Carplay is amazing.

7.) I really don't hate start/stop like everyone else seems to. There are certain times when it is annoying, like when the engine is still warming up or when I know I'm only going to come to a full stop very briefly, but I am getting used to predicting those situations and just tapping the button to deactivate it. At a longer light, it's nice just to sit there listening to the radio without the motor vibrating away up there for no good reason.

All in all, I'm really happy with the upgrade. If I do end up following through on my harebrained scheme to go full APR retard with this car, it really will be the best of both worlds. Either quiet, comfy, efficient commuter or fire-breathing turbohatch at the push of a button.

[.RJ]

 full APR retard 

Do you know or have read anything about any change to the clutch on the 2018 manual cars?  

I know a few people with 2015-2016 cars have had clutches that started slipping even without a tune at 20-30k miles... a tune will hasten this, I think.  Not that it really matters as VW isnt warrantying it anyways.