When’s the 2022 gli coming to dealers I’m in the market for one!

Where's the merch store link?

Happy Monday Sufyan, this is a great looking volkswagen. However, we all know volkswagen cars are unreliable and expensive to repair.

What go pro mount is the one suctioned to the sunroof?

Why did you ruin the drive with that sourpuss dork sitting beside you??

Same here. I was really excited for this car, but that touch sensitive climate control and steering wheel I foretell will be a huge annoyance on a daily basis. Also a danger, as it causes the driver to take their eyes off the road for a longer period of time than using a simple knob for climate control.

That's true. Same here. I really hope they did it in a refresh.

Same here. And that hurts, because there's so much to like about this car. But unlike underpinning, these are thing you're going to be looking at and touching every day. A constant reminder of the second-class cost cutting in this vehicle.

The only thing about it I appreciate is the fact that the screen is positioned in a better line of sight. The old Gen I had to always look down

@@krane15 Not to mention the cheap prop rod!

The car industries fix to a function that wasn't broken. Thanks Tesla.

Yupp this is why, while I love the exterior of the new mk8 I’m going to wait for the 8.5 refresh to buy

honestly the honda volume knob wasn't even a big deal it's pretty easy to get used to people never gave it a chance and the steering wheel has volume controls too

@@Toymonkeyjr bruh why would you defend that. Everyone complained and the car is made better by having it back in. The new golf has had a similar reaction

@@papa_pt I can defend that because it didn't bother me, lol. Sorry for having an opinion. I'm used to old fashioned cars too but this feature never bothered me and I play music frequently there' s a lot of more annoying issues with the civic the volume knob is the tip of the iceberg and not a real issue. The new golf is different because literally all the buttons are not physical which civic retains a lot and the infotainment on the new golf has bad delay and glitches

It’s not hat bad

@@dantheman359 Try driving with it, hands slipping over that area, inadvertently engaging some function you didnt ask for. I have and I dont like it, and it is the general consensus across the car world too i might add. Capacitive this, 'hey google' that, forget it, whats next? Bringing back the clapper from the 80's, and incorporated into mmi, so thats how you turn it on, make karate chop motion for next track, cluck like a chicken to switch to gps, bark like a dog to turn it off etc, no thanks. Call me a dinosaur, but I have no need for siri, alexa, google etc in this space. For context, I come from a time of stick shift 911's and thumping C63's, where the only soundtrack you need is by winding down your window. Having acknowledged my fossilized state, I am embracing the future however, and I am looking at ev's, despite their lack of charm, they are the way forward.

VW: You will be frustrated to find your AC control while diving, then you will eventually give up and focus on your driving only. So we can call that "SAFE".😂

IKR. In my hand-me-down Golf, I have a Sony LCD radio with a knob and actual buttons, which I’ll take over a touchscreen any day. Sure it’s kind of tricky to get to individual settings, but it’s far easier to configure while driving. Also I figured out how to make each individual button and the display constantly change colors!!

Touch button last longer over time compare to the physical buttons and knobs that eventual fail or no longer operate properly after some years.

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior ah yes because you will be keeping your car long enough for the buttons to go out lol

@@michaelw2263 Indeed. I'm not dropping 100k on any vehicle just to trade it in 3 years later like what is expected with premium German cars. It also gives you peace of mind if you are buying it in the used market. German cars only give better deals when leasing short term.

I dunno, I have a 2018 Golf with gloss black interior trim and there's no scratches after 70k km (40k miles?) and still looks brand new. You just have to take care of it

Gloss black? The only gloss black I see is the screen bezel… if you want real piano black overload then look at what Kia does. It’s on the door handles, and center console. VW GTI is tame by comparison

@@kwillee93 yes, the entire area you look at the most is shiny plastic that looks like a cheap computer monitor, will reflect sun into your eyes and be covered in dust. No thanks.

@@kwillee93 or some audis

I've seen it in the flesh. The front end is actually very attractive and I really didn't like it at first. However, the rear end is not a looker (reverted to a3 8p / e92 m3 style lights and not in a good way). The interior is also a clear step down from mk7 this must have cost less to produce yet is more expensive for us consumers.

I think the headlights look cool, but I would much rather have a lamp-based headlight. My 2002 Golf TDI has lamp-based headlights, and they look wayyy cooler than the new LED headlights. Also, the lamps are easy to switch out, and they’re super bright as well.

I test drove both with the intention of buying the manual. However, the dual clutch was immensely impressive. It has more torque. The gear shifts are smooth and basically have no lag. I ended up buying the dual clutch.

Didn't even know he was in Asheville. I live in Asheville, and would have loved to meet Sofyan. I once owned a MKVI GTi (APR Stage 1), and a MKVII Golf 1.8 TSi (also an APR stage 1) and loved them. VW has been using the EA888 engine for a long time, and hopefully they have fixed some of the issues that plagued the VWs from few years ago. Fortunately, I have moved on to Lexus and absolutely love my RCF, and LX570.

Gotta agree here the R32’s glorious VR6 exhaust note was fantastic

@@thomassmith6027 well, I'll stick with my mk7.7.

Mk7.8 drives well

I'll just take mk8...

@Supernova actually I have never heard of something like that, I can’t drive on the road yet, but that was the first time for me to be in a vw golf r, but I can tell you that it felt pretty good shifting, I didn’t notice any problems at all

@Supernova Based on reviews I've watched, the shifter & clutch isn't much to write home about.

As a former MK7 GTI, then MK7R owner, and current model 3 owner, I would say model 3 first, than GTI. Im the wierdo that liked my GTI more than the R.

@40 Roller the chassis and awd system is a huge upgrade. This new interior sucks though

Just adjust your hold on the steering wheel. 10 and 2 isn't going to touch any haptic buttons!

I’ve had the mk8 gti for about a week. The steering wheel buttons are fine honestly. The only big complaint I have is the climate control and lack of knobs for it.

fAnBoI may fall in love with it !

Crash Team Racing?

Glad to hear..... Asheville has been home since the early 2000s, and absolutely love it here.

I owned a full Bolt-on Type R, loved the car but I traded it in, my advice no technology can't replace awd, I was spinning up into 3rd even before bolt-ons. I felt that at the end of the day Front-wheel drive was just not for me.

@@pbranham3508 my brother and i have both gti and golf r. Both were fbo now my gti will be traded in for any awd car i get into in the near future. Our R has a complete Verkline suspension and completely gutted while still being dailyed. No issues so far and the sound /speed is insane.

Both are great cars. I have a 19 Type R, my friends got a 19 Golf R. The Golf R has the better interior for sure. But at the same time if you plan on keeping it for the long haul, The Golf R is gonna cost a lot more for maintenance and repairs.

My stage 2 mk7 R nearly ran mid 3 second 0-60 so that will be easy with this one.

They already run 3.9 in stock form. 4.7 is way underestimated.

That's part of the stabilizer warp anomaly either during recording is in post. An annoying but minor glitch during a car review video.

@@krane15 Sure, that's probably true. But it's noticeable enough and on one of their older videos I've noticed it too. Redline responded that it's due to new tech not being yet properly set up, so it was more of a heads-up that there might be more setting up to do.

Geeks 😂

Not only that, the new headrests have some of that neck cranking forward angle all new cars have now. I really liked how the mk7 defied the trend and had normal classic headrests. In many ways it was a perfect car. No sunroof is the best, more headspace and nothing to gunk up and leak in the future. VW isnt great at designing sunroofs.

Bingo! I assume the R is imported from Germany? But the U.S. has different rules, so I don't thing VW is to blame for the sequential turn signal delete.

I couldn't agree more. VW handed the reigns of best interior over to the Koreans. Many of the cheap hard plastics used in VW these days remind me of eco cars of the 1990s. While the rear compartment may be comfortable, all that hard plastic reminds you you're sitting in steerage. On the other hand, even the more luxury Audi (and even BMW) also follow that rear seat trend.

@@krane15 the Koreans are winning in all fronts. The Telluride is an amazing SUV and the Elantra N is a track monster that will likely out perform the Golf R for less money.

It’s nice to hear from real owners living with this kinda crap. Reviewers might mention it but it’s a huge deal if you have to use it and live with it every day. I’ll never understand what problem the engineers think they solved.

@@cozyflannel it’s obviously “modern” the idea of removing the buttons and knobs, but it’s not practical and makes life more annoying.

@@cozyflannel I suspect the only “problem the engineers solved” was how to cut the cost of manufacture.

Not in Canada 😁

Affordable? 😅

@@dylanbasil4100 relatively