Loving this thing! Still only in double digit mileage so far, But my first impressions are VERY positive, feels more premium than the Mk8 somehow, it’s hard to put into words as to why, but it feels different compared to the Mk8 GTI I traded in. I’ll post more as I get a bit more time behind the wheel.
HK and HUD are new to you right?
What do you think about those?
New to me in a golf, yes. But I did have both in my old M135i xDrive,
The HUD is just as good as the one in the BMW, very good quality image, and works as you’d expect, I haven’t done many miles yet so haven’t had a lot of chance to drive in different scenarios with the HUD, but as with the BMW I’ll likely not always have it switched on, actually probably off more so, this is just a personal preference however, as it works really well and displays the required information nicely. As for the HK, from memory, it’s not quite as good as the system in the BMW, but that one did have logik7 and was set up a little different with more speakers in extra locations, when I picked up the GTI I initially thought it didn’t sound much different to the standard system, but overlooked the fact that the equaliser was set flat and it was set to speech etc, once set up and surround was active, it actually sounds pretty good to be honest, clarity is very good, and it is plenty load enough, the lows are nicely balanced but could be stronger, there are limits though I guess considering the hardware available, overall I’m pleased with the sound quality and glad I specced them both.
