2022 VW Golf R (Mk8)

[Buster]

welcome to being middle aged guys.

Looks good on all of you!

[max_boost]

Has it arrived at any dealers yet? You guys still getting one?

[heavyD]

The interior is horrible. Nearly every review has stated how garbage the haptic controls on the steering wheel and below the infotainment system are. Combine the price increase with the interior taking a big step back from MK7 and it's just not as compelling a car as it used to be.

[max_boost]

Honestly can’t think of a better performing car for $50k tho

[ExtraSlow]

Both the posts above match what I've heard. Don't know how to feel about that.

[cam_wmh]

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The interior is horrible. Nearly every review has stated how garbage the haptic controls on the steering wheel and below the infotainment system are. Combine the price increase with the interior taking a big step back from MK7 and it's just not as compelling a car as it used to be.

Oof. They better do a .5 gen update then eh

[bjstare]

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Looks pretty sweet. Awesome they have torque vectoring diff, although unfortunate it doesn't have a little more power. Very unfortunate they ditched actual buttons and knobs; that has to be one of my biggest pet peeves about where car design is headed. Idgaf about sunroof, or MT... I never use the sunroof, and my wife can't drive manual.

Overall though, would make an awesome DD.

This post aged pretty well.

Give me all the buttons.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Looks like Sherwood Park VW might have a couple on the ground? Wouldn’t mind hearing people’s thoughts when they see them in person.

[flipstah]

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The interior is horrible. Nearly every review has stated how garbage the haptic controls on the steering wheel and below the infotainment system are. Combine the price increase with the interior taking a big step back from MK7 and it's just not as compelling a car as it used to be.

Nothing is as bad as the Cadillac CUE

[dimi]

The price of everything has gone up, it’s not 2016 anymore. A35 is easily $10 grand more with a few options. The increase in price in Canada is pretty small compared to the US.

The lack of buttons situation is certainly not great, but in the grand scheme of things, the power and torque vectoring awd still make for a very compelling package. It's basically an evo x mr, that's better in almost every way.

[flipstah]

Back in my day, you could buy candies for a nickel

[heavyD]

I remember when a bag of chips cost a quarter. I don't love long expanses of hard plastic enough to like that interior. Those slider buttons below the infotainment system are supposedly infuriatingly useless. That steering wheel doesn't have the haptic buttons on the Type R wheel that people accidentally turn on the heated steering wheel every time they try to use the steering wheel controls for the audio system.

[cam_wmh]

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That steering wheel doesn't have the haptic buttons on the Type R wheel that people accidentally turn on the heated steering wheel every time they try to use the steering wheel controls for the audio system.

wut

[max_boost]

Interior can't be that bad lol

[flipstah]

Is haptic feedback the one where you hover and the icon gets bigger on the screen? Or is it when you touch it it clicks?

[danno]

I believe it to be touch feedback with no click of a button. What I heard with the heated wheel button is not just that it turns on often but it’s a pain to turn off as you have to go into the infotainment screen, I find that hard to believe but I saw it on video.

Matching the negative stuff on the interior the exterior isn’t interesting at all. Glad I didn’t wait for one a got the Uber fast golf alltrack, at least the interior is nice and comfy for winter.

[ThePenIsMightier]

I thought haptic feedback meant it vibrates a tiny bit upon touching or menu selection.

[Inzane]

I'm quite happy with my mk7.5, and I've only had it for a tad under 2 years. I have no interest in the new model at this time.
If I want a little more power I'll just get a JB4 or a stage 1 tune.

[flipstah]

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I believe it to be touch feedback with no click of a button. What I heard with the heated wheel button is not just that it turns on often but it’s a pain to turn off as you have to go into the infotainment screen, I find that hard to believe but I saw it on video.

Matching the negative stuff on the interior the exterior isn’t interesting at all. Glad I didn’t wait for one a got the Uber fast golf alltrack, at least the interior is nice and comfy for winter.

That seems weird for sure. Maybe it was a pre-production bug?

[heavyD]

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wut

Check out review videos and you will understand. Numerous journalists have complained that they accidentally turn on the heated steering wheel when using the steering wheel buttons.

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That seems weird for sure. Maybe it was a pre-production bug?

Can't be fixed unless they change the design to move the button for the heated steering wheel where it's more out of reach or just go with a setup that's been proven like regular buttons. Haptic buttons on a steering wheel is just bad design.