What's your "Individual Profile"

[Wirrarn]

My individual Profile is just pure perfection haha

I have everything on Normal except for the engine

And when I wanna go fast I just pull down my the stick so the engine goes into S instad of D. Its perfect, since when its in D its changes gear at 2100 revs and is comfy do drive, and when I wanna S it goes like hell

I know you could do the same by pushing Mode buttom then select mode on the touchscreen (or keep clicking Mode buttom)

The reason I like this way is because it doesn't take me any time to do it, its just smooth.

Sorry for my grammar.

 

[TMO]

The individual profile is my commuting profile:
DCC - Comfort
Steering - Normal
Engine - Normal
Diff - Normal
ACC - Sport
Air Con - Eco

Acc is in sport cause normal just accelerates way too slowly.

 

[Seastormer]

When I got Spa next weekend I plan to use the hidden "eco" setting along with comfort mode and drive mode to see what the car can do with these settings. on the motorway's anyway

Done this for a while and get 42mpg, without hanging about.

 

[Seastormer]

I think you have the car in Sport / Cupra mode ( ie stiffer suspension and sound actuator working ) but the DSG is in D mode so changes up and down in a less aggressive manner. It's a good compromise in my opinion . A quick flick of the stick and you are ready for action.

Yeh thats what I thought, but sounds like your and Simonali's idea of Leaving in a Sport/Cupra mode and changing stick when needed is the one to go for, great.

 

[DaFoot]

Is it possible to turn off the engine noise speaker thing through the custom profile?

 

[JF77]

I too am looking at a Milltek (a resonated one).

Will this affect the mode settings?

I like the comfort mode for pottering around and dont want it to be too loud in this mode.

J

 

[GrahamFR]

Is it possible to turn off the engine noise speaker thing through the custom profile?

No, but it will be quieter in Eco mode

I too am looking at a Milltek (a resonated one).

Will this affect the mode settings?

I like the comfort mode for pottering around and dont want it to be too loud in this mode.

J

No, the exhaust will make every mode louder technically...

 

[AndrewJB]

ECO mode is strange I tried to use it on the way to Spa and it basically cuts the revs right down when you let off

 

[GrahamFR]

for those needing the car to change gear for you doesnt it enable coasting, so basically coming out of gear or something?

 

[AndrewJB]

Dunno I turned it off after a few mins and put it back into Cupra

 

[TMO]

for those needing the car to change gear for you doesnt it enable coasting, so basically coming out of gear or something?

You shall be hung so for saying that!

Yes putting the engine into eco will enable the coasting mode so the auto box will pull the clutch whenever you release the accelerator, it will re-enable when either the brake or accelerator is pressed. I tried it for while for commuting but I couldn't get used to it, felt very strange. The throttle response is also very dumbed down so not good for a quick take off when needed.

 

[Snah]

I have it all set to cupra except dcc, that is set to comfort.

 

[bluenose172]

I've decided ECO mode is pointless doing a commute through town, I'm sure with my driving style I'll get more mpg just leaving it in D and coasting in gear. When the engine is knocked into N by ECO it will be injecting fuel to stop the engine from stalling, in gear the engine is just a big air pump. Might be useful on the motorway where you can coast for longer, but through town I'm not a fan!

 

[simonali]

My car is only ever in Comfort or Individual the latter of which is set as below:

DCC - Sport
Diff - Cupra
Steering - Cupra
Engine - Sport (would be Cupra, but fake noise thing is too loud and irritating)
Air Con - Normal

I think the Cupra suspension setting is borderline dangerous. The car sometimes leaves the ground if you hit a bump in the road it's so stiff!

I've now changed to:

DCC - Comfort (car handles just as well than in either of the two supposedly more sporty settings, it's just less hard on the fillings!)
Diff - Cupra (tried Normal for a bit, but car just understeers everywhere)
Steering - Cupra (prefer the weight)
Engine - still Sport, although Cupra is quieter now I've turned the volume down
Air Con - Normal

I think the DCC stuff is all Bolex. The handling is unaffected by the setting, only the ride, which is not the same thing. I think if I had bought the car outright and not PCP'd it I'd be looking at getting a decent passive set up fitted. What the Cupra needs is softer dampers, stiffer springs and thicker ARBs, not soft springs and stupidly stiff dampers with 3 different settings that make bugger all difference to the way the car handles.

 

[chrishale]

Is there any documentation for what each setting actually does? I'm interested to know what differences there are between the Comfort, Sport and Cupra modes for the Engine. Does it change the power output or is it just the sound? I prefer the sound of acceleration in Comfort mode for every day use, but don't really want to be missing out on anything haha.

 

[Stever750]

Is there any documentation for what each setting actually does? I'm interested to know what differences there are between the Comfort, Sport and Cupra modes for the Engine. Does it change the power output or is it just the sound? I prefer the sound of acceleration in Comfort mode for every day use, but don't really want to be missing out on anything haha.

Exactly my thoughts. I'd like to know what changes between each mode.
DCC is obvious, just altering the damper settings, which are easy to feel.

The engine setting is also mostly obvious, though ECO forget it, almost dangerous to drive; I'm guessing that the only difference between sport and Cupra is the false engine symposer, which I too dislike as it sounds like a cheap x box game. Not sure what Comfort mode does, other than change the shift points on the DSG

What's the difference between normal and Cupra diff lock? Sport mode is my current default, as the sound track in Cupra irritates me a bit, but I've not driven it hard enough yet to feel the difference between the two settings.
Steering seems to change the assistance profile between the different settings, so again that seems fairly straightforward.

It's disappointing that there is no info in the owners manual explaining any of this. I like to know what's actually being changed.

 

[MOzR1]

Eco mode is awesome for my commute. I'm lucky, I have miles of quiet dual carriageway with a few hills on my commute so with ACC set when I come to a downhill bit you knock off ACC and take your feet off the peddles and she coasts down the hills. That really improves the economy. It doesn't take that long to get used to but I could see how it could be annoying in urban settings or traffic.

I like the idea of using D instead of S in sport mode - hadn't discovered that thus far.

 

[Seastormer]

I've now changed to:

DCC - Comfort (car handles just as well than in either of the two supposedly more sporty settings, it's just less hard on the fillings!)
Diff - Cupra (tried Normal for a bit, but car just understeers everywhere)
Steering - Cupra (prefer the weight)
Engine - still Sport, although Cupra is quieter now I've turned the volume down
Air Con - Normal

I think the DCC stuff is all Bolex. The handling is unaffected by the setting, only the ride, which is not the same thing. I think if I had bought the car outright and not PCP'd it I'd be looking at getting a decent passive set up fitted. What the Cupra needs is softer dampers, stiffer springs and thicker ARBs, not soft springs and stupidly stiff dampers with 3 different settings that make bugger all difference to the way the car handles.

You can't be driving it hard enough, as on twisty and undulating roads the handling is no where as good in comfort, as when in Sport/Cupra.

 

[Stever750]

I've now changed to:

DCC - Comfort (car handles just as well than in either of the two supposedly more sporty settings, it's just less hard on the fillings!)
Diff - Cupra (tried Normal for a bit, but car just understeers everywhere)
Steering - Cupra (prefer the weight)
Engine - still Sport, although Cupra is quieter now I've turned the volume down
Air Con - Normal

I think the DCC stuff is all Bolex. The handling is unaffected by the setting, only the ride, which is not the same thing. I think if I had bought the car outright and not PCP'd it I'd be looking at getting a decent passive set up fitted. What the Cupra needs is softer dampers, stiffer springs and thicker ARBs, not soft springs and stupidly stiff dampers with 3 different settings that make bugger all difference to the way the car handles.

Interesting. For road use, I'd want the opposite. Softer springs for ride comfort, better damping for control, and uprated ARBs for tight corner handling. Dampers biased towards rebound than bounce. Track use would be completely different, but then I don't do that.

 

[mrlynch]

I'd be interested to hear what others feel about the Diff in the various profiles. I'm usually in Individual with Diff set to cupra and sometimes I wonder if its even working, especially in the wet. Compared to my old Megane 250 cup which the diff was brilliant and you could trust it to always kick in, the one on this i'm not so sure about - it certainly doesn't inspire confidence.