Few observations and wondering if anyone else has experienced:

1) In steptronic (fake manual mode) the car seems to engine break at 5 --> 0mph.

2) Couple times in the few months of owning the car the LCD display refused to show the view from the rear camera while backing up. Not sure what sequence causes it yet, but I think both times I was in the USB media screen.

3) Grime gets into the kick panel of the rear doors of the car, inside the area of the door. It does not get past the seal. First car where I really need to clear in that area.

4) Water is some how getting trapped in the chrome trim of the rear trunk lid. Kind of weird; not sure how it is getting in.

5) On cold winter start, I think either the heat shield or exhaust manifold rattles (metallic). Diminishes after a minute of running.

I enjoy the design of the car.

 

1) On my 2011 2.0t the car seems to engine brake at any speed below 50mph when you let off on the gas. It is very noticable below 30mph andI'm a bit disapointed as this will not help gas milage.

For me this is when driving the car just in normal automatic mode i.e. in "D"

5) If you open the hood of the car when you start it cold I think that you will find that it's actually the plastic engine cover that is vibrating like mad and making that noise.

 

Hey Mr. Peabody,

1) Good to know. Yeah the 0 -->5mph worries me sometimes that the extra slow down in addition to braking might catch someone off guard if they are following too closely.