Scirocco Central

Am thinking of replacing my current 2.0 GT with the facelift model. Now it is an £820 extra, is adjustable suspension (DCC) worth having? Also is the XDS diff. lock a good investment?

I have adaptive suspension and like it, although its a personal thing as a lot prefer coil overs. I like the fact you can still have lowered springs if you don't go too low.

I have no experience myself on the diff side, but have heard from a Golf buddy who does a lot of track days that the Quaife diff he has is better than the VW uprated one he had previously. I ran a Cossie with a Quaife diff and it was superb, even with over 400whp.

What a great feeling going and upgrading your car.

It is worth test driving both. Nearly made the mistake of testing a golf GTI with DCC and thinking that the 'normal' setting would be what the standard car feels like. Fortunately did a second test drive and specified DCC as a result. Find it gives the best of both worlds - good cruising and changing settings gives good feedback when you want it

I have owned one with DCC and one without and to be honest I can hardly tell the difference. The new Facelift version drives better than the old one anyways. I found my 2010 rocco jumped around a lot at the back.
I also have the XDS on the Facelift version which does help when you put the power on when going around a corner.

Looking at VW configurator it seems that DCC and XDS is a standard option now!

If you plan on putting coilovers on then skip the DCC and put that £800 towards some decent coilovers.
DCC is good and you can absolutely feel the difference.

XDS I wouldn't pay for as you can enable it in VCDS.

XDS is only a clever way of combining existing electronic sensors such as ABS etc and cannot be compared with non-electronic diffs like Quaife. Would not bother if not free. DCC is adaptive so whichever mode it is set at it will still have a range of settings depending on such things as road conditions, throttle position and level sensors. The 'normal' setting is therefore not comparable to the set up of a non-DCC car. Worth test driving both before making a decision if it is an extra.