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DSG questions
edd666999:
ahh, im about to buy a 06 dsg and this s handy to know! i will get the service pack so i dont have to fork out for that big service!
sorry to hijack the thread but is there anything else i should be checking on a 06 gti dsg?
Kinbin:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on September 08, 2009, 11:54:43 pm ---^^^^
I think it's years or mileage - Whichever is reached first.
Warm Welcome to the forum, edd :happy2:
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Does this apply to an 09 DSG as well? Been driving a 6-speed DSG Gti for 5 weeks. :drool:
Using N and handbrakes at traffic lights, driving on 'D' but using the paddle shifts to initiate manual gear down for passing cars. :smiley:
*hic* my second post* :grin:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Kinbin on September 09, 2009, 03:24:16 am ---
Does this apply to an 09 DSG as well? Been driving a 6-speed DSG Gti for 5 weeks. :drool:
Using N and handbrakes at traffic lights, driving on 'D' but using the paddle shifts to initiate manual gear down for passing cars. :smiley:
*hic* my second post* :grin:
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....And A Warm Welcome to this forum to you too! :happy2:
The downside of leaving the DSG in D but overriding with the paddles is that after about 30 seconds the gears will automatically revert back to D mode. That isn't always a problem but can catch you out in some circumstances - I find it much easier to pop the floor stick into M, but the paddles override can also be very helpful in other circumstances.
At first I used to always stay in D and pop in and out of S-mode for overtakes. But now I've been trained to always be in the optimum gear for instant power or braking rather than loll around relying on the engine's torque. The optimum gear will give you the revs to be able to quickly accelerate or for helpful engine braking, although you can also paddleshift more than one gear at a time (something which works particularly well on a remapped DSG box).
Nowadays I only use D for traffic jam crawls or going through 30 limit villages and towns and I'm otherwise constantly in M. I tried using both D and S on the Nurburgring and the fact is that M gives you much more control.
That's the thing about DSG and S-tronic (Audi version) - There are so many different combinations you can use and it's just a matter of experimenting and getting used to them. Some drivers only think of DSG as a latest-state-of-the-art automatic transmission but it's rather more than just that. I've done over 70,000 miles and wouldn't have another car without DSG or its equivalent - Not even a Ferrari!
Experiment - You won't break it.
Hope this helps :smiley:
P.S. - This applies to both 6-speed Mk5 and 7-speed DSG boxes of tricks.
Matjazz:
:happy2: I really liked it. First thing is that in the city you will never put with manual from one traffic light to another from 1st to 6st gear. DSG does that, so fuell consumption is better than in the manual. Acceleration is better than in manual. The sound from the exaust beetween shifting is avesome :laugh: I can do this all day long just listening the BOOOM boom boooom :grin:
:confused: Thing that I don't like (excluding cost of repair when got broken) is that when you let say turning right from main road to another road and slowing down. It is anoying feeling couse car don't know that you will brake and than give power back, in manual you just live it in same gear (3th), here DSG goes in 2nd and than not shifting back immidiatly on 3th and I really don't like this... Still I can switch in manual... Next thing is time which is needed to shift when you put your foot down to the grown. If you had in 6th before car is shifting in 4th, this is the same clutch as it for 6th and this can be slow... Still you can shift to S or manual...
It is great aftherall... I can't wait to try double clutch with S3 or the new Chayman. Someone done that already?
nc35:
Well advanced driving and motorcraft teaches
"gear for go brake for slow"
Not so much with modern & performance cars, using the engine to brake from a high speed unsettles the car.
So compromising steering, braking & traction.
Personally in most situations I would prefer the brakes to take the wear than an expensive DSG box.
Think I must be getting too old. :signLOL:
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