« Reply #4 on: 01 January 2018, 08:48 »
Welcome to the DSG club.
It needs servicing every 4 years or 40k, I think its £189 for an oil and filter change. I think that MPG is not as good as a manual box even though on some DSG cars it claims to be better. I think the hardest thing I had to do was learn to drive it with the paddles (first car with a DSG) but I have now mastered that and really enjoy taking 90% of the control.
Some tips, it will even in manual down shift and up shift (at the limits). The box can needs to warm up it can be a little slower when the oil is cold (not very long). ECO mode it de-clutches and freewheels, but I dont really like it (supposed to save fuel). You can still try and drive economically monitoring the road coniditions and taking your foot off the gas and coasting (in or eco or not).
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