It took me a good while to fully get to grips with it (over a month) and learn about how to use it (how much throttle to use to hold gears and when to change for optimum gears) but its so worth it! Great in D, fun in S on the motorway and a blast in manual when out for a spirited drive!
I can see I need to learn. Actually, not just the DSG.
I have been driving since I was 17. I passed my test first time. I've never had a lesson since. I was almost 32 before I got my first car (I had a motorbike before that), but I've driven about 12,000 miles a year ever since then.
I had riding lessons for years, went on long after I could sit on a pony and walk trot and canter. I had singing lessons for years, and need more. Even top pros take lessons. Actually, even my motorbike lessons were more involving than my driving lessons - these were given by ACU guys, and they were really enthusiastic. Car driving lessons are just about getting you from A to B and passing the test.
I can see from a lot of these videos that there are driving skills and tricks I'm completely unaware of, stuff you wouldn't try on a public road, and certainly not for the first time. I guess I'll get to grips with the DSG OK. But I'm thinking I'd like to learn more. Never too late to learn, they say. Does anyone know of any driving courses held on a track where pros will impart some of these car handling skills to the ordinary Joe - or Jill as the case may be?
Rolfe.
