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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Jimmymature on 06 January 2011, 18:53
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Hi ladies, should I put the DSG in neutral when sat at lights etc or doesnt it matter?
Cheers,
Jim
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The shcool of thought on here is yes , reason is your double clutch will last longer which can only be a good thing :wink:
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Hi ladies, should I put the DSG in neutral when sat at lights etc or doesnt it matter?
Cheers,
Jim
Thankfully, you addressing DSG drivers. :shocked:
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If you are stopped with your foot on the brake both clutches are disengaged so no need to put it in neutral.
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Generally I don't bother - but when I was stuck in traffic for lengths of time during the snow slow down - I put it in neutral!
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As mike says, when foot is on the brake it electronically disengages the clutches so there is no need to constantly put the car in to neutral.
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If you are stopped with your foot on the brake both clutches are disengaged so no need to put it in neutral.
If you are stopped with your foot on the brake both clutches are disengaged so no need to put it in neutral.
Mean while the heat from the pads transfer into the discs warping them, neutral and handbrake. Also if you get rammed from behind, you shoot off like a rocket.
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If you are stopped with your foot on the brake both clutches are disengaged so no need to put it in neutral.
If you are stopped with your foot on the brake both clutches are disengaged so no need to put it in neutral.
Mean while the heat from the pads transfer into the discs warping them, neutral and handbrake. Also if you get rammed from behind, you shoot off like a rocket.
Yep sound advice, drop it into neutral.
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Mean while the heat from the pads transfer into the discs warping them, neutral and handbrake. Also if you get rammed from behind, you shoot off like a rocket.
And why would it do that when there is no drive engaged, foot on the brake is just fine.. :smiley:
Especially true when hill assist is activated, the drive is only engaged when you take your foot off the brake and the car then releases the brake itself.
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No foot on the brake please :laugh:
Nothing worse sitting behind a car at the lights at night and they sit dazzling you with there foot on the brakes. They bloody 4x4's are the worst as they are at eye level.
Sorry, carry on with the DSG neutral thread. :grin:
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So true, Its a pet hate of mine it gives me a headacre by the time i get home from work. Sitting behind all those lazy people who don't know how to use a handbrake.
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Or if you own a mk2 too scared to use the handbrake :grin:
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Or if you own a mk2 too scared to use the handbrake :grin:
Brilliant, Good call :grin:
Yeah Snoopy its my pet hate as well. I've had many a headache by the time I've got home. I've even tried stopping a good distance behind the car at lights but it makes no difference.
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Mean while the heat from the pads transfer into the discs warping them, neutral and handbrake. Also if you get rammed from behind, you shoot off like a rocket.
And why would it do that when there is no drive engaged, foot on the brake is just fine.. :smiley:
Especially true when hill assist is activated, the drive is only engaged when you take your foot off the brake and the car then releases the brake itself.
He means heat soak - if your brakes are really hot, the pad will generally be a lot hotter than the disc. When you come to a stop and hold the brake pedal down, heat transfers from the pad into the disc in one location only. In extreme situations this can cause pad material to adhere to the disc at this point, resulting in the uneveness which is commonly described as a warped disc. However I don't imagine this is going to become an issue unless you've just lapped a track a few times or perhaps slowed very hard from high motorway speeds to zero and sat at a traffic light for 5 minutes.
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When my car is in D it is biting on the "clutch" at standstill, this is the first DSG car I've had that does this, normally there is a very distinct on / off nature to the box but this one is very different.
The massive benefit of this is low speed parking manoeuvres that are now much easier and operates like a conventional auto in so much as it "creeps" rather than being engaged or disengaged with nothing between the two modes.