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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Hawaii-Five-O on 25 April 2013, 07:52
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I feel VW have missed a trick with the design of the DSG stick shifter. While the manual gets the iconic golf ball design, the DSG is generic (barring a bit of red or grey stitching).
Does anybody else feel VW should have made a bespoke golf ball style design for the DSG shifter? After all it is a £1,400 optional extra :shocked:
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Nah, anybody ordering a DSG isn't a proper driver so don't deserve it!
J/K :wink:
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Edition 30 had a golf ball DSG stick. So, it is possible at any rate.
Now all you gotta do is get hold of one (apparently you can be they aren't cheap) and then find someone who can fit it without screwing everything up.
I agree they should have a special golf ball knob for the GTI DSG. Its these little things that make it special, and while cost cutting is everything to a large manufacturer I can't imagine this would be adding too many pennies.
EDIT:
Found this
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4970670-How-to-swap-DSG-shift-knobs-sticky-and-search-no-help
Seems like its not such a good idea.
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To be honest, I'm glad the DSG stick is different.
The golf ball design looks to me like something you could pick up from Halfords for a fiver!
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To be honest, I'm glad the DSG stick is different.
The golf ball design looks to me like something you could pick up from Halfords for a fiver!
But if the DSG had the golf ball stick, it'd be OK, right?! ;)
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I really like it. Classic GTI.
I remember trying to get an Ed30 one for my mk 6.
It was several hundred for a new one.....
I didn't bother in the end.
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To be honest, I'm glad the DSG stick is different.
The golf ball design looks to me like something you could pick up from Halfords for a fiver!
But if the DSG had the golf ball stick, it'd be OK, right?! ;)
No, I'd still dislike it, but I realise I'm probably in the minority!
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To be honest, I'm glad the DSG stick is different.
The golf ball design looks to me like something you could pick up from Halfords for a fiver!
But if the DSG had the golf ball stick, it'd be OK, right?! ;)
No, I'd still dislike it, but I realise I'm probably in the minority!
I don't know, I'm getting a manual and I can't say I'm a massive fan of the golf ball design. But given 99% of the time I have my hand covering the nob :lipsrsealed: I'll put up with it!
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I don't know, I'm getting a manual and I can't say I'm a massive fan of the golf ball design. But given 99% of the time I have my hand covering the nob :lipsrsealed: I'll put up with it!
It's the one thing in the interior that I have to admit I could take or leave. It's a bit gimmicky, but it sounds like you drive like me with your arm on the rest and hand on the, ahem, knob! :embarrassed:
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yup, always keep my hand on the knob for complete control and driving pleasure :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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yup, always keep my hand on the knob for complete control and driving pleasure :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Yup! I can remember taking out a DSG equipped GTI when I was choosing my current Mk5, and for me it took a lot of the fun out of the driving experience. It's great in stop-start, especially with ACC now, but in a car like this, I'd much rather have manual.
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Me too. I've found that, IMO, you only really need an auto if you do town driving/traffic jams all the time or if you are driving anything sub 5 seconds 0-60 then the paddles are safer to use as you have two hands on the wheel at high speeds. Saying that, I still prefer a manual regardless of the car as just feel more in control of the car.
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Not another Manual/DSG debate. :shocked:
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/images-1.jpg) (http://s796.photobucket.com/user/darrong/media/images-1.jpg.html)
:wink:
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Me too. I've found that, IMO, you only really need an auto if you do town driving/traffic jams all the time or if you are driving anything sub 5 seconds 0-60 then the paddles are safer to use as you have two hands on the wheel at high speeds. Saying that, I still prefer a manual regardless of the car as just feel more in control of the car.
I commute on the dreaded A14. DSG and ACC are going to be probably the most useful features on this vehicle for me in terms of how much they get used and the benefit!
With a DSG you can use the stick in tiptronic mode which makes it like a manual, so is it more the actions of using your feet on the clutch you miss? Or do you like to wiggle the knob around rather than just flick it up and down?
EDIT:
Just reread that last sentence :embarrassed: my bad.
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Not another Manual/DSG debate. :shocked:
No debate, just a comment! Each to their own, and every person has different needs & driving styles. The DSG is a brilliant gearbox, but IMO opinion is overkill on a car that only goes 0-60 in 6.4 seconds :lipsrsealed:
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Not another Manual/DSG debate. :shocked:
Nope, just a couple of us bantering over how we prefer our driving experience, enhanced/degraded by our relative preference of the golf ball knob! I don't recall saying DSG was better/worse than manual. Both are fantastic.
OK, I just noticed we both posted the same, but will let it fly just to prove the point!
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^^^ :grin: :grin:
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I was agreeing with you.
Image was a bit small, this one is better.
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/index.jpg) (http://s796.photobucket.com/user/darrong/media/index.jpg.html)
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I'm a big fan of the golf ball design and must admit i wish the DSG box came with the ED30 style knob, it just harks back to the mk1 a little bit more than a generic knob thats in all the lower trim cars! :angry:
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I'm not a fan of the manual golfball stick, the actual ball bit does does look a bit cheap. Unless I am surprised by how ergonomic it feels, i'll be sticking the stick in from my Roc (I have the "R" stick in, the standard Roc stick is not very ergonomic). The R stick gaiter has silver/grey stitching which should be a match for the GTD.