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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Manu_R32 on 03 September 2007, 20:56

Title: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: Manu_R32 on 03 September 2007, 20:56

Just out of curiousity cause i have never seen them before....can some one post pics of them  :smiley:

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: Hurdy on 04 September 2007, 09:45

Here you are Manu. :smiley:

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMGP0359.jpg)

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMGP0360.jpg)

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMGP0361.jpg)

Sorry about third piccie being blurred :embarassed:, macro function must've got a bit confused :undecided:

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: Manu_R32 on 04 September 2007, 09:57

Quote from: Hurdy on 04 September 2007, 09:45

Here you are Manu. :smiley:

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMGP0359.jpg)

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMGP0360.jpg)

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMGP0361.jpg)

Sorry about third piccie being blurred :embarassed:, macro function must've got a bit confused :undecided:

Thanks Hurdy...they are alot smaller than i thought they would be but i guess they do the trick  :smug:

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: mafri on 04 September 2007, 10:35

Quote from: Manu_GTI on 04 September 2007, 09:57

Thanks Hurdy...they are alot smaller than i thought they would be but i guess they do the trick  :smug:

Yeah, I was surprised how small they were. Perfectly formed, but not big enough to be called 'flappy'!

Having said that, clicky paddles sounds like some sort of medical condition......

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: RedRobin on 04 September 2007, 10:50

Here's a sharper pic. Although the paddles are quite small, if you are driving at 'quarter-to-three' position, which is best and which the GTI's wheel encourages by design, the paddles are very tactile and grippy. Someone is working on a paddle extension in ali which extends both above and below but it's not available yet - Should solve that 'hard lock & shift from 1st' awkwardness, although floor stick is an alternative in that situation.

I wasn't too sure I liked the paddles at first but now I only use them and can't remember the last time I used S-mode.

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/RedRobin_05/paddle_side.jpg)

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: Manu_R32 on 04 September 2007, 11:16

Interesting so its just a tap then by the looks of it

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: RedRobin on 04 September 2007, 11:32

Quote from: Manu_GTI on 04 September 2007, 11:16

Interesting so its just a tap then by the looks of it

....Yep. Gives a light click sound. All great fun and feels very instant and direct once you've got over your initial concerns. It's now so habitual that sometimes when I'm in a town and in D, I forget and use a paddle instead of letting the DSG do it automatically.

I have flashed my headlights instead of shifting gear on a couple of occasions!

Title: Re: DSG Flappy Paddles.....
Post by: Manu_R32 on 04 September 2007, 20:06

Quote from: RedRobin on 04 September 2007, 11:32

Quote from: Manu_GTI on 04 September 2007, 11:16

Interesting so its just a tap then by the looks of it

....Yep. Gives a light click sound. All great fun and feels very instant and direct once you've got over your initial concerns. It's now so habitual that sometimes when I'm in a town and in D, I forget and use a paddle instead of letting the DSG do it automatically.

I have flashed my headlights instead of shifting gear on a couple of occasions!

Lol...oncomers may have been abit confused then lol....thing at times i see a DSG Golf or something and i try looking for the flappy paddels or even clicky paddles but i cant seem to find them...just had to see a pic to see how they were lol