Is DSG really any good ?

[kartracer]

Personally I don't trust anything that doesn't have a clutch.

So you should love the fact that the DSG has 2 of them! Or, is it the actual pedal that you mean?

[2007GTI]

I second that, I had 10 years of manual cars, will never go back to manual now I've had DSG for 3 years.

I'm hard-core manual fan.
I have Edition 30 with manual gearbox.

But you know what?
Next car I buy - it'll be DSG.
Not because manual is no fun, it is just I don't care for manual shifting anymore, I just want to press the fun pedal and turn the wheel, nothing else.

[kevinz925]

Personally I don't trust anything that doesn't have a clutch.

So you should love the fact that the DSG has 2 of them! Or, is it the actual pedal that you mean?

Yes mate. Thanks for correcting me.

I just don't like the idea that some computer thing sits between me and the engine.

[neo66]

Has anyone got any pics of the standard paddles on the dsg? Never seen them b4.

[Peskarik]

Personally I don't trust anything that doesn't have a clutch.

So you should love the fact that the DSG has 2 of them! Or, is it the actual pedal that you mean?

Yes mate. Thanks for correcting me.

I just don't like the idea that some computer thing sits between me and the engine.

there is an ECU already 

[pitch3110]

The Ed 30 is the wife's car & a bit of fun for me (when she actually lets me have the keys).

The whole ethos of a fun quick car I feel, is the fact that YOU are in control and the drive and that whole back to nature thrash thing and throwing a lever.

I feel DSG (and I have experience) just takes this away a tad. I also have a Westfield (175bhp from 580kg) and lever throwing is all part of the fun.

Its just not cricket IMO.

Having said all that...........sitting in traffic for major parts of your journeys..........then auto is nice.

Perhaps the whole DSG v Manual thing depends on where you live & the type of driving you live with.

Fortunatly I live in sunny Suffolk which in the main is quite nice driving

Manual all the way for me sirs

NB.....apart for the New A4 S-Line of course.

[bobotheclown]

you can also change gear using the gear stick, it then becomes a sequential gear box. When in D move the gear stick to the left and push forward to change up, pull back to change down.

For those who find the paddles hard to use.

[JonnyG]

I just feel it has taken so much away from the day to day driving and even handling. dont feel comfortable going into corners and cant judge eaxctly when I should be putting the power on... let alone the dsg knowing what it should be doing. I know that the only solution to this is to use the paddles , but they arnt where they should be when the wheel is turned.

I understand what you say about cornering....basically in D mode you will not be in the right gear when pressing on through corners on A Roads and B roads and you really have to use the paddles (or stick) in manual mode to maintain the revs and get the same feel as a manual car.

In the R32, in D mode, it will try and enter corners in 6th when you really need 3rd or 4th.  I therfeore never ever use D or S mode on these types of roads anymore.  If you practice with the paddles (and the stick when the paddles are difficult to use on tight turns) in M mode you will start to enjoy the car a lot more   

Try the road from Slaid Hill to East Keswick as a practice     keep in 3rd or 4th all the way using the paddles.

[Ed30DSG]

Yes mate. Thanks for correcting me.

I just don't like the idea that some computer thing sits between me and the engine.

Yes, even in manual cars, the max throttle position is 'limited' in some gears until certain rpms - this might not apply to the gti, but it certainly does with other vag cars I've had mapped.

[carl1]

i tried it,was impressed but i didn't feel conected to the car