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Offline KIRKS1989

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Manual or DSG??
« on: 31 January 2010, 20:16 »
Hi people,

After the car being seized on thursday night i have decided that i what to change the car.

They have 2 cars available to choose from.  Same colour (Silver) similar spec but one is a manual the other is DSG.

Having not driven the DSG yet what would people recommend??

Thanks

Ben :smiley:
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Offline snakehips

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #1 on: 31 January 2010, 20:34 »
There are many other threads in this forum arguing the toss over this one, but I took the plunge with DSG a year ago and cannot imagine ever having a manual gearbox again.
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Offline Hurdy

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #2 on: 31 January 2010, 20:49 »
My last 3 cars have all been DSG and so will my next 3.....most likely :cool:
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Offline bornfree

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2010, 20:54 »
Ben

i had a quick test drive in a DSG. but i went for a manual.two reasons one because i like a manual you feel more in control somehow.and two because i work as an agricultural engineer and most modern tractors have electronically controlled multi clutched gearboxes.and the problems we get are horrendous i personally think the technology needs a few years to be as reliable as a manual.

bornfree
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Offline TagnuT

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #4 on: 31 January 2010, 21:07 »
DSG Baby..give it a try. You may like it.. :cool:
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Offline Saint Steve

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #5 on: 31 January 2010, 21:18 »
4th DSG car for me. Lovin it.!! :smiley:
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Offline Jimp

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #6 on: 31 January 2010, 22:09 »
Quote from: bornfree on 31 January 2010, 20:54
Ben

i had a quick test drive in a DSG. but i went for a manual.two reasons one because i like a manual you feel more in control somehow.and two because i work as an agricultural engineer and most modern tractors have electronically controlled multi clutched gearboxes.and the problems we get are horrendous i personally think the technology needs a few years to be as reliable as a manual.

bornfree
These tractors are probably running much higher torque than the GTI though. As Hurdy has shown, the GTI's DSG box can handle even heavily modded torque outputs quite well  :smiley:
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Offline 2007GTI

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #7 on: 31 January 2010, 22:42 »
If you do mainly motorways and some bendy country roads go for a manual.

If you do stop start city (London) traffic go for DSG.

I went for DSG, after having manual cars for 10 years and haven't regretted it. (I do the latter London roads)
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Offline Gene Hunt.

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #8 on: 01 February 2010, 03:03 »
Love the idea of DSG but still manual for me. :smiley:
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Offline Pando

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Re: Manual or DSG??
« Reply #9 on: 01 February 2010, 03:44 »
I'm hunting for a S4 just now, but will only accept a manual box

Golf manual box - the only type of box for us mechanical sorts
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