Sooo... I went out for a little spin!

[am1w]

Well .. I had to post this as you will agree.
Yesterday evening my cousin came over in his white 3 door Mk6 GTi, DSG, 18" M Shadows, ACC, his mileage 2956 miles, mine 1659 miles.
We got chatting and I suggested we go for a fast spin in our respective cars to see who could accelerate faster from near standstill. We checked tyre pressures, filled our tanks to the brim with BP ultimate, our body weights are the same, no crap in the cars etc .. you get the picture.
We found a stretch of very clear road where the speed limit is 70 mph, put the ACC into sport mode, he did what he had to with the DSG and off we went.
By 60 mph I was a car's length ahead of him and by 70 mph I was at least 1.5 car's length ahead.
He was not pleased. So we had a re-run. Again the same result.
We did not exceed the 70 mph speed limit.
He then wanted to swap cars and repeat the excercise. I politely declined.
By this time we felt like very naughty school boy's in total delight for not having been caught.
Result: Red is the faster colour, manual in this case faster than DSG!
I'll give clever Wolfgang a treat this weekend!

[sundaydriver]

You should have swapped cars to see if it was the car or just his driving!

[am1w]

You should have swapped cars to see if it was the car or just his driving!

I was waiting patiently and knew someone would say this.
He is a very good driver and is 10 years my junior. He himself felt my car had more ooomph and so did I.
Wolfgang is a one man band!

[sundaydriver]

You should have swapped cars to see if it was the car or just his driving!

I was waiting patiently and knew someone would say this.
He is a very good driver and is 10 years my junior. He himself felt my car had more ooomph and so did I.
Wolfgang is a one man band!

Dont blame you, i dont let anyone else touch mine let alone drive it.

[herbie911]

Provided the gear ratio and options from both cars are similar or identical, the manual car will be slightly quicker in gear cause the DSG weigh more.

However, the difference can simply be due to variation in bhp between one car to another!

I know I got a decent one. Not a single drop of engine oil been consume despite the hot weather! The car also loosen up nicely after passing 4000miles! Will start adding a few BHP after my 1st service and before VAT inc. next year!

[PenguinGTI]

Is this before your car got mapped?

If so then that is very impressive. If it was anyone else then I would argue with them about the impossibility of a manual winning but you are a true man and so I am satisfied to take you at your word.

Unless he was a bit of a muppet and left his DSG in 'd' mode. In my car at least the 'd' mode is a good bit slower than 's' or manual mode. I don't know if there is any difference in actual shift time but the fact that 'd' mode shifts up early (at like 4500rpm) does not help one accelerate speedily enough sometimes.

[sundaydriver]

Is this before your car got mapped?

I dont think AMW1 has remapped his car, sure he will tell us

[am1w]

Penguin, Sundaydriver.
No I have not re-mapped my car. My cousin is a very good driver, far better than I am IMO. His DSG was in sport mode. He tried his best twice to beat me, but Wolfgang held sway!
We will have a re-run soon once he gets his car checked by VW!
However, I don't hold much hope for him!

[PenguinGTI]

Well I must say congrats to you... I would have not thought this possible but you seem to have done it

(quite apart from that I have started falling out of love with my DSG... the direct drive nature of the gearbox means it can be quite jerky)

[am1w]

Well I must say congrats to you... I would have not thought this possible but you seem to have done it
(quite apart from that I have started falling out of love with my DSG... the direct drive nature of the gearbox means it can be quite jerky)

Thank you for your partial support.
My cousin lives in hope that he can beat me on a re-run.
He did not seem too pleased when I spoke to him taday. I was very considerate and did not rub salt into his wound.
I'll make sure that we fill our tanks from empty to full at the same time so there is no hanky panky etc etc.
I think Wolfgang is a good hound!