How do you drive a DSG?

[Ess_Three]

^^^Agreed

no one questions the technology or its efficiency. it simply removes the fun from driving. you find that your right foot becomes proportional to your speed. when that speed doesnt come you are left wanting to be in a lower gear...  habit means you often forget that you can change down manually, but i would rather be in the correct gear in the first place

Use the paddle or the stick...if you are not satisfied...."how can you forget if you are/become aware of that "disadvantage"....

Ahh yes...those oh-so-efficient but totally lacking in feel, microswitches.
At least other makers have the ability to engineer some 'feel' into the mix...SMG, E-Gear etc.

[Snoopy]

Thats actually a good point. The DSG cars should have to pay an insurance premium as there more likely get pinched by 10 year olds or less tealeafs, as any idiot can drive a DSG car.

[ErikGTI]

Hahahahahahaha....on the one hand you speak about fun and getting quicker and on the other hand you condemn an innocent traffic sprint....

Okay I am now going to admit for the record that I am no good as a (racing) driver...Hell I even do not see myself as a perfect chauffeur....I am as average as average can be....and would you believe that the avarage driver on the road is awfull.....so......THANK YOU SWEET LORD ABOVE..... for DSG/ESP/ABS/XDS/TCS/CBS/ETC ETC ETC......I now can feel a bit like Schumacher....in my own little racing car ......now who is having all the fun...

[R32UK]

......now who is having all the fun...

ME!!! in my manual

[am1w]

Oh and anyone that does traffic light races is just a knob.

There are only 2 knobs worth considering IMO: Your own (if you are male) and that of the Ed30.
I'll leave the paddling to ducks and dicks.  

[am1w]

The Merc I sometimes drive is a 7 speed auto and bores my sh!tless just as a DSG would.

Paying an extra £1300-£1400 for DSG just to be a semi-driver seems a bit pointless to me.

Do you think that DSG is a substitute for frustrated chauffeurs?

[ErikGTI]

It is at least remarkable that there seems to be some sort of aggression towards the DSG drivers.....might it be that they are quicker (by more than 0.1 second)...

It is a bit uneasy (to say the least) to be among a lot of skillfull drivers who know what is best for you...

Why do I get the idea that you are all taking turns wearing the helmet in the Top Gear series... .

[ErikGTI]

.......just as a DSG would.

You mean to say you are ASSUMING here.....


BTW I must admit that my car and the DSG judgement is based on a remap...that is a totally different ballgame...or maybe it proves my point even stronger 

It is all so personal my friend...but great stuff to exchange one point of view...

[am1w]

Nothing to do with speed or aggression or the utter laziness of most drivers.

All to do with total involvement in the art of good driving which is fast disappearing.

Now go and play with your plastic paddles while I enjoy playing with my substantial knob.

[Ess_Three]

Why do I get the idea that you are all taking turns wearing the helmet in the Top Gear series... .

You seem to be hung up on this image of a racing driver.
I'm not a racing driver.
I don't live on a race track.
I don't own a racing car.
I want to be able to have fun in my FWD hatchback...so I'll choose the option that lets me do that, is more involving...but slower.
Does that sound like Stig behaviour?

Thought not.

I'll stick to enjoying one of the few free pleasures left...at least until that liberty is removed and I'm forced to drive a spako-matic by a company/gorvernment that decides I'm no longer able to work gears and a clutch for myself.

No hostility...just enjoying my rights.