How do you drive a DSG?

[Jimble]

Spako-matic! LMFAO!

[Ess_Three]

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

Off on a tangent I know...

But modern cars:
Park themselves, because people have lost the ability to know where the extremities of their vehicle are, and as such cannot park it.
They have a camera to see hehind, because drivers are too lazy to turn round.
They have automatic lights because drivers are too thick to realise the light level has dropped and they can't see/bee seen.
They have automatic wipers to save the terminally lays from having to extend a finger and manually activate the wipers.
They have automatic gearboxes to save people from changing gear themselves.
They have cruise control to save people from actually having to use the other of their legs that DSG doesn't relegate to 'not required'.
They have ABS/ESP/TCS etc, which whilst being perfectly valid safety systems, they allow the stupid and the lazy to let the car sort out poorly judged applications of brakes, throttle and cornering ablilty.
They have tyre pressure warning systems that whils warn you of a ligitimate de-pressurising tyre, also allow the lazy to never check their tyre pressures,...and hence never bother checking the condition of their tyres.

Which allows the driver to make swift, relatively safe and speedy progress whilst completely insulated from all road conditions, oblivious to those round about them...and frees up their limiterd attention span to let them play with their touch screen in car media systems.

[The Doc]

"I went for a test drive yesterday in a DSG (not my first time)  So whats the best way to "do it" ?  Paddle it.  Auto it? Stick shift it?"

Remember this? It's the question at the begining of this thread and there is no reference to manual vs DSG anywhere.....

DSG drivers will always love their DSG boxes just as Manual box drivers will always love their manual boxes.

Enjoy your cars drivers ;-)

[ErikGTI]

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

Off on a tangent I know...

But modern cars:
Park themselves, because people have lost the ability to know where the extremities of their vehicle are, and as such cannot park it.
They have a camera to see hehind, because drivers are too lazy to turn round.
They have automatic lights because drivers are too thick to realise the light level has dropped and they can't see/bee seen.
They have automatic wipers to save the terminally lays from having to extend a finger and manually activate the wipers.
They have automatic gearboxes to save people from changing gear themselves.
They have cruise control to save people from actually having to use the other of their legs that DSG doesn't relegate to 'not required'.
They have ABS/ESP/TCS etc, which whilst being perfectly valid safety systems, they allow the stupid and the lazy to let the car sort out poorly judged applications of brakes, throttle and cornering ablilty.
They have tyre pressure warning systems that whils warn you of a ligitimate de-pressurising tyre, also allow the lazy to never check their tyre pressures,...and hence never bother checking the condition of their tyres.

Which allows the driver to make swift, relatively safe and speedy progress whilst completely insulated from all road conditions, oblivious to those round about them...and frees up their limiterd attention span to let them play with their touch screen in car media systems.

Funny I am thrilled with all these features and I am driving this thing more than all my previuos less luxuriuos car...but as the doc ordered each enjoy your car.....

@AMW1 .....please enjoy your knob while I have it done for me.......each his own

[The Danno]

That is easy ....... you drive a GTI DSG by putting your foot down and grasp your steering wheel...isn't life simple..
Your only problem is getting to "feel" the amount of power you give it on the edge of wheelspin...

I am truly amazed that every "manual-lover" thinks he is the Stig.....because in 99 percent of the other cases you are the losing one against a traffic light sprint...

Besides it is really not 2010 if your soffisticated engine has to be controlled by a wannabee Schumacher fumbling with a stick in a pre-cut hole trying to get the exact moments right....

The comfort in daily use is.....a gift from heaven...
Do not forget you can still get your "feeling of control" by the paddle or stick...whatever makes you happy...

All those huge advantages at a moderate price......it is a no-brainer.....full stop (unless you are on a budget).... 

If getting away from the traffic lights 0.1 seconds quicker is your prime concern...go for your life. Order DSG, it's faster.
In fact, if saving 0.1 of a second is your prime concern, buy a faster car.
If however, you want to be involved...DSG doesn't cut in in the same way a manual does...if VW had even remotely trid to give the 'paddles' some feel in may have helped, but they didn't. It's just a micro-switch, much as you get on a PS3...and about as rewarding.

DSG may be faster off the line, may give better economy on paper, may be better in traffic...but it bores the tits off me, so as long as I have two arms and two legs that work, and the Government don't find a way of taxing involvement...I'll spec a manual. Hell, I'd pay the cost of DSG NOT to have it.

You don't have to be the stig to remember you are human...and to remember how to have fun in a car.
If more people were more aware of the car they were driving - by the car doing less for you - then maybe the driving standards would be higher!

...and you don't need to think about how much power to give it...XDS/TCS does that for you.
Modern cars are designed for the brain dead with little skill.

I totally agree with you there. Manual all the way. Whether I'd pay to have it, well not too sure about that, but good for you.

To be honest I love the involvement, and the fact that you don't get it right ALL of the time. When you do the perfect start it feels all the more satisfying. It's like a metaphor for life, with it's highs and crashing lows, especially when you fluff it up, like I did once when I was trying to race my mrs off the line...God I've never heard the end of it!

[Saint Steve]

I would personally say , that if my current car was manual, i would be seriously considering selling up, but for me, and only me think the dsg, is the one thing that i absolutely love about my old bird Mk5.

Im on my 4th dsg car, have driven manual Vw's when having Courtesy cars, i hated using a clutch,  same as people using dsg as a Test drive and not ownership.

We all enjoy different things about driving.

I love the fact that my car can keep up with more powerfull cars, when they are struggling to find a gear in a hurry, i just cruise up and pass, with no problem, and with an almost school smerk  :embarassed:.

One thing though, living in a Town, and not the countryside, dsg is a god send for me personally. £1300 is a no brainer extra.

Perhaps a manual in the countryside, may be better suited?? and enjoyable or "engaging" as been said.

[am1w]

Saintly Steve: The DSG + Verdys are a match made in Heaven for you, I presume?

[stokeballoon]

Drive a DSG by pointing and pressing.  In between visits to the Dealer to get the mechatronics unit replaced, until the warranty runs out........................

[Ess_Three]

Drive a DSG by pointing and pressing.  In between visits to the Dealer to get the mechatronics unit replaced, until the warranty runs out........................

How to win friends and influence people, the stokeballoon way! 

[Saint Steve]

Drive a DSG by pointing and pressing.  In between visits to the Dealer to get the mechatronics unit replaced, until the warranty runs out........................

Never had a Mech's unit replaced. 51k and without a missing a beat.

Mine doesnt fail cus i dont leave it in D all day long

It gets used as it should

@ the Ballon man 
Hmm, lets think how many cluches have failed in manual cars, after a remap shall we 

Nowt wrong with my mechs unit
and the vast majority aswell Dave.