This is going to be a controvertial thread
Does anyone regret buying a car with DSG? I have been driving my car for over a year now. Mostly I don't regret DSG, but sometimes I do.
DSG is great! For 95% of my driving - I love it. Pulling away from any stop is an effortless revelation! However...
... I wish I had a manual for most overtaking. And I love to overtake. I have tried everything - kick down switch, paddles, S mode and gear leaver manual.
The best method for overtaking that I have found is... Anticipate the overtake - selecting the S mode on the gear lever. Wait a second. Push the foot pedal down to the KDS but not hard enough to activate the switch until the car has sufficent revs (3500?). Then push down the KDS. This gives me max power for overtakes. The problem is after the overtake the car is... confused... usually, even if I push the gear lever back to ordinary drive (or not) the car is revving hard in 4th. So I usually have to use the right hand paddle to put it back into 6th.
... who said automatic is un-involving?
Slow overtakes - pull the right paddle and the cars goes manual 6 - foot down to KDS.
Medium overtakes - pull the left hand paddle for gear 5 - foot down to KDS - then select 6.
Of course sometimes fully automatic is fine. But usually I am left with a feeling of lack of control and there always seems to be a slight delay with full auto.
Maybe I am doing something wrong? Advice welcome.
I can't help thinking that for my driving style - my next car WILL be manual. (though maybe 300hp would work better with automatic?
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