Stop/Start Tech & DSG

[CraigW]

Anybody got their new GTI/GTD using stop-start with DSG? I'd like to hear how it works and your day-to-day experience?

It pisses my dad off no end – he switches it off every journey. He stops for roundabouts but otherwise his commute is smooth flowing and he’s never stopped anywhere for long. Of course the system doesn’t know how long he’s going to be stopped for. If there is a VCDS solution to this, he wants his start-stop disabling ASAP.

There's a button beside the gearstick that switches the start/stop function off

[JoeGTI]

Anybody got their new GTI/GTD using stop-start with DSG? I'd like to hear how it works and your day-to-day experience?

It pisses my dad off no end – he switches it off every journey. He stops for roundabouts but otherwise his commute is smooth flowing and he’s never stopped anywhere for long. Of course the system doesn’t know how long he’s going to be stopped for. If there is a VCDS solution to this, he wants his start-stop disabling ASAP.

There's a button beside the gearstick that switches the start/stop function off

Yeah but you have to press it every time you restart the car.

[CraigW]

Anybody got their new GTI/GTD using stop-start with DSG? I'd like to hear how it works and your day-to-day experience?

It pisses my dad off no end – he switches it off every journey. He stops for roundabouts but otherwise his commute is smooth flowing and he’s never stopped anywhere for long. Of course the system doesn’t know how long he’s going to be stopped for. If there is a VCDS solution to this, he wants his start-stop disabling ASAP.

There's a button beside the gearstick that switches the start/stop function off

Yeah but you have to press it every time you restart the car.

Yes buts not really a hardship Joe, maybe a slight inconvenience.

[master_hayabusa]

Well if you really want to disable it permanently it's discussed on this forum. Apparently there is a code to do it.

http://www.a1-forum.co.uk/a1forum/viewtopic.php?t=9447&p=70983

In fact, specifically this.

http://www.a1-forum.co.uk/a1forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4473

[neilgcal]

I'm just back from a test drive in a GTD with DSG and moving off from the auto hold was really smooth. Was worried it may be a little jerky as others have reported. Couldn't work out why the car never switched off when stopped at lights but apparently if the air con is on it overrides the start stop also.

[Gung-Ho]

Anybody got their new GTI/GTD using stop-start with DSG? I'd like to hear how it works and your day-to-day experience?

Hawaii mate!!!... Just spent the weekend in London with stop start traffic and I can honestly say the 'Stop-Start' works a treat with the DSG box. I had no problems adapting whatsoever... Works very intuitively.

You basically rock up to the the lights, brake... Wait for the auto hold green light to appear on the dash, before letting your foot off the brake. Stop-Start will kick in (if the battery is suitably recharged). When you're ready to move off you simply hit the a accelerator pedal. Easy peasy! (You don't need to keep your foot on the brake or anything).

The only time I had to switch off the stop-start was manoeuvring into a tight space, as it kept stopping & starting everytime I switched from drive ' reverse!!!  So annoying. But apart from that I love the DSG box.

[p3asa]

The only time I had to switch off the stop-start was manoeuvring into a tight space, as it kept stopping & starting everytime I switched from drive ' reverse!!!  So annoying. But apart from that I love the DSG box.

That would be really annoying. Does it not disable itself when parking i.e. when the parking sensors are on?

[JoeGTI]

Mine is a manual and I don't recall it ever cutting out on me as I was about to maneuver into a parking space... It must be clever enough to realise somehow that I'm not stopped at lights, I am trying to park - maybe if you engage reverse within a certain time frame after stopping, it "knows"?

I can't see why the DSG would work differently. Super annoying if it did.

[dippy_x]

I think the manual only stops if you put the car into neutral and then take your foot off the clutch?  Not something that would happen if you are parking but I can see why this would be a pain in the ar$e if you had a DSG. Surely there has to be a better way for it to detect that you have stopped other than just pressing the brakes?

[JoeGTI]

I think the manual only stops if you put the car into neutral and then take your foot off the clutch? 

Oh yes, you are right. Car has to be put into manual, which I typically wouldn't do when parking.