Thoughts on DSG R

[CHB100]

I thought I was madam, my response was to Exonian, as in quote.

Yes, I think you'll find he drives a manual sans paddles of any description, but with an extra pedal to compensate. 

wigit has a DSG with big paddles.

Forum fact: Doesn't matter who you quote, others will respond. 

Anyone? How rude On a private conversation

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[Booth11]

I thought I was madam, my response was to Exonian, as in quote.

Yes, I think you'll find he drives a manual sans paddles of any description, but with an extra pedal to compensate. 

wigit has a DSG with big paddles.

Forum fact: Doesn't matter who you quote, others will respond. 

Anyone? How rude On a private conversation

Heading : Ask the Experts - Here's one for you, save me the trouble, best rubber mats for front only. Thinner the better, I think you have some but would you buy same again, anyone can answer,  thanks 

Hopefully for your sake someone will respond to you. Your chances of getting any helpful info out of me on this forum are next to zero.  Once bitten and all that. 

[vance1]

Thanks Booth, they were both 15 plate cars but sounded quite different, the first sounded like an old audi 5 cylinder engine, nice, with the parps on gearchange. The second was quite restrained , so I wondered if you could turn down the soundaktor. I didn't know there was flaps in the exhaust, thanks

[Booth11]

Thanks Booth, they were both 15 plate cars but sounded quite different, the first sounded like an old audi 5 cylinder engine, nice, with the parps on gearchange. The second was quite restrained , so I wondered if you could turn down the soundaktor. I didn't know there was flaps in the exhaust, thanks

You may already know all this so forgive me if you do.  On MY16 cars (built from end May 2015) an option to adjust the interior Soundaktor noise was introduced. It's only available in the Individual driver mode menu and referred to as Interior Engine Sound. On any car built PRIOR to end May 15 this is not an option.  So if you are not talking about real external exhaust sound, then it may be the case that one of the cars you tested was pre the adjustable soundaktor option, and the other post?  However regardless of this, on eithewhen in Race mode the soundaktor is by default set to its loudest, it's only in Individual mode on the later cars that the fake sound can be adjusted, so you can technically have everything set to Sport (as in Race mode) but the soundaktor set to Sport; Normal or Eco (loud, med or low).  Maybe this is something to do with the difference in sound of the two you tested.  Prior to the menu change, some owners chose to unplug the soundaktor or turn it down via VCDS/OBD11, so that's a possibility. But that said, the parps come from the actual car/exhaust not from the soundaktor.

A post end May 2015 Individual mode menu

[Raffe]

I''ve obviously not grown up as I love the DSG 'parps' as we're calling them, and with the addition of the BCS Res Delete they are even louder and more aggressive....great fun under bridges and through tunnels 

[vance1]

Many thanks for the info Booth, I didn't know that. I'm not sure when they were built but that could be the reason, thanks. I assume BCS Res Delete is something you can do with VCDS?

[Booth11]

Many thanks for the info Booth, I didn't know that. I'm not sure when they were built but that could be the reason, thanks. I assume BCS Res Delete is something you can do with VCDS?

There's a bit more to a resonator delete than that.  Raffe will able to enlighten you, but worth having a look on VWROC (R Owners Club) modifying section. Just type resonator delete into the search box t the top of the section for various threads on various res deletes.

http://www.vwroc.com/forums/forum/59-modifying-your-golf-r-mk7/

[Raffe]

Many thanks for the info Booth, I didn't know that. I'm not sure when they were built but that could be the reason, thanks. I assume BCS Res Delete is something you can do with VCDS?

No it removes the centre silencer, the difference with the BCS option is it has a Helmholtz silencer which eliminates drone.

This mod gives you a deeper/sportier tone to the OEM exhaust and some nice gurgles and burbles on overrun, the real beauty is that it doesn't drone like most aftermarket exhausts do...win win.

Exactly how the car should have come from VW for a 300bhp car.

[vance1]

Thanks for the info Raffe

[wigit]

Have modern cars become so dull and overly competent that the defining feature of a Golf automatic is how loud it can backfire going past the local drive-thru on the bypass?

This is so true I am afraid, that said like a child it is what I love especially in the estate, without it I'd probably nod off. There is an 'Easter Egg' mode on the M2 where if you use it in manual the burbles when you lift off are insane

Still not convinced re big paddles, the std are perfectly placed for me anyway.

You need to sit an Alfa Giulia and try the paddles on that, just amazing.

My R is driven mainly in manual mode and my previous one did a lot of track work and they were just a lot nicer and more accurate.