DSG Gear Shifting - 5th gear at 30mph...

[Stiggy]

Done 1700 miles in my ed30 now - mine also shifts at low revs, but averaging 27/28mpg around town - think it needs a long motorway trip.  I have noticed that the gear change depends greatly on how you use the right pedal, as some of you have mentioned.  Tried launch control as well a couple of times - WOW!  Another thing i've noticed - when i hit 800/850miles, the car sounded and felt completely differently to brand new, as if it were a completely different car.  And since then, till 1500 miles, the car seems to have changed in responsiveness and sound (in a positive way!).  Is this normal?

[teebee]

"If you do "mash the carpet", using kickdown, then it will always hold the current gear until the rev-limiter is reached, and only then change up."

No it doesn't.
If you kickdown, then lift off, it won't redline. It'll change up.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

"If you do "mash the carpet", using kickdown, then it will always hold the current gear until the rev-limiter is reached, and only then change up."

No it doesn't.
If you kickdown, then lift off, it won't redline. It'll change up.

Erm, you are twisting words:

If you press the accelerator pedal fully down, so that you have pressed the kickdown switch, and hold the pedal there - then the box will change down to the lowest possible gear, and will NOT change up, until the rev-limiter is reached.

However, if you do lift off enough to release the kick-down switch, then of course it will change up earlier than the rev-limiter, and will revert to using the adaptive shift pattern.

These two scenarios are very different!