Has anyone ordered a 30 ed without a test drive of one?
I havent driven in a with DSG so was wanting to try and see how it was compared to a manual!!
What would i push to get from the stealer?
Hi icecube99 - we ordered our candy white edition 30 DSG without either driving one or even seeing a candy white golf ever.
Why?
-basically the GTI was the only car we liked the look of in the flesh, and the pics on the web of white looked fab.
-the Edition30 spec was far better than our old car, so there was no chance it was going to be disappointing
-Why gamble with DSG? Well the three things I hated about autos were:
a) The extra fuel
b) The lack of control when you wanted it (on most auto boxes)
c) Slow changes (some boxes - my dad's BMW auto box was absolutely dreadful - go for the overtake and it would often take two seconds before the power came on)
All the reviews of the DSG said all these were addressed. (And it turned out to be true).
I wouldn't go for DSG if the car was intended to be used as a track car, but then I wouldn't buy a golf for that sort of thing, I'd buy an old elise or something else a bit more minimal.
In the end, when we actually drove the car, it was even better than we'd imagined, the only problem being that you have to be aware of when to take your foot off the accelerator when you join a motorway, because you hit 100 without realising... With the old manual car, you sort of understood how fast you were going from the engine note in a certain gear. With the DSG thingy and the reasonably refined ride, it's hard to tell what gear it's in (or speed you're doing!) without looking at the dash.
