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Phil mcavity

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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #20 on: 24 March 2008, 21:19 »
i must admit, i would of been better if the paddles were in a fixed position kinda like the aston Martin or Ferrari, where the arent attacted to the steering wheel.I have seen someone post a link with larger paddles on another forum website. Cant grumble though, one of the most enjoyable things to tell a friend that you have f-1 style paddles on the steering wheel!  :wink:

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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #21 on: 24 March 2008, 21:38 »
I always told myself i'd buy manual cars... Had a mini cooper (05 plate, not classic) which i modified a good bit and boy o boy was that a cracking cross country car!

I however then had a birthday treat of a day out at knockhill with my dads cars.. Of which i spent most time in his 360 spider with the *f1 spec* gearbox and paddles... F*** me i loved it! Was absolutely brilliant, so as i wrote my mini off i decided since seeing the DSG on various tv programmes i wanted to see how it plays in real life compared to my days with the mini and my day with the 360.

Haven't regretted it at all (I hate not being able to get an r32 in white with the ed30's front end and interior... oh well) and loving it even more as the miles clock up. If i had any gripes, in the 360 you knew which gear you were in given the big digital numerical display and could tell just when to downshift/upshift given the noise of the engine and the "sporty" changes lol. The DSG if anything is just tooo silky smooth and i always find myself checking what gear im in just to make sure. As said above, i also wish the paddles had the same sort of style as the ferraris/lambos etc im sure ill get used to it ;)

You either like it or you don't, all down to what you want in a car!
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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #22 on: 24 March 2008, 21:41 »
Like most of the other posts i'm fully converted to DSG. However one small gripe. The paddles are rather small and as they are on the steering wheel itself they can "get lost" when the wheel is turned more than 45 deg. In this situation you have to dive for the stick rather than the paddles.

Does anyone know of an aftermarket longer paddle upgrade?

I have seen a couple of post on here. One was a set of alloy extension paddles that fitted to the top of the existing ones. The other one was to fit larger Audi TT paddles instead of the the golf ones. I don't have the links to the pages at hand :embarassed:

Oh, here we are but the pics have gone missing:-

http://www.tt-forum.co.uk/ttforumbbs/viewtopic.php?t=8662&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=paddles&start=0

http://vwmaniacs.com/?pid=1828958

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On the subject of DSG. Once you get used to the many options or ways of driving it. Its spot on  :cool:  Ask the R32 owner who failed to blast past me the other day. :cool:
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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #23 on: 24 March 2008, 21:57 »
....The Audi TT paddles won't fit the Mk5 GTI - I investigated it with the TTshop a while ago. Also, the rare European DSG Mk4 R32 paddles don't fit either! :sad:
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« Reply #24 on: 24 March 2008, 21:59 »
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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #25 on: 24 March 2008, 22:40 »
I considered the Japanese aluminium paddle extensions but decided I wouldn't be confident how well fixed they'd be. Also I began to accept the standard GTI paddles and now find I'm happy with them and especially like their contours and ribbed grips. :cool:


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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #26 on: 25 March 2008, 00:13 »
Laser

DSG is a great system, and can in 99% of situations give you full control over the box.

The only flaw in the system, is VW's refusal to programme it so that you can left foot brake at low speed, it's a small annoyance maybe to a handful of drivers, but if you always use 2 feet it will drive you mad when it refuses to pick up when you need it most, ie entering roundabouts etc, waiting for the gap, then suddenly finding that it's like the mother of all flatspots when you floor it. Apart from that gripe, it works perfect with left foot braking when the speeds are up higher and the engine is spinning, ie fast road blast, then I have to say it's a real laugh just getting the thing to dance up and down the box at will, faster than anyone can ever get a floorstick to change gear.
Compared to the jerky gremlins in an  E36/E46 M3's SMG, I agree that dual clutches are probably the future of potent cars, as shown by the new Mitsi Evo, and forthcoming M3 dual clutch system. They will just get better and better.
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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #27 on: 25 March 2008, 00:27 »
The DSG makes the GTI a car for every occasion.

The new Nissan GT-R has a DSG dual clutch style box too, it is the way things seem to be going.

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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #28 on: 25 March 2008, 09:35 »


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Re: your opinions on the DSG?
« Reply #29 on: 25 March 2008, 11:33 »


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