Sorry to ask, but DSG or not?
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Chaps, im sure its been dont to death but im having a quandry - I have tried 2 golfs this weekend and i really cant decide. I tried a manual GTI and an R32 DSG and was impressed by both. Does a GTI with DSG react in a similar way to the r32
Also, if anyone can tell me why they did / did not go for DSG in the end - i know its a £1,500 option, but most of the second hand cars seem it so there must be a reason, also, those with it, any regrets?
Cheers
Also, if anyone can tell me why they did / did not go for DSG in the end - i know its a £1,500 option, but most of the second hand cars seem it so there must be a reason, also, those with it, any regrets?
Cheers
I'd go manual just for greater interaction. www.drivethedeal.com seem to be the cheapest UK cars.
Highly recommend DSG.
Far more responsive to drive.
Yes, some say it's not as involving...
But it IS better.
Ask yourself - "do you think Michael Schumacher felt involved with a Ferrari F1 transmission?"
Answer: Yes.
However what people mean is that it is not the SAME as having a manual shift.
However it is more advanced in every way. I'd have it over a manual, and I think it is worth £1500.
Far more responsive to drive.
Yes, some say it's not as involving...
But it IS better.
Ask yourself - "do you think Michael Schumacher felt involved with a Ferrari F1 transmission?"
Answer: Yes.
However what people mean is that it is not the SAME as having a manual shift.
However it is more advanced in every way. I'd have it over a manual, and I think it is worth £1500.
I have tried a DSG and it is way better than any other auto gearbox IMHO.
The 2.0 TFSI engine seems to go very well with the DSG box, and the R32 slightly less so.
What kind of driving would you be doing? If it will involve any degree of sitting in nose to tail traffic, then DSG is a must. Just how involved do you want to be? It is still basically an auto box after all.
If you want to hear from more users of the DSG, try the R32 and GTI forums over on Tyresmoke.net
For what it is worth, I would order an S3 tomorrow if they brought out a DSG version, to replace my manual MK IV R32.
The 2.0 TFSI engine seems to go very well with the DSG box, and the R32 slightly less so.
What kind of driving would you be doing? If it will involve any degree of sitting in nose to tail traffic, then DSG is a must. Just how involved do you want to be? It is still basically an auto box after all.
If you want to hear from more users of the DSG, try the R32 and GTI forums over on Tyresmoke.net
For what it is worth, I would order an S3 tomorrow if they brought out a DSG version, to replace my manual MK IV R32.
I've got a DSG (Audi A3 3.2) and I like it, I like the option of auto or manual, where's the fun of sitting in traffic with a manual?
As a manual it is very good and the shifts are smooth & fast - it still retains 'kickdown' facilty.
As an auto it is good, however the clutch bite is a lttle 'grabby' making smooth starting harder and slow 'creeping' more tricky, especially pulling up close to a wall etc when the clutch action is a bit on/off. It doesn't hold itself on a hill like a conventional auto does either meaning that it will drop back (or forward if reversing) when you let off the brake and use the accelerator but you can get round this by using your left foot on the brake or the handbrake.
To me it is the best of both worlds auto and manual, the only compromises being; not as smooth as a 'slushbox' auto (but not as slow/thirsty either) and a little more tricky to control in parking/pulling away manouvers (whether in auto or manual).
Don't know if the GTi is 2wd or 4wd but I would think that DSG in a 2wd would be a bit prone to wheelspin, especially in the wet due to the grabbiness of the clutch takeup?
As a manual it is very good and the shifts are smooth & fast - it still retains 'kickdown' facilty.
As an auto it is good, however the clutch bite is a lttle 'grabby' making smooth starting harder and slow 'creeping' more tricky, especially pulling up close to a wall etc when the clutch action is a bit on/off. It doesn't hold itself on a hill like a conventional auto does either meaning that it will drop back (or forward if reversing) when you let off the brake and use the accelerator but you can get round this by using your left foot on the brake or the handbrake.
To me it is the best of both worlds auto and manual, the only compromises being; not as smooth as a 'slushbox' auto (but not as slow/thirsty either) and a little more tricky to control in parking/pulling away manouvers (whether in auto or manual).
Don't know if the GTi is 2wd or 4wd but I would think that DSG in a 2wd would be a bit prone to wheelspin, especially in the wet due to the grabbiness of the clutch takeup?
Edited by catso on Monday 12th March 11:56
markizok said:
No to leather, not a chance!!!!!
Fully agree, leather it must be. When I bought my A3 my minimum spec was; DSG, Leather & Xenons, anything else was optional.....
apart from any other reason Leather is best if you've got young kids as the sick wipes off easier leaving no lingering smell........
This one has been done to death, resurrected, and flogged within an inch of its life hundreds of times on the TT forum over the last three years. Conclusion? Test drive DSG but use all its features. I had a TT DSG for three years. Good and bad points but overall I'd choose it again. If you do a lot of city driving it's the obvious choice.
Edited by audidoody on Tuesday 13th March 00:10
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