DSG question

[MrGadget]

Hi, couldn't find an answer to this question in the manual. While driving is it ok to go from D to S without comming to a stop first?

[STV4SYT]

Yes, no problem at all. Only time its dodgy is if you accidentally hit N.

[vanDub]

Yes, no problem at all. Only time its dodgy is if you accidentally hit N.

To do that you are moving the gear lever in the wrong direction

To move from D to S you need to press the button on the side of the gear lever in as it a restricted movement. All you will most probably notice is that it drops down a gear, (until you hit the accelerator that is )

[Guest212]

S stands for silly mode.

Ignore the manual on what it thinks it means.

Avoid using silly mode in built up areas or around other traffic. It is silly.

[WEDEL.1]

S stands for silly mode.

Ignore the manual on what it thinks it means.

Avoid using silly mode in built up areas or around other traffic. It is silly.

Why is it silly, you don't give a reason.

Maris

[fuzion]

because its silly not to be using the Sports mode all the time!$#

[WhiteRabbit]

To move from D to S you need to press the button on the side of the gear lever in as it a restricted movement.

You won't find that button on the GTI, it's at front of the gear Lever

[MrGadget]

Thanks guys I thought that would be the answer. Still running it in so i'm not fanging it, I just give it a few spurts of acceleration every now and then.

[Dragonzdk]

look for the post / thread on how to break in your car...i'm betting s will get a run

[Guest212]

Why is it silly, you don't give a reason.

Maris

On mine it appears to make the throttle very sensitive and keeps the revs up around 4000rpm.

The next gearchange is somewhere down in the red section of the tacho.

Its just not a suitable mode for driving around town. Anything other than perfectly flat ground makes the ESP light come on pretty much constantly as it attempts to hold back wheelspin at speeds under 80km/hr.

But then again my car has DSG gremlins, so maybe its just mine which has the "silly" mode.

[gerhard]

On mine it appears to make the throttle very sensitive and keeps the revs up around 4000rpm.

The next gearchange is somewhere down in the red section of the tacho.

Its just not a suitable mode for driving around town. Anything other than perfectly flat ground makes the ESP light come on pretty much constantly as it attempts to hold back wheelspin at speeds under 80km/hr.

But then again my car has DSG gremlins, so maybe its just mine which has the "silly" mode.

Nah, it's not your gremlins causing this - Sport mode is definitely not nice around town.

Yes, Mr Officer, I was not hooning, even though I was revving to 5000 in 1st and redlining in second in the school zone.

Changing from D to S while moving is OK, but it will change back to 1st or second at any speed under 80 and give you instant engine braking unless you plant it immediately, which is when you get the wheelspin and TC cutting in ....

I'd actually like a 1/2 sport mode setting - the D mode changes up just under the torque band and you can "fall in a hole" if you need some grunt, especially after a trailing throttle.

[Guest212]

Nah, it's not your gremlins causing this - Sport mode is definitely not nice around town.

Yes, Mr Officer, I was not hooning, even though I was revving to 5000 in 1st and redlining in second in the school zone.

Changing from D to S while moving is OK, but it will change back to 1st or second at any speed under 80 and give you instant engine braking unless you plant it immediately, which is when you get the wheelspin and TC cutting in ....

I'd actually like a 1/2 sport mode setting - the D mode changes up just under the torque band and you can "fall in a hole" if you need some grunt, especially after a trailing throttle.

Its funny because I have found the driver really does not have any control on the revs. The computer just assumes you want to get to top speed as fast as is possible.