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[QUOTE=briseos;128178]As a DSG user for the last 3+ years, I have NEVER had any problems with hill starting or in traffic or parking... WHY? Because I have 2 feet and a gentle touch with your left toe on the brake while you GENTLY take up power with the accellerator is ALL YOU NEED! There is no need to get excited and aggressive, or there will (naturally) be some confusion in the DSG because it thinks you want to stop and go at the same time.
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Yes, I agree, it took me a while to get used to the DSG on a hill start.
The initial rollback had me freaked out for a while, I kept jumping on the brake.
After a while I noticed when stopped on the flat, I had to hold the car on the brake to prevent it from rolling forward, so I thought how far will it actually roll back on a hill, if it takes up on the flat
So the other day I stopped on the hill at my usual set of lights (a steep T intersection from a side street onto a main highway, where I've seen trucks snap axles trying to get away on the steep).
Instead of hitting the brake when the car started to roll back, I let it go.
To my surprise it rolled back less than a few cms at most, then the clutch took up and stopped the roll, I was then able to hold the car on the accelerator like a normal torque converter automatic.
Basically, with the DSG, the computer (mechatronics unit) needs time to think and set itself for whatever task the input signals are giving it.
This is why it is easy to foul up a launch if you hit the brakes too quickly in sequence and do not give it time to reset itself,i t will refuse to rev and just locks itself into normal start mode.
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Yes, I agree, it took me a while to get used to the DSG on a hill start.
The initial rollback had me freaked out for a while, I kept jumping on the brake.
After a while I noticed when stopped on the flat, I had to hold the car on the brake to prevent it from rolling forward, so I thought how far will it actually roll back on a hill, if it takes up on the flat
So the other day I stopped on the hill at my usual set of lights (a steep T intersection from a side street onto a main highway, where I've seen trucks snap axles trying to get away on the steep).
Instead of hitting the brake when the car started to roll back, I let it go.
To my surprise it rolled back less than a few cms at most, then the clutch took up and stopped the roll, I was then able to hold the car on the accelerator like a normal torque converter automatic.
Basically, with the DSG, the computer (mechatronics unit) needs time to think and set itself for whatever task the input signals are giving it.
This is why it is easy to foul up a launch if you hit the brakes too quickly in sequence and do not give it time to reset itself,i t will refuse to rev and just locks itself into normal start mode.
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