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call me STUPID, but it's taken me almost a year to figure out that you can push down on the pedal EXTRA hard - almost like a 2nd stage mechanism.
sorry if there is a thread about this already. know one taught me this...so hopefully i am passing on some knowledge to other newbie mkv dsg dubbers.
example 1 - when you're cruising in Drive (full auto) at say 80-90kmph in 6th, if you plant your foot to the floor, the revs automatically pop up and shifts down to say 2nd or 3rd. we all know if you're planning on driving HARD, being in stock standard "Drive" mode is not as responsive as the manual DSG.
example 2 - if you're in DSG mode with manual shifts, cruising at 80-90kmph in 6th, if you plant your foot to the floor, the car continues to accelerate in the same gear. when i say plant, your foot (and pedal) depresses to a point where you can feel the pedal having some form of resistance (a stopping point).
for the past few months, if i wanted to get the revs up etc, i have been leaving my foot on the gas, and shifting down 2-3 times to hit 3rd or 4th to get the revs up. i have found this has had some slight lag, no doubt losing boost and time in shifting.
however, today (while in manual mode)...i realised that if you push the pedal even HARDER (past the stopping point), you feel a slight click, and an extra 1 or 1.5cm of further depression.
what does it do? well...same scenario, if you're in manual mode, cruising at 80-90kmph in 6th, if you plant your foot down, and push even harder, you feel the slight click...then the DSG automatically selects the most optimum lowest gear (usually 2nd or 3rd) for you to take off, and continue to shift manually.
therefore, it negates the need to down shift. trick is, you need to plant your foot down and hold it. if you ease off too quickly, it will select 2nd and change back to 6th.
sorry if there is a thread about this already. know one taught me this...so hopefully i am passing on some knowledge to other newbie mkv dsg dubbers.
example 1 - when you're cruising in Drive (full auto) at say 80-90kmph in 6th, if you plant your foot to the floor, the revs automatically pop up and shifts down to say 2nd or 3rd. we all know if you're planning on driving HARD, being in stock standard "Drive" mode is not as responsive as the manual DSG.
example 2 - if you're in DSG mode with manual shifts, cruising at 80-90kmph in 6th, if you plant your foot to the floor, the car continues to accelerate in the same gear. when i say plant, your foot (and pedal) depresses to a point where you can feel the pedal having some form of resistance (a stopping point).
for the past few months, if i wanted to get the revs up etc, i have been leaving my foot on the gas, and shifting down 2-3 times to hit 3rd or 4th to get the revs up. i have found this has had some slight lag, no doubt losing boost and time in shifting.
however, today (while in manual mode)...i realised that if you push the pedal even HARDER (past the stopping point), you feel a slight click, and an extra 1 or 1.5cm of further depression.
what does it do? well...same scenario, if you're in manual mode, cruising at 80-90kmph in 6th, if you plant your foot down, and push even harder, you feel the slight click...then the DSG automatically selects the most optimum lowest gear (usually 2nd or 3rd) for you to take off, and continue to shift manually.
therefore, it negates the need to down shift. trick is, you need to plant your foot down and hold it. if you ease off too quickly, it will select 2nd and change back to 6th.
same with all DSG's not just the gti. stick that post up in one of the stickies 
hehe
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