DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

[hokxj]

With hill start assist, I presume you don't need to use a handbrake for a hill start then? Looks like I'll have to get used to that, got a test drive booked for the next weekend, so will see how it goes from there.

[Aoife]

Ive recently picked up a Golf GTI DSG recently.

Quite enjoying it after driving a manual my entire life. The majority of the time I drive it in manual mode and have found using the steering wheel paddles to change my preferred option.

Got one little quirk I havent been able to find a solution I like. If I have to take off from standstill with with a large amount of lock on the wheel, by the time I am half way round the corner I want to change to 2nd but cant use the paddles as they are out of reach. At the moment I am shifting up using the stick rather than have it screaming by the time I exit the corner and point straight again.

Has anyone else had this and have any other solutions that they have found works for them?

[Rawcpoppa]

DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

I use the stick as well. Other than that you'll get accustomed to the wheel and will learn to sometimes press up shift paddle while the wheel is turned/off centre eventually.


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[Silvertfox]

DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

In that situation I'd use the S position and revert to manual once the turn is negotiated. Try to grope the paddles when the wheel is rotating is a problem!

[MovieDude]

I've owned my GTI DSG since last May and still loving it. However, I've noticed that in the mornings it stays in 1st gear a lot longer than when the engine/gearbox is warm. Sometimes I can go nearly 100m and around a 90 degree bend before it will change up to 2nd. From there it's fine. Is this something that I should get checked out?

[Mick rrr]

Re: DSG: Problems, Questions, Likes and Dislikes

Paddle extensions help



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[sVWatt]

Don't get hung up on what people say, drive the DSG like you would an auto. Everything else is a wank

What the Fox said.
Press the peddle like an auto. Foot off and it will coast to a halt. Coming down a gear by itself as the rpm drops. Brake and it brakes. It's as simple a car as I have ever driven. The 6 speed in the golf is as smooth as. The 7 speed in the Polo and some Golfs is more clunky on take off, but is fine once under way.

[ParaBul]

Got one little quirk I havent been able to find a solution I like. If I have to take off from standstill with with a large amount of lock on the wheel, by the time I am half way round the corner I want to change to 2nd but cant use the paddles as they are out of reach. At the moment I am shifting up using the stick rather than have it screaming by the time I exit the corner and point straight again.

Has anyone else had this and have any other solutions that they have found works for them?

Taking off mid-turn, I use the stick for up-shifts. Sometimes it's the 1-2 shift, other times it's the 2-3 shift.

I've owned my GTI DSG since last May and still loving it. However, I've noticed that in the mornings it stays in 1st gear a lot longer than when the engine/gearbox is warm. Sometimes I can go nearly 100m and around a 90 degree bend before it will change up to 2nd. From there it's fine. Is this something that I should get checked out?

Mine will change to 2nd almost as soon as I'm rolling, which means it struggles up my drive. I make sure I use manual so it stays in 1st. However, in car parks, if I use D it changes into 2nd quite early and idles along nicely at walking pace, but changes back to 1st if I put it in manual. So I use D in carparks. Then, when I turn out onto the road, I hit the stick for the first upshift and knock it into neutral.

[Dutch77]

I've owned my GTI DSG since last May and still loving it. However, I've noticed that in the mornings it stays in 1st gear a lot longer than when the engine/gearbox is warm. Sometimes I can go nearly 100m and around a 90 degree bend before it will change up to 2nd. From there it's fine. Is this something that I should get checked out?

What sort of rpm?

Opposite of mine which looks for any excuse to get out of first which is fine most of the time, but a pain when it holds second even at walk pace. Dabbing the brakes to basically stationery or manual override is my only choice.

[MovieDude]

What sort of rpm?

Opposite of mine which looks for any excuse to get out of first which is fine most of the time, but a pain when it holds second even at walk pace. Dabbing the brakes to basically stationery or manual override is my only choice.

RPMs are high as if I was in manual and too busy talking to a passenger to change up. Seriously it is revving as much as I want it to and won't change up. When warmed up it's not an issue.

[Dutch77]

RPMs are high as if I was in manual and too busy talking to a passenger to change up. Seriously it is revving as much as I want it to and won't change up. When warmed up it's not an issue.

I guess mine does randomly hold a gear longer than usual now and then.. but your situation does potentially sound a little odd. Might be worth a mention at service or ideally see if you can try and replicate it another car.

[niall]

Is there a difference in power?

between "s" mode and manual mode on the golf R?
Im curious to know because my R feels quicker and more powerful in "s" mode as opposed to Manual mode.
or have I gone nuts?

[manol]

You've gone nuts. There is no power difference.
The DSG is just better at keeping the car in its power band than you.

[Silvertfox]

Is there a difference in power?

S mode has different DSG settings for changing of gears. I'd say the S mode is aggressive and D mode is sedate.

[manol]

Yes, but there is no power difference.

Aaaaand, this is why I stopped posting in the Golf forums.