Is your Mk6 a DSG or manual?

[brimway]

Denlo replaced the steering rack,mech unit and drivers side electrics harness

All but the mech unit were faulty

Sold it not long after, as I had always intended to do so

Having (successfully) endured a drawn out dispute with my dealer re DSG warranty, Denlo seem like good guys to replace a mechatronics unit when it was not faulty.

[Candyman]

Is your Mk6 a DSG or manual?

Having (successfully) endured a drawn out dispute with my dealer re DSG warranty, Denlo seem like good guys to replace a mechatronics unit when it was not faulty.

The GTI, about the last three months I owned it, had the usual reversing uphill jerkiness common with that DSG variant (not a fault to me in terms of driving the vehicle)

Denlo reset the DSG and asked me to come back a few weeks later

I told them it still had the issue and they started the process of replacing the mech unit

Was all sorted in a few weeks and as planned, I then sold the vehicle

[AdamD]

Back on topic please; we've had enough colourful banter for this thread! Everyone's opinions have been stated clearly.

[Machine]

Shut it down.

[Ideo]

Ho hum.

On a related note the 8 speed auto in the new F30 3 series is an absolute belter of a gearbox.

[Candyman]

Is your Mk6 a DSG or manual?

Ho hum.

On a related note the 8 speed auto in the new F30 3 series is an absolute belter of a gearbox.

This and a few other bits of info surely aren't meaning what I'm assuming

Can't be true

[Ideo]

No decision has been made. Just a test drive.

No manuals around to test drive, which makes it hard.

[Arnold]

Ho hum.

On a related note the 8 speed auto in the new F30 3 series is an absolute belter of a gearbox.

I did about 750km in a 320d fitted with the 8-speed auto last May and it was very smooth in auto mode, but can one manually downshift in an auto/DSG consistently as smoothly as one usually does in a manual?

[Candyman]

Is your Mk6 a DSG or manual?

No decision has been made. Just a test drive.

No manuals around to test drive, which makes it hard.

Ah OK. Auto for boat towing a must :p

[Tobes_WIR35]

can one manually downshift in an auto/DSG consistently as smoothly as one usually does in a manual?

Not sure if serious or?

The shifts in both directions in my DSG are virtually seamless and instantaneous - every time.

[Tom87]

Not sure if serious or?

The shifts in both directions in my DSG are virtually seamless and instantaneous - every time.

x2, makes it sound like someone hasn't ever driven one??

Very strange.

[kash_0]

Ho hum.

On a related note the 8 speed auto in the new F30 3 series is an absolute belter of a gearbox.

Get on it...took delivery of a f30 328 msport...absolute joy to drive. The auto gearbox is unreal!

[blutopless2]

The DSG's probably only fail in the hands of really good drivers, who drive exceptionally fast and experience the limits of their vehicle. They probably can't take repeated hard driving, especially when modified and when approaching retirement age.

Disagree with this statement. I would not consider my driving technique "exceptionally fast and experience the limits of their vehicle"... yet my dsg failed.

[Machine]

Disagree with this statement. I would not consider my driving technique "exceptionally fast and experience the limits of their vehicle"... yet my dsg failed.

I'm sorry to hear that. I guess you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

[SilvrFoxX]

Re: Is your Mk6 a DSG or manual?

I have said this before, it is the price of progress. If you like hi tech and the benefits it provides then appreciate the risk associated with it. Look at the 380s they are the most advanced airliners on the planet yet the tech glitches. Doesn't mean you get up in arms a go look for a prop plane to Europe.

The DSG is a great gearbox and I would suggest the failure rate is low, we hear about it here because this is where folk turn to complain. As for comparison it is personal preference. Would I have a dual clutch again.. Damn straight and my crystal ball says in a decade all non manual cars will be.