MacTechG4
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- Joined
- Apr 7, 2019
- TDI
- 2012 Golf TDI (DSG)
I can't believe i'm even *considering* a DSG in my next Golf or SportWagen, I've been a hardline Manuals-Only fan my entire life, out of my short list of owned cars**, only *one* was a sludgebox, and it was the one I owned for the shortest length of time, dying prematurely due to car accident...
I owned it long enough to confirm that I *LOATHE* torque-converter based sludgebox automatics, and I could never own another, the biggest issue I had with them was the fact that unless you had your foot *firmly* on the brake, the bloody thing would creep forward...
at least with a manual, when you had the clutch disengaged, you could take your foot off the brake, or lessen the pressure momentarily on a flat surface and it wouldn't creep forward, it moved only when *YOU* wanted it to...
I also hated having no true control over what gear I was in, and there was no ability to *feather* the clutch to smoothly vary the power when starting forward
anyway, I have some questions on the DSG operation in *simulated manual* mode...
when at a stop on a flat level surface, if you release pressure on the brakes, does the transmission creep the car forward, or do you have to rev the engine slightly like a manual
when approaching redline in one gear, will it automatically upshift without driver input, or will it hold you in the selected gear, even if it means bouncing off the rev limiter?
When decelerating in one gear, will it automatically downshift as the revs drop, or will it hold the selected gear?
When coming to a complete stop in a higher gear, will it downshift automatically to first?
Can you start off in second gear in snowy or low traction environments, or does it have a snow/low traction setting
when starting forward uphill, does it have a "hill hold" feature
**Car history (in chronological order)
'88 Black Ford Escort Pony MTX, 2 door notchback (horrible car, will never trust ford again, I dubbed it the "Murphy's Lawmobile, you name it, it broke)
'92 Fire Red Dodge Shadow America MTX, 2 door notchback, great little car, I loved that thing
'98 Red Neon Highline MTX 2 door, fun little car, modified with DOHC muffler, solid motor mounts and gauge cluster from a Neon with tach
'02 Patriot Blue Neon Base model MTX 4 door, slightly less fun than the '98 and a tad more unreliable, but still fun
'07 Berry Red Saturn Ion 2 MTX, horribly mediocre car, and cursed with bad luck, was hit by at least 4 other vehicles during it's life
'07 Sage Green VW Rabbit MkV MTX, still have it now, great car, Mom uses it as a backup vehicle and my nephew may end up inheriting it for his first car, sold, reliable, fun, an all around great car, even if it's a bit cosmetically rough for now
'11 White Honda Element AWD LX ATX, my first (and last) sludgebox automatic, amazingly versatile vehicle, tiny turning radius, Bigger on the Inside (clearly assembled in Gallifrey…) but horrible fuel mileage, and boring transmission, very prone to wind gusts, topheavy handling, sadly died in a car accident and was totaled out
at the moment, i'm carless, but I plan to get either a Golf hatchback or JSW to replace the Element, MTX prefereed but I might have to go DSG to keep it in my price range I just hope the DSG isn't too much of a compromise
I owned it long enough to confirm that I *LOATHE* torque-converter based sludgebox automatics, and I could never own another, the biggest issue I had with them was the fact that unless you had your foot *firmly* on the brake, the bloody thing would creep forward...
at least with a manual, when you had the clutch disengaged, you could take your foot off the brake, or lessen the pressure momentarily on a flat surface and it wouldn't creep forward, it moved only when *YOU* wanted it to...
I also hated having no true control over what gear I was in, and there was no ability to *feather* the clutch to smoothly vary the power when starting forward
anyway, I have some questions on the DSG operation in *simulated manual* mode...
when at a stop on a flat level surface, if you release pressure on the brakes, does the transmission creep the car forward, or do you have to rev the engine slightly like a manual
when approaching redline in one gear, will it automatically upshift without driver input, or will it hold you in the selected gear, even if it means bouncing off the rev limiter?
When decelerating in one gear, will it automatically downshift as the revs drop, or will it hold the selected gear?
When coming to a complete stop in a higher gear, will it downshift automatically to first?
Can you start off in second gear in snowy or low traction environments, or does it have a snow/low traction setting
when starting forward uphill, does it have a "hill hold" feature
**Car history (in chronological order)
'88 Black Ford Escort Pony MTX, 2 door notchback (horrible car, will never trust ford again, I dubbed it the "Murphy's Lawmobile, you name it, it broke)
'92 Fire Red Dodge Shadow America MTX, 2 door notchback, great little car, I loved that thing
'98 Red Neon Highline MTX 2 door, fun little car, modified with DOHC muffler, solid motor mounts and gauge cluster from a Neon with tach
'02 Patriot Blue Neon Base model MTX 4 door, slightly less fun than the '98 and a tad more unreliable, but still fun
'07 Berry Red Saturn Ion 2 MTX, horribly mediocre car, and cursed with bad luck, was hit by at least 4 other vehicles during it's life
'07 Sage Green VW Rabbit MkV MTX, still have it now, great car, Mom uses it as a backup vehicle and my nephew may end up inheriting it for his first car, sold, reliable, fun, an all around great car, even if it's a bit cosmetically rough for now
'11 White Honda Element AWD LX ATX, my first (and last) sludgebox automatic, amazingly versatile vehicle, tiny turning radius, Bigger on the Inside (clearly assembled in Gallifrey…) but horrible fuel mileage, and boring transmission, very prone to wind gusts, topheavy handling, sadly died in a car accident and was totaled out
at the moment, i'm carless, but I plan to get either a Golf hatchback or JSW to replace the Element, MTX prefereed but I might have to go DSG to keep it in my price range I just hope the DSG isn't too much of a compromise