thecapn_dennis
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Just bought 2015 Golf SW SEL TDI with 6 speed manual. Have read how some folks like the reversal of decades worth of industry standard behavior regarding what happens when you up or down shift a manual transmission while cruise control is active.
I, however, find it disconcerting to down shift to slow down for a quickly approaching corner only to have the cruise control re-engage and speed me through the corner at 10 to 20 mph faster then I intended!!!
I cannot be the only driver with four and a half decades worth of experience driving manual transmission cars with cruise controls that fully dis-engage when the clutch is depressed!! I can understand the benefit of down shifting on an uphill stretch of interstate highway and have CC maintain the preset speed.
But there are many miles of country roads with 45 to 55 mph speed limits along straight sections with occasional tight curves that require down shifting.
Anyone know if this new "feature" can be turned off and/or on? Perhaps with vagcom?
I, however, find it disconcerting to down shift to slow down for a quickly approaching corner only to have the cruise control re-engage and speed me through the corner at 10 to 20 mph faster then I intended!!!
I cannot be the only driver with four and a half decades worth of experience driving manual transmission cars with cruise controls that fully dis-engage when the clutch is depressed!! I can understand the benefit of down shifting on an uphill stretch of interstate highway and have CC maintain the preset speed.
But there are many miles of country roads with 45 to 55 mph speed limits along straight sections with occasional tight curves that require down shifting.
Anyone know if this new "feature" can be turned off and/or on? Perhaps with vagcom?