Any Tips on Driving a New Golf6 with DSG?

[roy]

Hi guys,
As I'll have my wife's Golf MK6 delivered soon, just wondering is there anything special we need to notice?
because it's the first new car for us and especially it's with DSG so we have a lot of stuff to learn.
any tips and suggestions i'll be most appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Roy

[ricksterrr]

Hi guys,
As I'll have my wife's Golf MK6 delivered soon, just wondering is there anything special we need to notice?
because it's the first new car for us and especially it's with DSG so we have a lot of stuff to learn.
any tips and suggestions i'll be most appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Roy

Found this on the golfmkv forums - great write up on the DSG box and its quirks.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69511

Give the DSG some time to adapt to your usual driving style and I'm sure you'll be comfortable with it in no time.

[Guest0608]

dont left foot brake, only use 1 foot for both pedals...VW..............

[Nath]

Make sure the dealer shows you all the 'modes' on the DSG, as so many people dont get shown the D, S and M modes.

+1 on the left foot breaking.

[prise]

Found this on the golfmkv forums - great write up on the DSG box and its quirks.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69511

Give the DSG some time to adapt to your usual driving style and I'm sure you'll be comfortable with it in no time.

Be careful about looking at Mk5 info - The Mk6 1.6 diesel and 1.4 litre petrol models use a 7 speed box with dry plate clutches so the stuff about the oil warming up should not apply. Also to avoid slipping the dry plate clutches on hills, the hill hold function is performed using the brakes. I don't know how much of the other info is applicable - however the owners manual gives a basic set of do's and don'ts.

Waiting for the clutch to engage before applying the accelerator after releasing the brake is a common tip for getting smooth takeoffs.

[coastie]

Be careful about looking at Mk5 info - The Mk6 1.6 diesel and 1.4 litre petrol models use a 7 speed box with dry plate clutches so the stuff about the oil warming up should not apply. Also to avoid slipping the dry plate clutches on hills, the hill hold function is performed using the brakes. I don't know how much of the other info is applicable - however the owners manual gives a basic set of do's and don'ts.

Waiting for the clutch to engage before applying the accelerator after releasing the brake is a common tip for getting smooth takeoffs.

Diesel is a 6 speed DSG there is also oil in a 7speed DSG box just not as much.

If you don't apply something to the accelerator then the clutch will not engage at all the vehicle will roll backwards. This is the information that is confusing people about the DSG you need to apply some accelerator so that the box knows you want to go. It is not like a "normal" auto gearbox

[cktsi]

Waiting for the clutch to engage before applying the accelerator after releasing the brake is a common tip for getting smooth takeoffs.

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Diesel is a 6 speed DSG there is also oil in a 7speed DSG box just not as much.

If you don't apply something to the accelerator then the clutch will not engage at all the vehicle will roll backwards. This is the information that is confusing people about the DSG you need to apply some accelerator so that the box knows you want to go. It is not like a "normal" auto gearbox

+1 agree with this. The car CAN roll backwards if you don't apply the accelerator and wait for hill hold to disengage. My dad has driven my car like a torque converter and rolled back. He also thought he could hill hold with the accelerator *tsk tsk* the car ended up bunny hopping.

[prise]

cktsi, you're right - on hill starts applying throttle causes the brake to release and clutch to engage and you've got 2 seconds to do so before the hill hold releases brake pressure anyway and the car starts rolling backwards.

On level ground, the clutch seems to partially engages to creep the car after brake release without applying throttle so you can wait for movement and then gun it.

They seem to require a smoother throttle tip in than I would use for a conventional auto.

coastie - I was talking about the clutch, its a given that the gears needs oil . I've driven both 6 speed and 7 speed DSG's as rental cars in the UK (base spec cars mind you) and the 7 speed seemed to shift smoother when cold (I'm talking north of Manchester in winter type of cold ) which I put down to it being a dry plate clutch but who knows?

[SpeedBird]

dont left foot brake, only use 1 foot for both pedals...VW..............

What will happen if you do left foot brake with a DSG box?

[prise]

I normally use my left foot to brake when driving autos and can confirm that with the UK base model DSG Golf the engine cut the power if braking and accelerator were applied together for more than a second or so. I wonder if a GTI does the same thing given its sporting aspirations ?

Applying both together is proabably not something you would have a legitimate need to do for road use. However I can't see that using the left foot to brake is going to be a problem provided that you don't do both together.

vwtech - was it simultaneous operation of brake and accelerator you were warning about?