Golf R Observations and Questions

[Paulc1964au]

thanks bluefrog but doesnt answer my question let me try and explain. So if the DSG is in 3rd and required to shift down does the current engaged clutch/gear shift down of does the preselected 4th gear change down to 2nd?

[bluefrog]

one clutch does 1st, 3rd and 5th, while the other handles 2nd, 4th and 6th .. so my understanding is that if the dsg is in 3rd, then I'm guessing it would pre-select a gear once it figures out whether you're likely to go up or down.

the even-geared clutch is either going to be told by the dsg to pre-select 2nd or 4th, depending on whether you're slowing down or speeding up ... and if you suddenly reverse from say slowing down to speeding up, then it should change that pre-selection (since it's got until the last few tenths(?) of a second or so to choose).

.. or something like that .... maybe, hehe

[Paulc1964au]

one clutch does 1st, 3rd and 5th, while the other handles 2nd, 4th and 6th .. so my understanding is that if the dsg is in 3rd, then I'm guessing it would pre-select a gear once it figures out whether you're likely to go up or down.

the even-geared clutch is either going to be told by the dsg to pre-select 2nd or 4th, depending on whether you're slowing down or speeding up ... and if you suddenly reverse from say slowing down to speeding up, then it should change that pre-selection (since it's got until the last few tenths(?) of a second or so to choose).


.. or something like that .... maybe, hehe

Sounds correct lol just that i had a friend on facebook ask me

[Ryan_R]

VW GTI 5th GEAR REVIEW - YouTube

Doesn't really matter if if the car thinks you were going to shift up but then want to change down when you see how quickly it changes


Also there's a techie video here:

[Ideo]

VW GTI 5th GEAR REVIEW - YouTube

Doesn't really matter if if the car thinks you were going to shift up but then want to change down when you see how quickly it changes


Also there's a techie video here:

Yeah, I just manually select the gear I want without the car thinking it knows best.

[Lucas_R]

Haha - you beat me to it Andrew. I was going to say that my car only has 1 clutch and its used for all gears - regardless of whether they are odd or even gears.

Yeah, I just manually select the gear I want without the car thinking it knows best.

[bluefrog]

I got both ... give me DSG with paddles anytime!

[DoggieHowser]

I borrowed a friend's R32 last night and was told to have a go at it. I normally am quite ginger when it's not my own car. So I never tried pushing it as much when i drove a friend's R last time. But with explicit permission granted...

Man I really miss having 4WD. It may under steer at the limits but it's just so sure footed for most of the time.

The R32 doesn't feel like its underpowered when you are on the highway and want to speed up. But i notice from traffic lights, it does seem to hesitate a bit. Guess that's NA for you. Then again, the exhaust note from the V6 sounds creamy.

This R32 came with the Recaro Sportster seats. I loved it. Grippy without becoming uncomfortable. But getting out is still a bit of a chore.

[Paulc1964au]

This R32 came with the Recaro Sportster seats. I loved it. Grippy without becoming uncomfortable. But getting out is still a bit of a chore.

Yes we tried the sports seat and found the same issue getting in and out of them so we decided to stick with the standard seats

[DoggieHowser]

It might have seemed I posted in the wrong section. Sorry. What I meant to say was that I never felt the GTI was lacking anything before this. But now, damn. I'm damn tempted to get an R.