Suggested gears at certain speeds with the manual 118TSI

[darkfriend]

Hi all,

The dash display on the manual TSI "suggests" certain gears as you travel. From what I can judge, it suggests changing up to 4th at 45km/h, changing to 5th at 55km/hr and 6th at 65km/h (or even a bit sooner). This is irrespective of road incline. Even on flat roads the engine doesn't really seem to like being in such high gears for relatively low speeds. I assume it is done to improve fuel consumption, but in practice makes the engine labour a little. Is there anyway to change these suggested gear changes to higher speeds... or turning the thing off? Yes, I can be annoyed by little things!

[Maverick]

Hi all,

The dash display on the manual TSI "suggests" certain gears as you travel. From what I can judge, it suggests changing up to 4th at 45km/h, changing to 5th at 55km/hr and 6th at 65km/h (or even a bit sooner). This is irrespective of road incline. Even on flat roads the engine doesn't really seem to like being in such high gears for relatively low speeds. I assume it is done to improve fuel consumption, but in practice makes the engine labour a little. Is there anyway to change these suggested gear changes to higher speeds... or turning the thing off? Yes, I can be annoyed by little things!

The gear change reminder is there to save fuel and the changes are at optimum points however you can choose to ignore them depending on the conditions.

Volkswagen say "Change up early"

A higher gear is always a more economical gear. So for most cars the general rule is to:
change up into third at 30 km/h, into fourth at 40 km/h and into fifth at 50 km/h.
You won't hear your engine complain about running at low revs. Our state-of-the-art TDI and TSI engines
are very responsive even below 2,000 rpm. And the innovative dual-clutch gearbox invariably shifts through
the gears with perfect timing, all by itself – which is why it is around 10 to 20% more fuel-efficient than a
conventional automatic transmission.
In the BlueMotion models, your fuel efficiency is also helped by higher gear ratios, while the gear-change
recommendation in the multifunction display will always let you know the ideal time to change gear.
Tips for manual gearboxes: Don’t rev too high in each gear before changing up. Use first gear just to get
the car moving and change into second once it has moved through its own length. And if the traffic situation
permits, you can skip a gear as you change up, shifting from third into fifth for example.

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And have you read your manual yet regarding turning it off, the manual is full of all sorts of helpful advice and well worth reading through from cover to cover.

[Corey_R]

Hehe, I was going to tell you to RTFM, but Mav has already got to it.