What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

[alexaescht]

"god damn I'm glad I have a manual gearbox"

Same here.

[Melon Head]

FFS VW, sought this **** out.
I am picking up my very first VW this week, and if it farks up. I AM GONNA RAISE HELL. Hahaha

[Melon Head]

I won't know if I will have it or not till Friday and if you guys who own the Polo GTi 6r's if you haven't noticed the lag when you take of at stand still for that 2 secnds. For this tune it will minamise the lag by half when you take of at stand still.

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Yes, I agree the lag at take off is Blue Oyster Bar material

[ill0gitech]

Have not noticed any lag on take off, except the odd case of the car not going at all. Still to check with VW on that one.
When I hit the go-fast pedal, she just goes

[Melon Head]

Never noticed it on the Gti because had the bloody sales woman in the car, but when I drove the Golf TSI118 by myself, if you absolutely floor it at lights eg you need to merge into another lane ahead of traffic, the car doesn't know what to do for about 1 to 2 seconds

[TorqueSteer]

Yes, I agree the lag at take off is Blue Oyster Bar material

yeah. What is blue oyster bar material mean.? sorry.

Have not noticed any lag on take off, except the odd case of the car not going at all. Still to check with VW on that one.
When I hit the go-fast pedal, she just goes

ah ok. yeah I have this problem it's annoying.

Never noticed it on the Gti because had the bloody sales woman in the car, but when I drove the Golf TSI118 by myself, if you absolutely floor it at lights eg you need to merge into another lane ahead of traffic, the car doesn't know what to do for about 1 to 2 seconds

finally I found someone with the same problem.

[Melon Head]

Yeah it's like 0.5seconds before the clutch is released, then another 0.5 to 1 second before the car realises you got your foot to the floor and should behave accordingly.

Just google, police academy blue oyster bar.

[BTJ]

As much as I hate having these problems I would never go back to a manual. Don't get me wrong bloody pain in the ass getting this crap looked at but when the box works properly it is a wonderful revolution in gearboxes: smooth, quick, direct feel and most of all way better city driving than a manual.

Yes they are new and have their faults but like anything it will take time to work out these bugs. The common torque converter gearbox had plenty of problems in its 2 speed days but now 20 years later is pretty much flawless. I guess you could say the same about the 6 speed DSG which has had a very good track record since all the recalls.

The real problem is the dealers, they make you jump through hoops just to get the thing looked at...it really just drags things along

I hear what you're saying but I find the manual in both my 6R and my 9N3 to be easy as pie to drive and I do about 90kms a day in often peak hour traffic on the M5/tunnels/pac highway.

I know a lot of heroes choose manual because the racecars do, but personally I find that its so easy to drive, not to mention reliable that I'm happy to take the savings offered by taking manual and pocketing the cash.

Im sure one day DSG tech will be at an awesomely reliable level but till then Ill just let you early adopters work it out for me

[AC74]

What is blue oyster bar material mean.? sorry.

Ha! I love those Police Academy movies...

[kam]

Never noticed it on the Gti because had the bloody sales woman in the car

i would drive a car on a test drive, how i normally drive, ie: hard

you need to know if it can do what you want it to do, if they have a problem with that, find another sales man/woman

also this whole launch control thing, if thats what you want, a vw is the wrong car, get an evo.