New T5 Maybe

[IN2VWS]

[Foxpuppet]

Have you considered a manual version?

[Ivo]

Buy it? dont buy it...? Hard to say! I think DSG is better but still early days. Wait till they have 100k, 150k or even 200k on them and see how they are. Buy it and pay the bit extra to get the extended warranty.Trade it when the warranty runs out.

As a VW owner on a public VW owners forum, you have EVERY right to complain. I think VW have a lot to answer for with their "Sealed for life Automatic transmission"

[question?]

This whole thing on Seal For Life is an interesting. Having a current DSG "one" - it was in a warranty job for a leak and the dealer actually topped up the DSG unit as it has leak from a cooler vent or something (sorry not mechanical in any stretch) to that end it can and will be serviced at 60k. So its got me stuff... apparently its not sealed for life and the oil is replaced and serviced. BUt agree with Extended Warranty side as highlighted.

[Ivo]

This whole thing on Seal For Life is an interesting. Having a current DSG "one" - it was in a warranty job for a leak and the dealer actually topped up the DSG unit as it has leak from a cooler vent or something (sorry not mechanical in any stretch) to that end it can and will be serviced at 60k. So its got me stuff... apparently its not sealed for life and the oil is replaced and serviced. BUt agree with Extended Warranty side as highlighted.

"Sealed for life" refers to the 6spd Tiptronic found in the first series of T5, not the T5.2 you have with a DSG 7spd.

[question?]

"Sealed for life" refers to the 6spd Tiptronic found in the first series of T5, not the T5.2 you have with a DSG 7spd.

Well dont I just look like one df.

[Sunny43.5]

Have you considered a manual version?

Yes Foxpuppet but unfortunately the wife only has an auto license and at this time of life trying to change her to drive a manual would be too painful for me to endure . To be honest I would drive an auto myself as I have a tendency to forget what a clutch is supposed to be used properly for . I think its got something to do with my Honda 250 CRF dirt bike where once you are rolling the clutch is not needed for gear changing just some quick throttle blips for the desired thrill . You could almost say that the Hondas gear box is a bit like a DSG drive in manual and just keep up changing without backing off the gas , on a bike its a real buzz . I have had mostly auto cars for the last thirty years with the exception of a Mazda 929 hardtop I owned in 1982 for a few years . Every other drive I have had were autos and the thing I liked about those cars was you "could" get them serviced and the dealers were more than happy to do the job . The two vans I have driven for the last 12 years have both been manuals as the price jump could not be justified for a work van . What I also liked about the old technology was the ability to check the transmission oil level your self . Some people in the industry try to tell the public that they don,t want people to check the oil levels for fear of overfilling , which is why car makers have left the dipstick out now days . Some times I think someone in VW almost thought the same thing with the 2.0 lt engine that is in my current work van , the engine oil dipstick has to be the worst thing I have ever encountered its almost impossible to see what level the oil is at as its a simple round ball on the end with a tiny round steel shaft with another tiny ball further up seeing the oil on this is really hard but that's another subject . As for the current DSG could someone enlighten me does VW put the service period 60.000 in the owners book or was it something that was added after VW declared Australia a "hot " climate ? back a couple of years ago and also when was the DSG introduced .

[Foxpuppet]

Manual driving lessons by a professional instructor.... It's got to be cheaper and less mental anguish than what you have gone through with the autos. If the Vw is THE car you need for every other reason you have listed, learning to drive manual should be a small compromise.

[IN2VWS]

As for the current DSG could someone enlighten me does VW put the service period 60.000 in the owners book or was it something that was added after VW declared Australia a "hot " climate ? back a couple of years ago and also when was the DSG introduced .

[jets]

the engine oil dipstick has to be the worst thing I have ever encountered its almost impossible to see what level the oil is at as its a simple round ball on the end with a tiny round steel shaft with another tiny ball further up seeing the oil on this is really hard

I was thinking about this on my Mk5 Golf TDI after changing the oil. On the Golf it's similar but made of black plastic.What were they thinking. Once the oil has darkened you are looking for the shine on the oil to see the level. I have seen this type of thing on Chinese products where they build something & then forget to try it before they sell it.