'New' Cruise Control Behaviour

[Mattlock]

So I discovered tonight (although a Google search shows me this is not new news) that the cruise control doesn't disengage during gear changes (up or down). I have a manual car.

What I also discovered is that it also takes care of cutting and re-engaging the throttle too as soon as the clutch starts to disengage. It did catch me a bit by surprise as I didn't know it did it and it's the opposite of my Mk 5 and Mk6 cars.

This got me thinking about whether VAGCOM could be modified to throttle blip on the downshifts like it does on the DSG. I suspect the answer is no as it never knows if you're shifting up or down until the gear it is in. I just find heel-n-toe in the Mk7 much tricker to do smoothly due to the top-hinged throttle pedal.

Has anyone done this or had similar thoughts?



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[Esky]

I don't know how my wife's Mini Cooper S manual does it, as it blips the throttle on down shift. It must have a mechanical switch that trips only when moving through the gate on downshift.

[AdamD]

This got me thinking about whether VAGCOM could be modified to throttle blip on the downshifts like it does on the DSG. I suspect the answer is no as it never knows if you're shifting up or down until the gear it is in. I just find heel-n-toe in the Mk7 much tricker to do smoothly due to the top-hinged throttle pedal.

The answer is indeed no. The software has not been developed to do this.