Reply With QuoteThe DSG would be so good with a torque converter in front of it.
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"......for smoother and more RELIABLE transmissions "
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The DSG would be so good with a torque converter in front of it.
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I guess then it becomes just another, albeit 8-10 Spd auto, by another means.Originally Posted by Ozsko
Journalists will complain about 'hunting' all the time......there'll be a gear for every slope and we will rarely, if ever, see top (10th)
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The CVT is starting to make sense.......blame the CARB
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I would have a ZF auto over a CVT any day of the week
Personally I love my DSG - it's older 6 speed and has been awesome
I do have a friend with a 2 year old S4 which has had the DSG replaced under warranty
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The DSG with a converter will be just that and not a conventional auto. It is the gear train and pre-selection of gears that makes the DSG a winner in the speed stakes. A low stall lock up converter that stays locked up would seem to make sense these days with good electronic management. I have a seven year old six speed DSG that has done a LOT of towing and has given no problems except taking off is not smooth. I think that could be solved if some throttle input was mapped out of it but it is what it is and I live with it.
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Yeah they've upped the power/torque and now the standard DSG boxes aren't up to spec.
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- plus lets face it, the DSG hasn't exactly been a profit / PR leader for VW, the ugly old auto will give far less hassles.
I'd be happy with a modern auto personally.
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Never been a fan of VW's supposed class leading auto technology , those dummies in VW stumbled not only with the DSG but the Tiptronic wasn't much better . If they had asked more locals familiar with our climate and not their own team of testers who spent just a few weeks in the desert in Nevada , they would have realised the folly of their sealed for life stance and an internal filter sealed inside with a memo to dealers that they should not open the sump to replace the filter which will block with debris and also the fluid which gets burnt black through lack of a service schedule . Give me good old fashioned autos with simple mechanics anyday over this fragile s&*$t .
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I'd rather a 6-speed wet clutch DSG over an old VAG/Aisin conventional auto any day.
And besides, you can't put a torque converter on a manual transmission
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