How do you use your DSG?
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The beauty of the DSG is it does a better job at economy driving than I could, then when driving 6/10th plus on a winding road manual mode is quite fantastic at keeping pace.
I tried "S" mode, but I see no need to rev the motor that high in road use with the torque of the 2.0T. VR6 might be a different story.
I tried "S" mode, but I see no need to rev the motor that high in road use with the torque of the 2.0T. VR6 might be a different story.
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Live in LA, so there's little reason for me to keep the engine in the higher rev range. If anything, I shift to engine brake rather than accelerate (live on a 30 mph hill). Most of the time I just downshift with the paddle, so I rarely touch the shifter (love this feature). Maybe I'm just growing...dare I say it...old.
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..since in regular driving, it is in 6th gear by the time I am around 40mph or so. If I was shifting manually, I would most likely shift at 3k rpm and get worse fuel economy out of it.
"S" must be for sporty drivers who never drove a manual, since they don't know when to downshift, or how to use engine braking in corners.
"S" must be for sporty drivers who never drove a manual, since they don't know when to downshift, or how to use engine braking in corners.
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Smoke, drink your Starbucks or Big Gulp, work the iPod, adjust the stereo, put on makeup (females), answer your cellphone, give rude hand gestures, etc. all while using the DSG manually??? ;-)
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Manual 95% of the time. Makes me enjoy driving -- isn't that the point? Plus even after 2 year of owning the A3, and even with a 2 liter 4 cylinder, I still can't get enough of the blurp on the downshift, or the sound of the engine around 6000rpm.
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Unless the R32's DSG program is different from the A3, the S mode knows exactly when a corner is approaching since you're probably braking right before or letting off the gas, which is when the DSG will downshift.