Smoothing out DSG shifts: Observations
01-16-2012, 04:19 PM
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Well than where the H*** were all of us when I made my s-tronic decision? It would have certainly cued me to go back for that second, aggressive, focused test drive (my nearest dealer is 2 hours away, so it isn't like I am as lazy as it sounds).
I paid close attention to the DSG/MT threads when I placed my order. The prevailing arguments did not involve the DSG smoothness at all. In fact the general sense was the DSG was SO smooth that die-hard MT people were willing to go with it. The argument in favor of the MT was that the connection to the car was enhanced, NOT that the smoothness the MT allowed was superior.
I paid close attention to the DSG/MT threads when I placed my order. The prevailing arguments did not involve the DSG smoothness at all. In fact the general sense was the DSG was SO smooth that die-hard MT people were willing to go with it. The argument in favor of the MT was that the connection to the car was enhanced, NOT that the smoothness the MT allowed was superior.
no matter how hard you would have tried to produce a problem you may have read about on the forum.
The problem with the DSG is its gremlins dont happen on cue. In fact, I still havent been able to reproduce them for the AUDI Service shop foreman and thats what is so frustrating. I will, however say that AUDI must be aware of these gremlins so when the shop foreman comes back and says AUDI isnt aware of anything, then I know someone isnt quite revealing the entire truth. Unfortunatley, that is not how to keep customers. A manufacturer must be forthright rather than playing the "damage control" game as this only offends the intelect of AUDI Buyers and in the long run will hurt AUDI. GM did this with their faulty ring design on their C5 Corvette and eventually lost the confidence of many owners (that includes me, which is why I no longer buy GM). It can be a catch 22 but you dont want to lie to your loyal customers.
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01-17-2012, 01:34 PM
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It is smooth - very smooth, 98% of the time. Bottom line is I doubt you would have discovered the problem during a test drive
no matter how hard you would have tried to produce a problem you may have read about on the forum.
The problem with the DSG is its gremlins dont happen on cue. In fact, I still havent been able to reproduce them for the AUDI Service shop foreman and thats what is so frustrating. I will, however say that AUDI must be aware of these gremlins so when the shop foreman comes back and says AUDI isnt aware of anything, then I know someone isnt quite revealing the entire truth. Unfortunatley, that is not how to keep customers. A manufacturer must be forthright rather than playing the "damage control" game as this only offends the intelect of AUDI Buyers and in the long run will hurt AUDI. GM did this with their faulty ring design on their C5 Corvette and eventually lost the confidence of many owners (that includes me, which is why I no longer buy GM). It can be a catch 22 but you dont want to lie to your loyal customers.
no matter how hard you would have tried to produce a problem you may have read about on the forum.
The problem with the DSG is its gremlins dont happen on cue. In fact, I still havent been able to reproduce them for the AUDI Service shop foreman and thats what is so frustrating. I will, however say that AUDI must be aware of these gremlins so when the shop foreman comes back and says AUDI isnt aware of anything, then I know someone isnt quite revealing the entire truth. Unfortunatley, that is not how to keep customers. A manufacturer must be forthright rather than playing the "damage control" game as this only offends the intelect of AUDI Buyers and in the long run will hurt AUDI. GM did this with their faulty ring design on their C5 Corvette and eventually lost the confidence of many owners (that includes me, which is why I no longer buy GM). It can be a catch 22 but you dont want to lie to your loyal customers.
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