>> I'm interested in this one too.
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>> I have been put off the VW brand entirely by reports of the DSG being
>> at least as bad. The nail in the coffin was when a colleague, in 2016,
>> bought his first auto, a DSG equipped Passat. It didn't do any sort of creep
>> - just sat there till you touched the throttle and it lurched forward.
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>> So, any positive reports of the DSG ...
It might depend on whether the 'box is the dry clutch (DQ200) or one of the wet clutch ones. Small/less powerful cars generally use the DQ200 which our Roomster has. I think it's horrible and I wouldn't buy another. My wife likes it, but she drives 'around' its limitation and doesn't let it annoy her.
Once rolling it's impressive, with barely noticeable changes and easy progress with the 1.2TSI engine. Manoeuvring is a different matter. It creeps a bit on the flat, although it sets my teeth on edge when it does that because it is of course slipping its single plate dry clutch and heating up the gearbox. Even ignoring that, if you touch the brake it disengages the clutch entirely, so inching up to say a wall or garage door is really tricky especially on an upward slope. Hill hold is essential. When you release the brake, you then have to wait for the clutch to come to the biting point, then press the accelerator. The car then jerks forward, you stab at the brake, and if you still aren't near enough and you are feeling brave you repeat the process.
The manual forbids "holding the car on the accelerator" which completely undermines its value as an auto for me. I can inch my Outlander with its torque converter as slowly as I like up a slope, the auto holding the car when I release the accelerator and moving at a snail's trot when I choose.
My daughter's A6 3.0 TDI has a 7 speed wet clutch DSG, the DL382 I believe. It is much better to manoeuvre, and does a reasonable job of impersonating a torque converter.
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