>>It's a quite astonishing gearbox when you have 200+hp. Compared with the lazy box in the Volvo (or even the much faster to react Merc I had last) it is in a different league.
But would you buy a 10 year old one?
Daughter has a 260bhp A6, 7 speed wet clutch job. It does a plausible, even good, job of mimicing proper creep but the fact remains it is wearing and heating the clutch(es) and therefore gearbox if used in that way. Excessive heat is death to DSGs. It is much better for fine manoeuvring than the DQ200 single dry plate version, presumably because the DQ200 really doesn't want to allow slip beyond the amount needed to set off. I find myself strategising to avoid situations where I need to inch towards solid objects.
I agree they are very good at changing gear, and generally go the right way although you can catch them out if you have to switch rapidly from slowing to accelerating or vice versa, simply because they have the wrong gear selected on the alternate shaft.
If you drive smoothly (fast is OK) then it's rare to have a problem with the driving. It's so good I'm amazed how good our (now oldish) Roomster is, bar the manoeuvring, but I still regard DCT as a fudge for consumer use, albeit that it is theoretically more efficient than an epicyclic with TC.
Last edited by: Manatee on Tue 5 Jul 22 at 14:15
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