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Thanks everyone for the excellent detailed answers! I am REALLY looking forward to ordering my Yeti TDI DSG .... .... I wonder how long I shall have to wait for the sunroof to be orderable.... :(

I have some recent experience of snow tyres: Vredestein SnowTrac3 on a Nissan Micra in last years winter driving through slush and snow at various speeds. The grip was amazing and made the conditions so much less dangerous. Until you've actually experienced good snow tyres, it really is hard to appreciated just how big a difference they actually make. As a test: I stopped the Micra half way up the hill of icey packed snow and thought I would never get up it, but the car got up no problem with just some slippage; it made the ice packed snow feel like loose dirt. A 4x4 Yeti with SnowTrac3 tyres would be super safe and what price can we put on safety for ourselves and our family? Looking forward to ordering my Yeti...

The brake pedal automatically disengaging the clutches got me thinking: surely this does not happen in Manual mode of operating the DSG transmission Yetis... In a modern day manual gearbox equipped car, when lifting off the throttle in gear (engine braking) and then applying the brakes a little bit, the engine will not consume any fuel. But if the Yeti DSG in Manual mode engine braking and driver softly applied the brakes and then released the brakes again, I would expect the clutches to remain engaged throughout the engine and foot brake deceleration.... Has anybody tried this?

I seem to remember moving the gear lever to the left to engage manual gear selection whilst the car was moving during a test drive of a DSG Yeti, but can't remember if there was a middle position eg, Left: Manual, Middle: Neutral, Right: Auto -was this operation a bit of an abuse by me at the time?

Thanks for replying. So does the car need to be at a standstill before the Neutral / Drive, or will the gearbox switch modes with just the footbrake slightly pressed?

Hello everyone, I'm going to be ordering a Yeti TDI 140 DSG hopefully soon and one of the main upgrades for me is the DSG gearbox as it we can drive it like a manual but without the foot clutch. However, one of the biggest tests for the DSG is the M25 like stop-start for 20 minutes pain.... so I am wondering how this DSG gearbox copes with that situation.... has anybody being through M25 mill with their DSG Yeti? Can you tell me what happens when in Auto mode? Any jerkiness? Any smells/overheating of clutches? Many thanks!

Hi all... ...after maximising the practicality of my 2005 Nissan Micra 1.6SR for the last 4 years, I'm on the brink of ordering a Yeti TDI 140 DSG. I am being patient and waiting for the very-desirable huge sunroof to be orderable again before I place the order! ...apparently, I could be waiting a LONG time....! :(