steveDSG

I bought the steel Atera roof bars for my new Skoda Superb Hatch in June and have never used them, I don't have the original box but the bars are in perfect unused condition and I will send them by courrier if sold on here. I am looking for £75 with free delivery or a decent reasonable offer. I have traded in my Superb so need to sell the bars.

Car sold, please delete this post.

I have done a little over one thousand miles in my 2.0 diesel DSG and thought I would give the car a proper MPG test. I filled the car and drove steadily from South Yorkshire to Whitby and back via Scarborough and filled the car again on arriving home. The computer told me I had averaged 59 MPG for the journey, after filling the car up I calculated the MPG based on the amount of diesel used and the true figure was 50 MPG. A big difference, the computer claims 20% better than real MPG. My real MPG is decent but I am surprised by how far out the computer is, most of my other cars have been very accurate or within 5%. How do your computer figures compare to reality?

I have done about 600 miles now and am more used to it but still think it holds on to gears when revs are too low, it often keeps it in gear when doing less than 1200 revs going up a hill. I am a steady driver and I know if I booted it the gearbox would drop but at somepoint would drop back to a gear where it can rumble away. I have tried sport mode but that is far too much in the opposite direction. Happy with everything else just waiting for the dealer to fix my park assist and I would like to able to control more of the entertainment system from the steering wheel, such as going through folders of MP3 albums and change from radio to media from the wheel as well.

Thanks, I will check out Shark Tuning if I remain disgruntled.

I think based on what has been said here I need to mention it to the dealers and maybe also have a ride in another DSG for comparrison.

Thanks for the replies, it is not the tyres had noisy ones on the last car, definitely the transmission, as an earlier poster said driving another DSG should provide a good comparrison. I have driven plenty of automatics in the US and none had the transmission noise of mine, then again I know DSG is a little more advanced than the average US auto industries idea of an automatic.

Holding on to the gears to long could be the issue, as you say it changes up very early and is sometimes in sixth when in thirties which of course if in a manual I would never do. I guess it could be good for economy but does not feel so good and in a manual would say it is idling and the transmission is unhappy.

Got my brand new Superb SE Plus CR TDi 2.0 DSG on Tuesday and never driven a DSG before. It makes a low rumble when low in the rev range and in particularly when in the high gears. At first I thought the car had a subwoofer and the bass was to low but it is not that. Also I seem to need a lot revs to reverse. Is this normal, am I just being over sensative or might there be an issue? Will it become quieter as it runs in? Your experience based opinions would be much appreciated.