Hi, I was wondering how many people have the DSG and paddles. How much do you use them and are they good.

I like the 3 spoke wheel but not sure how much I'd change gear by hand in an auto with a sport and drive function.

Any comments welcome.

Harry

I had a MKV Golf GTI for over three years with the Flappy Paddles and after the first few times very rarely used them .. except when alone in the car and having a bit of fun .... they are nice but in reality 99% of the time you won't even consider using them.

I'm using a DSG equipped Octavia loan car whilst I wait for my Superb DSG. Recently I've been using the 'box in manual mode and I know wish I had ordered the paddles on the Superb as I think I'd use them quite a bit.

I use my DSG in manual most of the time as well, but still think I would not use the paddles as using the gear selector feels more natural to me.

I have the 3 spoke wheel with paddles and use them about 70% of the time - especially when I am travelling solo. Only time I use auto is in heavy city traffic. I guess it's personal preference and what you train yourself to be comfortable with. I have had qutie a few cars with steering wheel paddles so use them, but that's just me!

If you spend the money on the 3 spoke wheel, then I guess it pays to learn to use the paddles...

Now for about 3 weeks I'm owning 3.6 L Suberb with 3 Spoke wheel with Paddles I can tell I have used them maybe 10 times! My presonal opinion is this option is not essential but this ir very cool tool and i higly recomend it ! Most of all I use it for down shifting and felling is really sporty like you shift down with manual gear box ! But I'm pritty shore that in D possition 3.6 engine is much more ecanomical then driving using paddles ! So Why use paddles if you have DSG gear box...so my recomandation is go for 3 spoke wheel with paddles and atleast 2-3 times a week it will make you smile

Edited 19 April, 201115 yr by AigariTTO

Hi

I my current Audi was an ex demo so I had no say in options.

My 3 big regrets are the lack of heated seats, no memory on seats and no paddle shift for gears.

All sorted when my V6 arrives early next month .

Paddle shift is great fun when you want to play but can be ignored if you just sit in traffic.

Plus I think 3 spoke looks better.

Hi!

Considered this option (liked the 3 spoke wheel..) but then decided not to. It's a Superb and not a BMW. I'm to old to fool myself with Schumi driving. Moreover, its dangerous for your driver license as well

And finally, it wouldn't be much use to me since the only time I would really use it is going downhill using the engine brake on a lower gear than the DSG normally would choose. Since I already got that function on my DSG this option was out.

/Superbjoser

Thanks for the help guys, I like the 3 spoke wheel, but it's not worth the money, both are round eh...

Opted to spend the £400 on park assist and get the front parking sensors and a cool new toy too.

Thanks for the help guys, I like the 3 spoke wheel, but it's not worth the money, both are round eh...

Opted to spend the £400 on park assist and get the front parking sensors and a cool new toy too.

Just watch your alloys as park assist puts you into the kurb :'(

Just watch your alloys as park assist puts you into the kurb

As sweeping and inaccurate statements go, that's a winner!

Park Assist uses sensors to line up the car with the vehicles in front and behind, after sizing the gap in question. If one of the cars, particularly the one behind, is tight to the kerb, on the kerb, or over it, then the sensors will match that position. Hence, it is important to be aware of the relative position of the cars between which you intend to park before entrusting your alloys purely to the sensors.

I'm not suggesting that Park Assist won't put your alloys in peril, just saying that it's a mechanism, it doesn't make decisions and it doesn't account for wheel positions, just physical outer corners. If you know and accept that, your alloys should remain safe (as mine have).

Ray

I'm not suggesting that Park Assist won't put your alloys in peril, just saying that it's a mechanism, it doesn't make decisions and it doesn't account for wheel positions, just physical outer corners. If you know and accept that, your alloys should remain safe (as mine have).

Ray

Which is why I said WATCH your alloys, not it Will Kerb them.

You can't see that "park assist puts you into the kurb" can be read as "it will put you into the kerb"? That's how I read it and I'd bet I'm not alone.

Ray

You can't see that "park assist puts you into the kurb" can be read as "it will put you into the kerb"? That's how I read it and I'd bet I'm not alone.

Ray

Ok I will speak more slowly Ray, just for you

If you allow park assist to park the car without taking care and monitoring it, there is a far greater chance of a mishap then if you are in total control, as in when you park normally.

Even the normal sensors are only there as an assistance, only a fool would rely on them totally.

I am not suggesting that you WILL hit the kurb, just don't rely on it to park you in complete safety.

Ok I will speak more slowly Ray, just for you

I don't need you to speak slowly, just more accurately and less ambiguously will do.

For example, "Just watch your alloys as park assist puts you into the kurb " is better expressed as "Just watch your alloys while (or "whilst," either is fine) park assist puts you towards the kerb (there being no such word as "kurb").

That removes ambiguity and is then in the correct context. I trust that's now clear enough for you?

Ray

I don't need you to speak slowly, just more accurately and less ambiguously will do.

For example, "Just watch your alloys as park assist puts you into the kurb " is better expressed as "Just watch your alloys while (or "whilst," either is fine) park assist puts you towards the kerb (there being no such word as "kurb").

That removes ambiguity and is then in the correct context. I trust that's now clear enough for you?

Ray

I was always clear

But am pleased that you now are as well.

Sorry, but changing the subject. Does anyone find the dsg box a little bit "clunky" when it changes down to 2nd gear?

And sometimes leaves you stranded halfway into a junction before ut powers up after moving from brake pedal to accelerator? It's happened quite a few times to me, when creeping out to see past an awkwardly parked vehicle, you see an oncoming car, and brake, he then kindly flashes you out, and your left stranded momentarily.î„…

Edited 20 April, 201115 yr by 0ggy

3 spoke wheel is chunkier so feels better. Paddles turn with the wheel so are often unreachable in the middle of a corner, just when you want them. Can be used ok in long sweepers when your hands stay in the same place on the wheel. And quite good for a bit of engine braking when approaching a corner.

Sorry, but changing the subject. Does anyone find the dsg box a little bit "clunky" when it changes down to 2nd gear?

And sometimes leaves you stranded halfway into a junction before ut powers up after moving from brake pedal to accelerator? It's happened quite a few times to me, when creeping out to see past an awkwardly parked vehicle, you see an oncoming car, and brake, he then kindly flashes you out, and your left stranded momentarily.î„…

I have been driving my CR170 DSG for nearly 2 years now. I have never found the DSG to be anything but smooth.

It does however have a wrinkle to beware of, and that is its propensity to leave you without power for a small but significant amount of time when accelerating from rest. This happens if you have used the footbrake, but not if you have used the hand brake. I believe, though I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, that it happens because of an interlock inserted in the system by VW to avoid burning out the clutches. This interlock so I am told starves the engine of fuel when the foot brake is on and continues to do so for the first few seconds when you start to move. The only solution I have found is to take off from the hand brake and not the footbrake.

Personally, I think this is a very dangerous thing to happen. It may save burned out clutches, but could easily leave you vulnerable to your car being written off by being hit in the side as you move off.

I'm happy to leave mine in auto, thats why I bought it, but if I wanted to use manual I'd want the paddles. The gearbox selector is arse about face to me.

2 months and 2700 miles into my 170 DSG with paddles and I love it. I use normal auto most of the time. Sport mode at certain times for better pick up. And just love clicking down a gear or 2 or 3 when going for an overtake or when approaching a roundabout or bend. 

Never had a problem not reaching the paddle half way round a bend as I'm usually in the right gear at that point. 

Only rarely use it to change up, usually when a down shift or Sport mode is holding a gear a bit longer than I want. 

Have almost never touched the manual shift lever. 

I very often move into neutral while waiting at lights, etc. to eliminate the very obvious clutch drag. 

All in all I think the DSG box is one of the best inventions to be fitted in recent years and am unlikely to choose a car without it in future.

Not so long back, I had to use an Audi Q7 with DSG & Paddles, had it about 2 weeks. In the time I had it, I hardly used the paddles at all.

The only time I did use it was on the motorway when, sometimes, it would take a long time to get into 6th gear so I would click the paddle to drop it in. Aside from that, it was left in auto.

When I tried DSG I could see the merits but decided manual was the way forward. There was a slight delay and with other Autos ive had this has not been the case. I had an auto Jag, and while it was lovely and fast it was a drinker.

I think DSG technology is in its early years, like CVT is unrewarding and will have some inherent problems as have been seen on youtube, in 4 years time I will consider the switch, but for now, manual is the tried and tested method that works for me.

Still dont think the DSG is as economical as manual.

I noticed it still kicks down even when in manual mode! :-(

I'm a long time fan of DSG. As someone who spends a fair amount of time on the track in a 300bhp MX5 I like manual cars for the best possible control but reckon a DSG is just as quick as a manual on the road. And less effort. And cleverer than me 99.99% of the time.

Until today (day 5 of ownership) I hadn't got my head round the addition of the flappy paddles. But today on a trip with lots of inclines and tightening bends it was great to force a manual downchange before the bend just to settle the car and to give me more options if it did tighten. And without having to take my a hand off the wheel.

Edited 5 August, 201114 yr by davekmoore