Just wondering how many of you guys have the gear suggestion indicator on your MFD?

 

I test drove a few and I distinctly remember seeing it on some, if not all of them.

 

However, the 59 plate 2.0CR Elegance I bought a few weeks back doesnt seem to have it (I'm sure it was there when I test drove it.....maybe).

 

I'm hoping this is something I can get enabled via VCDS.

 

 

 

Mine has it and I had briefly considered doing the opposite when I first got the car, i.e. to look whether it could be deactivated via VCDS. I thought it was a bit annoying, but then came to realise that it does help to remind how much torque is available low down and upshift a bit sooner, which I think has helped with fuel economy.

 

Unfortunately, this change of heart came about before I started looking into deactivation through VCDS so can't offer much help there...

My 60 plate TDi 140 definitely has it.

My SE 140 4x4 definitely has it

My 59 plate SE doesn't have it, and since on hire cars I've had it tends not to suit my driving - I haven't tried enabling it.

My 11 plate SE has it but I ignore it.

 

Fred

had it on my 10 140 and now on my 1.8 Tsi- it's a good thing and on the diesel encourages you to rev a bit more when you are close to a dpf regen!

My DSG shows the gears as they change up and down and it seems to switch into 2nd very quickly no matter how many revs I put on, unless I am in "S" mode

1.2 tsi manual has it.

My 140 4x4 Elegance has it and there nothing I can see in the MFD setup to turn it on or off.

My 11 plate 1.2TSI S had it on and it helped me achieve 40.1 mpg over 10,000 miles. I find it invaluable and use it daily on my recently acquired diesel Adventure.

as mike^^ 110 se has it cannot disable in mfd

Whether you have it or not (I do), I don't think it serves any useful purpose and some of its 'suggestions' are just plain daft.

I've got it on mine ( 2010 reg,) but I totally agree with hmibennett it's a waste of time, you should know when to change gear,and what gear you are in, not wait for some gizmo to tell you. And at the end of the day you should be looking at the road, not a tiny number flashing. The same as I don't look at my SatNav I just listen to it's instructions, there are signs etc to tell you where to go or what lane to be in.

agreed but I was interested in how much it'd differ from my driving style and if it made any difference to mpg.

asked the garage about it today and the bunch of muppets didnt have a clue, i think i'll stop thinking about it.

I had one on my 1.4tsi Octy and it was always trying to get me in 6th by 40mph. I found it's great weakness was it was only calibrated to work on the flat, so any hills or headwinds soon made a nonsense of it's pestering. I found the engine preferred changing up a little higher up the rev range, though it might be better with other engines. Thankfully it's not fitted to the CR170 vRS

It was on my CR140 DSG. I used it all the time.

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It was on my CR140 DSG. I used it all the time....

 

Indispensable.  Has anyone ever had their Maxidot reporting the wrong DSG gear :think: ?

Indispensable. Has anyone ever had their Maxidot reporting the wrong DSG gear :think: ?

Yes

It should have displayed N a few times when it gave me a neutral after I had used the paddle shift to down shift 2-3 gears. It happened maybe 6 times over 2 1/2 years.

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Yeti's built before WK45/09 didn't have this feature or an ability to enable it as far as I'm aware.

 

Oh you should however have the better Lucas rear brake callipers.

 

 

TP

that my friend was the answer I was looking for.

thanks

 

/high fives Plumber

Yes...

 

I stand corrected :S

Whether you have it or not (I do), I don't think it serves any useful purpose and some of its 'suggestions' are just plain daft.

 

As JCP says, with a diesel it tells you to delay changing up if the DPF needs a regen.  That's quite handy as it can avoid the need to go for a longer than necessary drive when the DPF light comes on.  I can't recall a time when I've thought one of its suggestions was "daft", and in any case you're entirely at liberty to ignore it eg when you want to press on a bit.

 

I found it's great weakness was it was only calibrated to work on the flat, so any hills or headwinds soon made a nonsense of it's pestering.

 

I believe that is incorrect: mine certainly tells me to change down if the engine starts to labour going uphill (not that I let it do that very often, obviously, but no-one is perfect).  It also seems to understand when the engine is properly warmed up, and prompts you to change up sooner.  I think it's fairly tightly integrated with the engine sensors and the programming in the ECU.

Double post - and once is bad enough!

Edited 18 October, 201312 yr by Freshacre

Had it on the Yeti, and again on the 'Berb.

I find it very useful indeed, and that's because the 170 diesel is so mouse quiet that I sometimes need to be reminded which gear I'm in and where I should look to be going next!!

And I occasionally enjoy playing a bit of a game with it by following its suggestions to the nth degree, immediately, just to see what economy I get.

It is also interesting to note that, from the old fart style of gearchanging, to foot on the floor young hooligan style the so-called useless suggestions change completely, and will issue those self same useless so called suggestions in a far more excitable and hooliganistically inclined way.

Anyway, it's better than picking your nose and flicking bogies at the rear view mirror so see if you can make them stick on your nose's reflection.

Not that I do that. At all.