Am I being stupid..possibly; but I can find no reference in the car manual to say what the word "Off" written on the right + flappy paddle...could someone enlighten me please ....nicely because I just know it is going to be something simple but at the moment it is beyond me! Thanks Guys.

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Why do people persist in using the rather pejorative term 'flappy paddle'?  There's nothing particularly 'flappy' about them.

Why not call it 'fingertip gearshift'?  That's what it is, and on cars where I've tried it (Jaguar XK, Porshe Boxster - me showing off!) it works very well.  Like it does on my bicycle. 

Edited 25 November, 201312 yr by Stuarted

Because some ARE flappy paddles and, let's face it, it sounds much cooler than [/nerd voice] fingertip gearshift [/nerd voice] ??

As for the question, can't help you, sorry

Edited 25 November, 201312 yr by dobbey

When you are in the manual shift mode, if you keep pressing the + button it will switch in auto mode, D ... Not sure, but this is how it should work. 

If you are in manual mode and hold the right (+) flappy paddle for a second or two the car will revert back to auto.

When you are in the manual shift mode, if you keep pressing the + button it will switch in auto mode, D ... Not sure, but this is how it should work. 

Absolutely right.  When changing gear with the right-hand paddle if it is held momentarily, rather than immediately released, then the DSG returns to auto mode.  A great feature.  In Auto, use left paddle to change down before an overtake, on completion of overtake change up and hold paddle to return to Auto - all without taking a hand off the wheel.  Also useful to change down before a sharp bend and back into Auto when bend is exited.

 

I assume that the OFF on the paddle refers to 'Manual Override OFF'?  In my FL vRS there is no 'OFF' printed on the RH paddle.

 

My owner's Manual contains the following in the DSG section:

 

Temporarily switching over to manual shifting

     – If the selector lever is in position D or S, press the left rocker switch or the right

rocker switch for the multifunction steering wheel.

     – If the rocker switches or are not pressed for some time, the manual shifting

switches off.

     - You can also switch off the temporary switch over to manual shifting

by pressing the right rocker switch for more than 1 second.

Agree with Stuarted.

Flappy is such a flappy adjective in this particular case.

Pull Shift or Touch Shift are more apt.

But stuarted would argue black was white and up was down and no matter what.

First time I heard "flappy paddle gearbox", it was on Top Gear - maybe that's where it come from and into general usage?  Ironically, most people know what you're talking about when calling it a "flappy paddle" box rather than referring to it as a DSG!

 

To finish back On Topic, the temporary manual override (as answered above already) is a great feature IMHO and can (most importantly) be done without taking a hand off the wheel.

Definitely a Top Gear trend. It's tongue in cheek and works well to describe them... Flappy Paddles is commonplace now, as is "Womble" to describe Traffic Officers/Highway Agency 4x4s! It's like "Daddy Long Legs" - I refer to crane flies as "Daddy Long Legs" but they're Crane Flies.... it's a nickname!

But stuarted would argue black was white and up was down and no matter what.

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Why would I?

I criticise the name "flappy paddle" because often they are not at all flappy.  But the system does offer finger-tip gear shiftinng, and I am a believer in the tin saying what the contents do.

 

 

In post #6 the manual calls them 'rocker switches'. Therefore why not call them 'rocker switches' as that is what they are ?

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Why would I?

I criticise the name "flappy paddle" because often they are not at all flappy.  But the system does offer finger-tip gear shiftinng, and I am a believer in the tin saying what the contents do.

 

 

 

No you're just a pedant. They're shaped like flaps, Simples.

A flap can be accurate (a lot are); just that the word flappy should be "flap-like", not "loose as the undergarments of a working girl".  Paddles?  Yep - I'll go with that.

 

Rocker switches might be technically correct, but not in my eyes.