Sorry harrysprout, I beg to differ.

Can't see any mention of that in any Skoda or VAG material - owner's manual, Skoda website, model brochure, nor VAG's technology webpages on DSG, nor any road tests. Just that it adapts to the current conditions - road speed, engine speed, accelerator position, and driving mode (i.e. Sport, Normal or Eco). No mention of any long term learning of driving patterns, but I'm willing to see it written down somewhere.

 

From a default setting the Saab box built up and stored information over a few hundred miles and gradually settled into its own parameters, with gradual changes in its behaviour if there were any material changes in driving style as the miles went by, for instance always using fierce acceleration when before it was always gentle acceleration. Alternatively the memory could be cleared by pulling a fuse for 20 minutes. Then the learning process started all over again. Driving over a well known route, before and after memory clearance, the difference in gearbox behaviour was clearly noticeable.

Just Google it. It's everywhere.

Sorry harry, not as far as I can see.

 

Nearest VAG itself comes to it is this -

The control unit does the thinking for you, using information such as engine speed, road speed, accelerator position and driving mode to select the optimum gear and to determine the ideal shift point. The hydraulic control unit then implements the shift commands in a sequence of precisely co-ordinated actions.

 

No mention of long term memory. Got any links?

 

Cheers.

I found the link below very useful and informative while I was waiting to take delivery of my DSG-equipped Yeti.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5989734-How-to-Play-The-DSG-Game-and-Win-DSG-Driving-Tips-and-Tricks

We have 3 cars. all 2.0 TSi DSG & are seriously pleased with all of them.

 

All the engines have good bottom-end torque, so getting out of the traps is easy, & the DSG makes life so much more fun than a manu

 

Why, a quiet, calm & economical drive, with the ability (paddles) to shift down when necessary far quicker & with less effort than a manual, & a "S" mode for

the red-mist moments!

 

As for learning / fuzzy-logic, yes DSG's do exactly that. My EOS was purchased last summer & it's been given an oil / filter change + software reset, 'cos the

elderly couple (even older the ourselves) had tootled around Torbay's ups & downs without any knowledge in how to drive the car.

Result, very poor overall fuel consumption, (23.6 mpg over 73 hours of running when we collected the car!) & sluggish performance.

The long-term average is now 35 mpg & it's quite nippy for a VW tin-top

 

As for DSG & diesels, our last courtesy car was a FL Yeti, with the 140 ps CR / 6-speed DSG & although we weren't too taken with the Yeti itself, the engine / transmission 

combination was quite impressive.

 

FWIIW, if we do buy another Skoda or VW, neither of us would plump for a manual.

 

HTH, DC