Interesting reading these comments about creep and hillstart. I have had my Superb 1.8TSi for about 6 weeks now and have driven automatics before that and assumed that it would be the same with the Superb. Ie If I'm at the lights and in drive and take my foot off the brake it dos creep forward which I just naturally assumed was normal but if I'm on a slope and take my foot off the brake and i don't hit the gas quick enough it does sometimes roll back. So what should i do in this situation put my handbrake on and release as I hit the gas ( although I think someone in this thread advised against using the handbrake).

 

Your car has the 7 speed dry clutch DSG. When you're in D with your foot on the brake the clutch is fully disengaged. Your car is also fitted with hill hold. So when you come of your foot brake on a hill the car holds the brakes on for a few seconds to give you long enough to press the throttle. If you're not quick enough onto the gas or don't apply enough there is a chance it can roll back just like a manual gearbox.

 

So.... if I'm stationary for a while there is a benefit to select Neutral? There's definately a difference between N and D-with-foot-on-brake.....

 

If you are going to be stopped for longer say if you're just hit a red light or in a traffic jam then you should put it into neutral. It will save a slight bit of fuel as the engine isn't under load. Also in hot environments if you are sat idling in D for a long time the gearbox can start to get hot and it then goes into a different mode where it doesn't slip the clutches etc as much.

 

I had this once driving through London. 2 hours of crawling in traffic, 30c outside and the A/C running (of course). The gearbox suddenly became very juddery and where it would normally slip the clutch into 2nd gear to smooth it out it can changing later in the revs and just engaging the gear straight away. The creep forward became rough too where it would just suddenly engage the clutch rather than allowing it to slip.

To be honest as soon as I take my foot off the brake it seems to start to roll back and I have to be really quick on the gas. Definitely doesn't feel lke it has 'hillstart'?

 

1. A direct-shift gearbox (German: Direkt-Schalt-Getriebe), commonly abbreviated to DSG, is an electronically controlled dual-clutch multiple-shaft manual gearbox, in a transaxle design – without a conventional clutch pedal, and with full automatic, or semi-manual control.

 

 

So it's a manual with automatic control. That clears things up then