My first.... My intention is to drive it like a manual with the paddles unless pootling around town or stuck in traffic. I have some questions though.

 

How do you cope with no point of balance / slipping the clutch in tricky manoeuvre's  ?

 

When do you apply the equivalent of the handbrake ?

 

When you pull up at traffic lights do you put the gear shift in Park and apply the handbrake ?

 

What are the do's and donts with DSG ?

 

Any other advice welcome :-)

My first.... My intention is to drive it like a manual with the paddles unless pootling around town or stuck in traffic. I have some questions though.

 

How do you cope with no point of balance / slipping the clutch in tricky manoeuvre's  ?

normally this is just done with the brake,

 

When do you apply the equivalent of the handbrake ?

When you park up for the night, no need on steep pull offs due to hill assist holding the car while you come off the brake pedal to the accelerator.

 

When you pull up at traffic lights do you put the gear shift in Park and apply the handbrake ?

I never do

 

What are the do's and donts with DSG ?

only use your right foot

 

Any other advice welcome :-)

hard down on the accelerator almost further than you think it goes to instigate a full kickdown.

Edited 26 August, 201510 yr by panmat

My first.... My intention is to drive it like a manual with the paddles unless pootling around town or stuck in traffic. I have some questions though.

 

How do you cope with no point of balance / slipping the clutch in tricky manoeuvre's  ?

 

When do you apply the equivalent of the handbrake ?

 

When you pull up at traffic lights do you put the gear shift in Park and apply the handbrake ?

 

What are the do's and donts with DSG ?

 

Any other advice welcome :-)

I only drive it like a manual using the paddle shift when I get an open road/motorway most of the time especially around town I just drive it in (D)

 

you can't slip a clutch on a DSG as far as I know?

 

I apply the handbrake when I'm at traffic lights & I always put it in (N) for neutral I never use park, Only use park when I'm parked-up for the night

 

Also never thrash the car or the DSG from first starting, let the gearbox oil get up to temp, at least 85.

 

And most of all just drive in (D) its an automatic that's what it is designed for, easy relaxing driving  

The 6 speed has wet lubricated clutches that slip all the time. When you release your foot off the brake the clutch partially engages to give the same effect as finding your bite point on the clutch. You can then do manoeuvring just using the brake and no need for the throttle.

 

If you're stopped at the lights for some time then you should use N and apply the handbrake.

 

Almost all the time in D for me. Unless I'm on hilly roads I use S or manual to give more engine braking but yours will have the inclination sensor and will automatically kick down a gear down hills etc.

 

Also used manual mode on the Nurburgring and that's about it.

As you've posted in the Superb III section I assume you have the new model.

 

The car has 'Auto Hold'. You can manually activate this when you get in the car using the relevant switch between the front seats. When you pull up to a stop take your foot off the foot brake and the auto hold will keep the same brake pressure active on all four wheels. This remains the case until after about 10 constant minutes when it will then automatically apply the electronic handbrake. To pull away just press the accelerator, the auto hold or electronic handbrake will release automatically, provided you give it enough power if stopped on an uphill road for example. 

 

As you car should have stop/start leave it in drive when you stop at lights - nothing wears as nothing is moving and the auto hold keeps the brakes on. Touching the accelerator will restart the engine and release the brakes and off you go, so no need to use N unless you deactivate stop/start. If you only stop for a short period with the engine still running you can leave it in drive.

 

When you park at the end of your journey if the auto hold is active when you stop the engine the electronic handbrake will be applied without you having to do anything.

 

Personally I don't know why people use the paddles on a regular basis, you've got an automatic gearbox, why not just let it do it for you.

 

What I have described here is how it worked on the three Passat's I've had with auto hold, electronic handbrake and also one with DSG, I assume the Superb has the same technology. The two later ones also had hill hold as well. If auto hold is not active hill hold keeps the foot brake pressure on for approximately 3 seconds after you remove your foot from the brake.

My first.... My intention is to drive it like a manual with the paddles unless pootling around town or stuck in traffic. I have some questions though.

 

How do you cope with no point of balance / slipping the clutch in tricky manoeuvre's  ?

 

When do you apply the equivalent of the handbrake ?

 

When you pull up at traffic lights do you put the gear shift in Park and apply the handbrake ?

 

What are the do's and donts with DSG ?

 

Any other advice welcome :-)

Drive it like any other automatic, let the box do the work & only intervene when necessary.

 

Never leave the car in Park unless you are going to exit the car & need to remove the keys.

The think is I enjoy a good twisty road where I'm up and down the gearbox. It on occasions like that where I hope to use manual mode ...

I found the following article on VWvortex useful for understanding the quirks of the DSG, albeit in this case it mainly relates to the 6-speed with paddles.

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

I remember reading somewhere that reversing up a slope with a DSG box is a rather tricky manouver. Is that still the case?

I remember reading somewhere that reversing up a slope with a DSG box is a rather tricky manouver. Is that still the case?

I've never had an issue with the Superb II. Hold on the handbrake, select reverse, apply enough throttle to feel the car wanting to move and release the handbrake. And I don't have hill hold either.

Without having experienced the Superb III's brake holding gizmos I guess with the electronic handbrake it will be the same, just pull it "on" for a few seconds to "lock" it and then release as you would with a normal mechanical handbrake.

I remember reading somewhere that reversing up a slope with a DSG box is a rather tricky manouver. Is that still the case?

 

 

With a 7 speed dry clutch DSG yes it still requires a bit of balance on the throttle/brake.

 

On a 6 speed wet clutch DSG just release the brake and the car will try to creep back like a standard auto, add power as required.

 

I have one of each.

 

Lee

Without having experienced the Superb III's brake holding gizmos I guess with the electronic handbrake it will be the same, just pull it "on" for a few seconds to "lock" it and then release as you would with a normal mechanical handbrake.

 

The electric handbrake will release by itself (providing the door is closed and seatbelt is on) so in theory its foolproof.

I've never had an issue with the Superb II. Hold on the handbrake, select reverse, apply enough throttle to feel the car wanting to move and release the handbrake. And I don't have hill hold either.

Without having experienced the Superb III's brake holding gizmos I guess with the electronic handbrake it will be the same, just pull it "on" for a few seconds to "lock" it and then release as you would with a normal mechanical handbrake.

 

Auto hold doesn't actually use the handbrake at all. Once you come to a standstill it retains the hydraulic pressure on all four wheels and doesn't engage the electric handbrake on the rear wheels.

A touch on the accelerator releases the hydraulic pressure instantly.

 

Lee

Auto hold doesn't actually use the handbrake at all. Once you come to a standstill it retains the hydraulic pressure on all four wheels and doesn't engage the electric handbrake on the rear wheels.

A touch on the accelerator releases the hydraulic pressure instantly.

 

Lee

Hi Lee,

 

I wasn't actually referring to auto hold (standard with the Superb III DSG), but hill hold (an optional extra with the Superb II).

Auto hold releases brake pressure as soon as acceleration is applied, hill hold still retains brake pressure for an extra 1 to 2 seconds.

 

Rightly or wrongly I assumed l4wrence was referring to reversing uphill from standstill and with a DSG I would hold the handbrake on until I feel sufficient drive to prevent the car rolling forward (and that's effectively what hill hold does for you).

 

Until I have first-hand experience of the electronic parking brake and auto-hold in the new Superb I won't put faith in the vehicle not rolling forward. As per the manual...

"The parking brake is switched off during start-up as long as the driver's door is closed.

Should the vehicle start to roll away when starting on a downhill slope then step on the accelerator and/or turn on the parking brake.

Turning off the parking brake can be prevented if, before starting the (electronic parking brake) is pulled and held in the direction of arrow (up). The parking brake turns off after releasing the button."