Picking up my car today after a bit of warranty work I decided to take out the new Superb for a test drive. It was an SE L 190 DSG. What I found a bit disconcerting was the delay of the engine starting between taking your foot off the break and onto the throttle.

Has anyone else experienced it? I have my heart set on a DSG when I get my new car but I'll be honest, that delay does bother me a bit. I'm wondering can it be anticipated (watching the lights like a hawk) and thus worked around.

Cheers

Ivor.

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I haven't drive the DSG but the stop/start on the Superb IIIs I have driven so far just doesn't feel right.  There is a slight delay on restart but what I found worse was how quickly S/S kicked in.  It was engaging while the car was still rolling to a stop which I found a little unnerving!

I've driven a DSG with start-stop and just couldn't get on with it. It kept kicking in at the stupidest of times and sometimes wouldn't when I thought it should. I love start-stop in manuals though, as it works exactly when you want it to and you have good control over it.

I have an octavia with s/s and dsg. And it starts before my foot is all the way of the brake. So I havent experienced that it had slowed me down of the lights.

Its petrol, but that shouldnt matter.

I'm a bit confused.

My new Superb will have DSG and therefore both auto-hold and start-stop.

 

It was my understanding that if I brake to a stop and keep the car in Drive that [a] start-stop will shut down the engine and  the auto-hold function effectively keeps the brakes applied when I take my foot off the brake pedal.

Then, when I apply pressure on the accelerator to pull away, the start-stop restarts the engine and auto-hold releases the brakes.

 

I have RTFM and for start-stop it says...

"If the system determines that the engine is not needed when the vehicle stops (e.g. at the traffic lights), it turns off the engine and starts it again when moving off".

For auto-hold it says...

"When stopping the system prevents the vehicle from rolling away. The brake pedal can be released. The vehicle's brakes are released at the moment of starting off".

 

But...

 

I have an octavia with s/s and dsg. And it starts before my foot is all the way of the brake.

 

Unless you're left-foot braking, you imply that the start-stop will restart the engine as soon as I release the footbrake, which to my mind makes a mockery of having auto-hold and start-stop if the engine starts up again when I'm not actually ready to drive off.

 

It will be a few weeks before I have my new Superb and find the answer for myself, but it would be appreciated if someone could clarify it for me.

 

If start-stop works purely on the application/release of the brake pedal I'll be looking to permanently disable it - something I really don't want to do, but I stubbornly refuse to blind the motorist stopped behind me at night with my brake lights kept on (even though it's a courtesy seldom shown by others).

Thw Octy doesnt have autohold, only hill hold, so that might be the difference.

I'm a bit confused.

My new Superb will have DSG and therefore both auto-hold and start-stop.

It was my understanding that if I brake to a stop and keep the car in Drive that [a] start-stop will shut down the engine and the auto-hold function effectively keeps the brakes applied when I take my foot off the brake pedal.

Then, when I apply pressure on the accelerator to pull away, the start-stop restarts the engine and auto-hold releases the brakes.

I have RTFM and for start-stop it says...

"If the system determines that the engine is not needed when the vehicle stops (e.g. at the traffic lights), it turns off the engine and starts it again when moving off".

For auto-hold it says...

"When stopping the system prevents the vehicle from rolling away. The brake pedal can be released. The vehicle's brakes are released at the moment of starting off".

But...

Unless you're left-foot braking, you imply that the start-stop will restart the engine as soon as I release the footbrake, which to my mind makes a mockery of having auto-hold and start-stop if the engine starts up again when I'm not actually ready to drive off.

It will be a few weeks before I have my new Superb and find the answer for myself, but it would be appreciated if someone could clarify it for me.

If start-stop works purely on the application/release of the brake pedal I'll be looking to permanently disable it - something I really don't want to do, but I stubbornly refuse to blind the motorist stopped behind me at night with my brake lights kept on (even though it's a courtesy seldom shown by others).

This is an interesting point. I will try to get another test drive and I will make a point of sitting at the lights with my foot OFF the brake to see what happens.

I freely admit that on the test drive, at each set of lights and each junction I kept my foot on the brake to avoid creep because I completely forgot about the auto-hold.

P.S. For the record, my current car is a manual and I always use the handbrake at the lights at night so as not to blind the driver behind me [emoji6]

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