I have read the owner's Manual. Honest. I am interested in clutch slippage because I have a total pig of a parking routine to get my car into the space by my house.  It was pretty tough in the manual gearbox TDi but with the DSG 7 speed in this Fabia it is difficult. The problem is the speed the car wants to hit in reverse with tick-over revs only. The only control I have, obviously, is the foot brake to slow it down to a crawl BUT ALSO to simultaneously slip the clutch---as I understand it. 

Am I facing two or three clutch replacements per year or are the clutches more robust than that.

I must say I am surprised at the eagerness of the car to get up to speed in reverse, (and also forwards) on tick-over. 

Of course in normal driving this eagerness is great for smooth get-aways but not for very fine manoeuvring.

So the maths--tick-over revs in 1st or reverse equals what road speed?  How do I work it out. And if my braking slips the clutch how long will it last?.

It is a very nice car but will take a hell of a lot of getting used to. It is full of curious interest at the moment.

Comments will be very welcome.

Use only one foot, and you can not go 'slipping the clutches'.

You need to get used to light on the throttle and using the 'hill hold' and the 2 seconds it holds between brake to throttle. 

The brake on cuts power and engages the clutches so brake pedal and throttle pedal used together is not how you can use the DSG.

Use the hand brake if necessary as you still have a mechanical one.

 

You do not have an Automatic you have a Automated Manual.

Edited 28 May, 20179 yr by Awayoffski

You don't need the throttle at all, it will try an emulate a slush box creeping, just feather the brake pedal basically.

 

the clutches themselves, although dry plate in the Fabia, are much thicker than a manual. I have a mk.ii VRS which gets some abuse in that it shifts full throttle up 1:10 hills every day, with 250nm running through it, and the clutches are lasting just fine at 3 years.

Thank you Pearce, that is reassuring.  VW must have assessed the amount of wear and tear normal daily use causes.  In my case this includes short term but intense footbrake work to slow the car to a crawl as I struggle to fit my car in its space.  I was concerned that this might be more wearing on the clutches than usual or normal but could see no way round it. Use of handbrake is crude and likely to cause additional clutch slippage I would think. 

I never mentioned using both feet or throttle .  As I said the car is so eager to be on its way at tickover  (which I think implies no throttle) that footbrake is the obvious way to control it.  It just seems odd that it causes slight to complete clutch disengagement at the same time, but must be OK 'cos they designed it.  Or Borg Warner did. So from now on it will get used as it comes and can look after itself.

Like I said your comment reassures me.  thank you

Maybe practice a bit more and think less.  ie Clutch slippage etc. 

Personally having only one foot and having driven automatics for more than 4 decades i find using the hand brake when needed as 2nd nature.

Only since getting 'Auto Hold' and Electric Handbrakes have i changed how i drive with a DSG.

7 Speed Twin Dry Clutch DSG as from 2009-2017 in petrol's are just so easy to drive and park IME. Just get to know when hill hold is functioning or not.

As pearce_jj said, no throttle required to have the car move in reverse lots of the time.