Normal 95% of the time because mine bloomin resets itself every time you start it and I’m too lazy to change it.

 

Occassionally comfort for potholed Devon back roads but it’s wallows a bit then as has the adjustable dampers.

 

Very rarely sport when I’m alone and find a road that the suspension and 19 inch wheels can cope with.

Individual - with everything in Sport except for turning the noise off as much as possible.

If my 6-yr old asks for "red mode" I'll put it in sport to get the noise, which he seems to enjoy - and then switch back to Individual after getting annoyed with the sound about a minute later

I prefer Sport, but this is how I have Individual.

I had a play on my commute the other day.

 

If I’m in Sport and get up to speed, i.e. motorway slip road up to 70, then set the CC the DSG goes from 4th up to 6th fairly quickly. The revs match that of the Normal setting.

 

If I don’t select CC then the revs hold quite high.

22 minutes ago, CookieMonster87 said:

I had a play on my commute the other day.

 

If I’m in Sport and get up to speed, i.e. motorway slip road up to 70, then set the CC the DSG goes from 4th up to 6th fairly quickly. The revs match that of the Normal setting.

 

If I don’t select CC then the revs hold quite high.

I’ve found blipping between S and D on the DSG is great for that. Sport til you’re up to speed, especially if you need to build up speed quickly eg slip road, nudge the DSG stick and it drops into D, and climbs up the gears quickly. 

It's kinda sounding like this DSG business takes more input and effort than just changing gear the good old fashioned way!

Everyone seems to be switching modes and the like constantly.   I thought the idea was to not have to worry about that.

 

As far as I can tell in a manual the modes make no difference to economy if you have half decent control over your right foot.

I tried eco and normal and just found it laggy and annoying when I wanted to make progress, but with no benefit.

As stated above though, if you've got CC on, the ecu is taking control of your throttle anyway, so the mode selection is redundant.  

6 minutes ago, Alex-W said:

It's kinda sounding like this DSG business takes more input and effort than just changing gear the good old fashioned way!

Everyone seems to be switching modes and the like constantly.   I thought the idea was to not have to worry about that.

 

As far as I can tell in a manual the modes make no difference to economy if you have half decent control over your right foot.

I tried eco and normal and just found it laggy and annoying when I wanted to make progress, but with no benefit.

As stated above though, if you've got CC on, the ecu is taking control of your throttle anyway, so the mode selection is redundant.  

Oh don’t get me wrong, today I turned on the car, put my foot down and went to work - was very easy in the common or garden D mode. 
I’ve found eco helps for slower moving traffic, where you don’t need to hare off the line and coasting has more benefit. 
Still early days for me but I’m loving the discussions and finding out what suits me!  

 

I’d have thought you were right about the manual too. 

15 minutes ago, Alex-W said:

It's kinda sounding like this DSG business takes more input and effort than just changing gear the good old fashioned way!

Everyone seems to be switching modes and the like constantly.   I thought the idea was to not have to worry about that.

 

Depends how you want to drive it. Mine stays in normal most of the time and goes into sport or manual for 'special occasions'

39 minutes ago, Benz3ne said:

I’ve found blipping between S and D on the DSG is great for that. Sport til you’re up to speed, especially if you need to build up speed quickly eg slip road, nudge the DSG stick and it drops into D, and climbs up the gears quickly. 

If you plant your foot in D it'll rev out just as much as it will in S, you don't need to flick between modes to zip up to 70 on a slip road. 

33 minutes ago, Alex-W said:

It's kinda sounding like this DSG business takes more input and effort than just changing gear the good old fashioned way!

Everyone seems to be switching modes and the like constantly.   I thought the idea was to not have to worry about that.

 

As far as I can tell in a manual the modes make no difference to economy if you have half decent control over your right foot.

I tried eco and normal and just found it laggy and annoying when I wanted to make progress, but with no benefit.

As stated above though, if you've got CC on, the ecu is taking control of your throttle anyway, so the mode selection is redundant.  

Yeah I was starting to think that myself. This thread alone is enough to put me off DSG. Christ, I’d have finished my journey by the time modes have been switched, manoeuvre completed then back to cruising again. I think some are way over complicating it. 

1 hour ago, Alex-W said:

As stated above though, if you've got CC on, the ecu is taking control of your throttle anyway, so the mode selection is redundant.  

 

Not entirely true. In eco the return to a set speed is much slower. S may be quicker than d but i would have to check this.

 

1 hour ago, SC03OTT said:

. I think some are way over complicating it. 

 

Not at all. A simple pull back on the stick to get a more responsive drive is great. The fact that more recent cars don't retain the mode selection contributes a little.

I recently deactivated the starting vibration reduction setting via obdeleven. This has had a positive effect on both the throttle and gear change on the DSG.  Basically all the setting does is work like traction control on the throttle input. With it switched off the throttle pedal acts more like a wired throttle of old. This in effect helps the gearbox decide what gear you need quicker, as there is no lag in the throttle response. The whole car is more responsive to inputs both up and down the gears. It doesn't hunt around like it did before trying to find the right gear.

Edited 22 July, 20205 yr by Ecomatt

Tell me more of this starting vibration reduction setting

Edited 23 July, 20205 yr by TDIum

Left in sport mode because I prefer the slight improvement in throttle response 👍

On 23/07/2020 at 09:23, TDIum said:

Tell me more of this starting vibration reduction setting

That would be interesting

 

Cheers

1 hour ago, esoxecosse said:

That would be interesting

 

Cheers

It is located in the braking control unit. The standard setting on my diesel VRS 184 was set to strong. I tried normal and now deactivated. From what I can gather by reading on other forums, it is a form of traction control designed to stop wheel hop by reducing power and the use of the brakes. What I have noticed is since turning it off the throttle is sharper and not as laggy. There used to be a delay in pick up on my dsg box setting off, but now it sets off easily and more like a manual would. I know that on some 2018 Golf R the option to turn it off is not available, as I think they got rid of it as a function. I am not sure if it still on the Octavias.

I used obdeleven to deactivate it so not sure what you would do to deactivate it on vcds.

Edited 24 July, 20205 yr by Ecomatt
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Thanks I will try that on my MY20 as soon as I get the chance 

21 hours ago, Ecomatt said:

It is located in the braking control unit. The standard setting on my diesel VRS 184 was set to strong. I tried normal and now deactivated. From what I can gather by reading on other forums, it is a form of traction control designed to stop wheel hop by reducing power and the use of the brakes. What I have noticed is since turning it off the throttle is sharper and not as laggy. There used to be a delay in pick up on my dsg box setting off, but now it sets off easily and more like a manual would. I know that on some 2018 Golf R the option to turn it off is not available, as I think they got rid of it as a function. I am not sure if it still on the Octavias.

I used obdeleven to deactivate it so not sure what you would do to deactivate it on vcds.

Can't find anything relating to braking control unit, I'm using OBD Eleven Pro on a MY20 VRS, could you have a look and offer some guidance..?

 

Cheers

 

Found this on Octavia MK3 site, is this it mate ?

Go to Control Unit 03 - Brakes
Select Adaptions
Select Starting vibration reduction:
And change value to Deactivated (or normal)- Mine is currently set to Strong as Default.

Edited 25 July, 20205 yr by esoxecosse

After all that I don't have the option in my car 🤔🤣

1 hour ago, esoxecosse said:

After all that I don't have the option in my car 🤔🤣

It was that but I think VAG got rid of that option from 2018 onwards.

I've been trying to work out what is best for me also.

 

I have only had the car a week (VRS230 DSG) and so I've obviously been thoroughly utilising the sport mode 👀.

 

But I do drop it in to eco regularly when there's no opportunity to open the car up.

 

I'd be interested to see, like others have mentioned in this thread, if there's much difference between 'normal' and 'eco'.

 

But for now, since coming from a boring diesel Ford focus, I'm still having a grand old time with the sport mode and the excitement that offers! 

Eco.

 

The roads I mainly drive mean I seem to get another 20 to 25 miles in Eco per tank.

 

But I will use the gear lever to put in to sport a few dozen times he joining motorways ,A roads or roundabouts.

 

Generally shows around 56 mpg.  Not bad for a car that can also do sub 8 second 0 to 62.

 

Edited 31 July, 20205 yr by lol-lol

Individual mode, with anything in sport, apart from the stupid engine noise.

 

I understand people may want to have a sound pumped through the speakers to make a diesel sound a bit more 'meaty', but it's still a diesel. And I know it's a diesel, because when you give it some beans, you can clearly hear it's a diesel.

On 31/07/2020 at 15:27, PaperPlanes90 said:

I've been trying to work out what is best for me also.

 

I have only had the car a week (VRS230 DSG) and so I've obviously been thoroughly utilising the sport mode 👀.

 

But I do drop it in to eco regularly when there's no opportunity to open the car up.

 

I'd be interested to see, like others have mentioned in this thread, if there's much difference between 'normal' and 'eco'.

 

But for now, since coming from a boring diesel Ford focus, I'm still having a grand old time with the sport mode and the excitement that offers! 

So, eco reduces throttle response and makes the steering lighter. Since you have DSG then it also coasts when you let off the accelerator, which means downhill your mpg average will go up. In real terms it results in what I would call a very soggy throttle, which is great for avoiding over acceleration when maintaining speed but bloody awful for normal driving. In real terms it won't save you any fuel except for some specific driving circumstances like long downhill runs on the motorway for example 

New RS230 owner here (pre-FL manual).

 

So far (a week) I've solely used Individual mode with everything important set to Sport. I've recently dialed down the sound generator though, as it's a bit grumbly & unpleasant at low RPM. I've also just set the "drive" setting to Eco as I found the throttle was too front-loaded for my liking when set to Sport. This could well be because I'm coming from a GTi6 with half the torque, whose cabled throttle kept engine shouty-ness directly proportional to right foot application. I'll have to give Normal a go too and will end up on whatever setting feels most natural/linear. Maybe it's my imagination, but does the Drive setting affect the brake pedal at all? I swear it feels a little softer now.

 

I'm also curious as to whether the differential settings are purely for the brake-powered EDL/XDS functions or if this also affects the VAQ for models such equipped?