Yes the Yeti had a manual handbrake with the dsg, and I learnt to use dsg in that. That means you have to keep the foot brake applied all the time when stationary to prevent the clutch engaging and trying to move if in gear.

However for tight manoeuvre in Karoq you can turn off the auto hold temporarily and then when you release the brake it is much easier to move away smoothly for tight manoeuvre.

Possibly. My Karoq has 4x4 and a 190ps tdi and I have no issues at all with the gearbox and tight manoeuvring.

This is the wet clutch version.

Edited 7 February, 20224 yr by kenfowler3966

Autohold can stay switched on and it only acts if you press the brake pedal hard enough. You can do your parking / manoeuvring with a light touch on the brake and no autohold.  The. There is still Hill hold assist holding the car for a couple of seconds.   As there is with a DSG and Hand brakes and not e-brake or Autohold. 

My DQ200 1.5 is pretty good and predictable, but the one thing which drives me nuts is the unresponsive squid pedal I get when slowing on approach to roundabouts, then accelerating again when my way is clear. Car doesn't have a clue what to do and on more than one occasion now I've effectively drifted onto the roundabout and needed to mash the accelerator far more than I thought was required. 

 

Knocking the shifter into S tends to help a bit as the car clings onto the gear. 

1 hour ago, Seymansey said:

My DQ200 1.5 is pretty good and predictable, but the one thing which drives me nuts is the unresponsive squid pedal I get when slowing on approach to roundabouts, then accelerating again when my way is clear. Car doesn't have a clue what to do and on more than one occasion now I've effectively drifted onto the roundabout and needed to mash the accelerator far more than I thought was required. 

 

Knocking the shifter into S tends to help a bit as the car clings onto the gear. 

That’s the whole point, car doesn’t know in D that you may need to floor the accelerator and go without warning, hence S is there and prewarns the car to be ready to accelerate away. I often select S in that situation or say braking for a tight bend where I will accelerate hard out of it

They are semi automatics so changing down gear with paddles or as i do with the shifter and then knocking the stick across to D to drive on does the job well & does it on winter roads where you might not want to be braking. (A shift back to S will have the car slow if off the accelerator and then back to D as you stop or as stop works.)

Dropping the shifter back to s off the throttle will have it come down a gear or 2 but then you are just going into higher RPM when on the accelerator again before an up shift.

All good on good surfaces with good tyres and not what a 1.5 TSI / DSG might have on from the factory.

Edited 11 February, 20224 yr by roottoot

Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and advice, I am getting used to the DSG box, and am capable now of starting away without spinning the wheels!