Hello! My first post since owning the car (it got dropped off yesterday!). 
 

driving in normal it’s a smooth, gentle slow ride, nothing exhilarating by any means. I changed to “sport” when waiting at a set of lights and as I pulled off it accelerated and took an age to get second gear and then plodded along, no confidence in it at all where acceleration is needed, Drive mode is actually better for accelerating?! Is this normal? 

20 minutes ago, Npyke said:

Hello! My first post since owning the car (it got dropped off yesterday!). 
 

driving in normal it’s a smooth, gentle slow ride, nothing exhilarating by any means. I changed to “sport” when waiting at a set of lights and as I pulled off it accelerated and took an age to get second gear and then plodded along, no confidence in it at all where acceleration is needed, Drive mode is actually better for accelerating?! Is this normal? 

Engine size? Dsg or manual?

I own a 1.5t, dsg, certainly swift enough for me within all driving modes of I put my foot down. 

Just now, Phoenixboy said:

Engine size? Dsg or manual?

I own a 1.5t, dsg, certainly swift enough for me within all driving modes of I put my foot down. 

Sorry thought I added that in, 1.4 TSI DSG 

Welcome.

 

With a DQ200 7 Speed DSG in Sport when starting off / accelerating all it is doing is holding the gears to a higher RPM before shifting up.

 

If you do not like how that is then just do not use it for that.

If the wheels spin then TC / ASR, XDS if you have it cuts power and can nip the brakes, so D and the correct accelerator use can be better.

 

Maybe out of a round about then into S when in 2nd or 3rd can be good, or D back to S for decelerating and not using brakes then back on the throttle, or back to D and on the throttle.

Pull away in D and get a move on and boot it and then back to S maybe and its holding to a higher RPM before 3rd, then 4th.

 

Loads of choices.

 

Try it in different situations, locations, road conditions and surfaces and at different speeds.

Back roads with dips and short squirts of power might be where you want to use S.

Or overtaking up and outside lane, crawler lane overtaking an someone up your jacksy and shift to S and keep the throttle floored and hold the lower gear and get a move on.  BHP / Nm torque, revving the nuts off before an upshift. 

 

You only have 150 ps or so after all.

Edited 16 September, 20223 yr by roottoot

WOW. I bought my automatic for the simplicity. 🥸

They are nice and simple but then not fitted to vehicles with  more than 250 Nm or 192 ps, so good to play about with,

which you might not bother with with a Wet Clutch one. 

They have just 2 pedals and can be driven on an automatic only license.

 

VW class them as Semi-Automatic, which is nice.  Put in just D or R as and when you like & N or P if you want.

if someone wants M or S then that is  there but then they might never bother.

Edited 16 September, 20223 yr by roottoot