Scenario:

Park on a hill, put foot on Brake to stop, place gear lever into 'P' / Park. Let the car roll and the gear take the weight of the car.

Note: I always did this in my OctyI - i then know that the gear has hold in case the handbrake fails (same as putting in gear with a manual gearbox)

When returning to the car and starting the engine, its harder to get the lever from P to D, with what appears to be resistance from the gears ?.

Anyone experienced this?

Should I just change my habbit of putting the handbrake on first, followed by placing in park.

The reason for the resistance is that you have the whole weight of the car on the parking pawl, you therefore need to pull harder to get out of park. The DSG gearbox is very different to a normal auto box, and as such will not be the same as the mk1.

Agreed. For the most part the DSG is a manual gearbox. So imagine pulling up on a hill in a manual car, sticking it in reverse and letting it roll back. Now when you get back to your car and try and pull it our of reverse without using the clutch, bet it aint easy as the idler holds it in reverse.

Sounds like it's not a good idea then, the complete rate of the car on one component !

I'll try and use the Handbrake to take the wieght the place in Park

Thanks

Agree with all above - I always use the handbrake on an incline.

agreed, just use the handbrake 1st then put it in park, otherwise why have a handbrake? it wont do your gearbox any favors, or have you been watching to many american tv shows:P just kidding

Yes, same for me and everyone with dsg’s, and so we always apply the parking brake before going into “P” mode.

 

The only thing I’m slightly cautious about now is, whether there’d ever be or ever been a case where this sticky situation has unluckily occurred anyway in a lapse of concentration, on a significant slope and where the “P” position just cannot be exited, without fear of breaking something. I suppose you could jack up one front wheel to free the tension, as long as the parking brake is on, and works the back wheels. I guess it would but don’t know for sure without bumbling about on the driveway.