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Hey everyone. I have been floating around this forum for about a week now while deciding if I should pick up a GTI or not. There is some good information and I thank you all for the ability to read your thoughts about this car. I test drove a DSG and a manual the other day and I am very impressed. I owned one of the first B5 Passat in the country back in 1998 when the 1.8t first surfaced in the VW line up and loved the car. Granted, it had a Tiptronic which prevented my Stage 5 turbo upgrade to a lousy 130mph due to the transmission but, thats another story.
My question is, what is the deal with this DSG. To me, especially after driving it, it just seemed like a glorified Tiptronic because of the paddle shifters.The Tiptronic was the one thing that I hated about my Passat and is one of the major reasons for getting rid of it. The DSG seemed like it shifted just as slow and the Tritronic and there doesn't seem to be any reason other that convieniance of not having to use a clutch. IMO, a stick is the only way that you can get the real feel of a car and I just don't think that the DSG is anything other than a Tiptronic with paddles.
I am sorry if my opinion upsets some but I am also assuming that there must be something great about the DSG that I either didn't experiance durring my test drive or have yet to read in this forum. If so, can someone please explain wy the DSG is getting so much hype. Thanks guy and gals.
Brian:headbang:
My question is, what is the deal with this DSG. To me, especially after driving it, it just seemed like a glorified Tiptronic because of the paddle shifters.The Tiptronic was the one thing that I hated about my Passat and is one of the major reasons for getting rid of it. The DSG seemed like it shifted just as slow and the Tritronic and there doesn't seem to be any reason other that convieniance of not having to use a clutch. IMO, a stick is the only way that you can get the real feel of a car and I just don't think that the DSG is anything other than a Tiptronic with paddles.
I am sorry if my opinion upsets some but I am also assuming that there must be something great about the DSG that I either didn't experiance durring my test drive or have yet to read in this forum. If so, can someone please explain wy the DSG is getting so much hype. Thanks guy and gals.
Brian:headbang: