No More manual for A4?!

[Max Baker]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:21:18AM -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> Drive a DSG, in the TT or A3.  Unless you're simply nostalgic, you  
> won't want anything else.

I've driven them, they are the best automatics ever, but still not the
same as having a stick.

That said, they also usually come with a $2,000 cost difference, have had
some reliability issues if the motor's output is increased through tuning
and the maintenance is a nightmare. 

Here is a write-up of the $400 tranny fluid change that you are required
to do every 40,000 miles (!) that my buddy just made up : 
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3991024

Not to mention the vag-com hex ($400) and special vw tool blahblahblah
that are required as part of the service.

How often do you have to change the juice on a manual, how much does it
cost, and how easy is it?   How many people are going to let jiffy lube
change the fluid on their "automatic"... groan.

-m