[Vwdiesel] DSG

[brian gochnauer]

All diesel engines develop maximum torque below 2500 rpm, keeping the engine
RPM down, will do much to improve the life of a diesel. imho
 (I'm sure someone will want to talk HP, but we've had that thread many
times)


On 1/15/09, fancy_dancer at wideopenwest.com <fancy_dancer at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:
>
> I retired my 1978 Rabbit Diesel some years ago, and just recently took
> delivery of a 2009 Jetta TDI with the DSG transmission.  I would have
> slightly preferred the 6-spped manual, but my wife really wanted automatic.
>
> I didn't have to give up much.  The twin clutch arrangement is inside the
> transmission (wet clutches) and absorbs a little horsepower.  Every once in
> a while, when I slow down to about 15 mph and then accelerate, the DSG
> jerks
> abruptly before settling down on a gear.
>
> But in automatic mode, from a stop, it shifts completely smoothly and much
> faster than I could.  I usually let it shift automatically into 3rd or 4th,
> then move the lever into the manual mode to hold it in that gear.
>
> Hopefully this Jetta will last 10+ years and 250K miles.  We'll see how the
> transmission holds up!
>
> Dan Snyder - the Fancy Dancer
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