Car dilemma
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves' timestamp='1321354290' post='21157186
You are supposed to use the left foot on the brake (it takes a lot of practice if it's trained to the heft of a clutch pedal!) like a kart and it's the only way you can get satisfactory throttle-steer with a torque converter transmission so it oughtn't be an issue. But most people don't do that, so it is.
The other issue is rather sudden deceleration can catch them in the wrong gear, leading to a succession of learner-like changes. But every transmission has its drawbacks; the biggest here are the expensive fluid changes and that VAG do not cover the failed solenoids. Or FREDs. Or turbos. Or pumps. And rattling wastegates are a 'characteristic' not a fault...It's not DSGs per se.
Actually, it's that multiplied by the mindless worship by battery thinkers and the conspiracy of silence of the hacks of anything VAG that's really the issue, here.
The other issue is rather sudden deceleration can catch them in the wrong gear, leading to a succession of learner-like changes. But every transmission has its drawbacks; the biggest here are the expensive fluid changes and that VAG do not cover the failed solenoids. Or FREDs. Or turbos. Or pumps. And rattling wastegates are a 'characteristic' not a fault...It's not DSGs per se.
Actually, it's that multiplied by the mindless worship by battery thinkers and the conspiracy of silence of the hacks of anything VAG that's really the issue, here.
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Originally Posted by lovegroova' timestamp='1321368133' post='21157519
[quote name='Nick Graves' timestamp='1321354290' post='21157186']
You are supposed to use the left foot on the brake (it takes a lot of practice if it's trained to the heft of a clutch pedal!) like a kart and it's the only way you can get satisfactory throttle-steer with a torque converter transmission so it oughtn't be an issue. But most people don't do that, so it is.
The other issue is rather sudden deceleration can catch them in the wrong gear, leading to a succession of learner-like changes. But every transmission has its drawbacks; the biggest here are the expensive fluid changes and that VAG do not cover the failed solenoids. Or FREDs. Or turbos. Or pumps. And rattling wastegates are a 'characteristic' not a fault...It's not DSGs per se.
Actually, it's that multiplied by the mindless worship by battery thinkers and the conspiracy of silence of the hacks of anything VAG that's really the issue, here.
You are supposed to use the left foot on the brake (it takes a lot of practice if it's trained to the heft of a clutch pedal!) like a kart and it's the only way you can get satisfactory throttle-steer with a torque converter transmission so it oughtn't be an issue. But most people don't do that, so it is.
The other issue is rather sudden deceleration can catch them in the wrong gear, leading to a succession of learner-like changes. But every transmission has its drawbacks; the biggest here are the expensive fluid changes and that VAG do not cover the failed solenoids. Or FREDs. Or turbos. Or pumps. And rattling wastegates are a 'characteristic' not a fault...It's not DSGs per se.
Actually, it's that multiplied by the mindless worship by battery thinkers and the conspiracy of silence of the hacks of anything VAG that's really the issue, here.
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Oh, FFS!
What a pointless heap of crap. I'm sorry I was so harsh about modern Civics, now.
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