spencetj
26-06-2013, 01:53 PM
I am hopefully soon to be a Passat owner, it will be a 2.0 TDI Bluemotion estate about a year old, but whether to go for manual or DSG? I just don't know!
With the price of fuel as it is, I am interested in maximising the MPG although probably not going to be doing a very high mileage so the cost of fuel may be dwarfed by depreciation in the grand scheme of things. Assuming we get on with the car the intention would be to keep it indefinitely, I have had my current BMW 328 coupe for about 14 years and it only being replaced because its not very family friendly!
I know the official average MPG is about 61 for the manual and 54 for DSG which is quite a gap, and the road tax is higher for the DSG as well. The wife and I have driven both and probably either would do, but I really like the DSG. I am just a bit concerned about the fuel economy, servicing costs, and risk of expensive repairs especially when the car gets older. On the test drive we averaged about 38MPG in the DSG and 42 in the manual, with some playing around and "enthusiastic" driving to see what it could do (especially from the wife!). Hopefully it would be better in normal driving.
The salesman said the MGP difference between the manual and DSG was very little in practice because the DSG always selects the right gear whereas the driver may not. It certainly selected a much higher gear than I would have done.
Any thoughts/experiences/words of wisdom? Is the DSG going to cost me a fortune down the line?
With the price of fuel as it is, I am interested in maximising the MPG although probably not going to be doing a very high mileage so the cost of fuel may be dwarfed by depreciation in the grand scheme of things. Assuming we get on with the car the intention would be to keep it indefinitely, I have had my current BMW 328 coupe for about 14 years and it only being replaced because its not very family friendly!
I know the official average MPG is about 61 for the manual and 54 for DSG which is quite a gap, and the road tax is higher for the DSG as well. The wife and I have driven both and probably either would do, but I really like the DSG. I am just a bit concerned about the fuel economy, servicing costs, and risk of expensive repairs especially when the car gets older. On the test drive we averaged about 38MPG in the DSG and 42 in the manual, with some playing around and "enthusiastic" driving to see what it could do (especially from the wife!). Hopefully it would be better in normal driving.
The salesman said the MGP difference between the manual and DSG was very little in practice because the DSG always selects the right gear whereas the driver may not. It certainly selected a much higher gear than I would have done.
Any thoughts/experiences/words of wisdom? Is the DSG going to cost me a fortune down the line?