Courtesy Car - A4 Avant

[allison]

Going out to do some shopping now...bit of retail therapy! Piddled off with cars at the mo. Tend to need distracting when fed up.
What do you think, sell car/sort car?
These smile things do it for me! Great aren't they? Wish I could breed em! See... Im off on one again, thanks Haggis

[prolfe]

Prolfe,

I'm supprised at 2 things you mentioned about the DSG box, I have it on my Jetta and your right there is a slight delay at pull off but once you have hit 3rd I have left most bmw 320's and other 2.0TDI's behind, they drop on the gear change

I'd have to say that it might of been a bit to do with my lack of experience with this gearbox. I think in a manual you'd gain pulling away initially and then the DSG would catch up on 2nd, and 3rd gear changes.

The gearing on a DSG is different as well, I noticed that I was going slower for the same revs in the S-Tronic than in my manual.

But a few people said to me before I bought that the MPG would be poor, I do roughly 45K miles a year, and drive hard but I have to say that i get more out of this than my golf which had the same engine.

I'm not sure why the mpg was like it was. i was driving how i would normally drive. Maybe after a while you'd settle in to a routine where the mpg would improve because of the adapted style.

But as you said what a gearbox just wish I had the paddle shift

I'm just off to try launch mode

Just imagine what the 7 Speed DSG (S-Tronic) will be like.

[Ben]

no such luck for me. when my car was last in, all i got was a base level golf plus.

[prolfe]

no such luck for me. when my car was last in, all i got was a base level golf plus.

Must admit, that it's nice to know that the worse car I'm gonna get is a A3.

[hagis]

Going out to do some shopping now...bit of retail therapy! Piddled off with cars at the mo. Tend to need distracting when fed up.
What do you think, sell car/sort car?
These smile things do it for me! Great aren't they? Wish I could breed em! See... Im off on one again, thanks Haggis

Have you posted this in the A4 forum? That's your best bet for an answer. Good luck!

[Michael68]

Next time you should try the new 2008 model Audi A4 saloon and see if it's an improvement. The magazine reviews seem rather mixed, but as it's main competition is a BMW 3 series I imagine most people already know if they're an Audi type or a BMW type!

Or maybe go for the Audi A8 - supposedly it's the luxury saloon benchmark for design and technology with a really luxurious interior second only to the Rolls Royce Phantom. Although after an A3 the size would come as a bit of a shock!

[JettaDSG]

I went off days ago to test launch mode.........

don't worry I've not just returned been busy with work

Umm no launch mode though on the Jetta although I nearly took a Mondeo out at the lights.

I do hate the lag when it is cold, I have to pull out on a dual carriage way for work in a morning and if it has been really cold it it seems to pull off then do nothing for a split second as a 40 tonner is bearing down on me