I test drove both a 4door Golf TDI (DSG) Saturday. I was surprised the dealership has a 2door and 4door TDI as well as a sportwagen TDI on the lot.
I must say that the DSG transmission felt a bit strange to me. The sales rep. told me that the computer is adaptive and the transmission learns your driving style (sounds like bullshit to me to eschew doubt in a buy, my comment he was responding to was "the dsg would take some getting used to"). It felt like riding with a driver who just recently learned how to drive a manual transmission. One thing I did find interesting and I really had to pull out of the salesman was that the DSG transmission fluid change/service is $400.00 compared with a typical $99.00 charge (this conveniently falls just outside of the non-optional subsidized carefree maintenance).
The car is solid, I really found the car had pep when it needed and a generous ride. The car honestly feels more like an Audi lacking a few interior refinements than a VW to me. I'm think I'm going to hold out until January before making a decision on this. Any thoughts or experiences especially related to the DSG would be appreciated.
I must say that the DSG transmission felt a bit strange to me. The sales rep. told me that the computer is adaptive and the transmission learns your driving style (sounds like bullshit to me to eschew doubt in a buy, my comment he was responding to was "the dsg would take some getting used to"). It felt like riding with a driver who just recently learned how to drive a manual transmission. One thing I did find interesting and I really had to pull out of the salesman was that the DSG transmission fluid change/service is $400.00 compared with a typical $99.00 charge (this conveniently falls just outside of the non-optional subsidized carefree maintenance).
The car is solid, I really found the car had pep when it needed and a generous ride. The car honestly feels more like an Audi lacking a few interior refinements than a VW to me. I'm think I'm going to hold out until January before making a decision on this. Any thoughts or experiences especially related to the DSG would be appreciated.