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Originally Posted by Arragonis
The A-Family replacement is a Skoda Octavia 1.6 CR with DSG
The DSG is amazing. Each gear change is invisible to the driver except for the rev counter dancing up or down - no jerks or sudden shifts.
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Yeah, the DSG7 is about as good as auto trannies come.
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It even shifts between Neutral and coasting in gear by itself depending on what gets the best MPG - it says "Coasting" on the display, otherwise the revs drop to idle when you lift off - even at 70 +.
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Brilliant - how does it perform if you try to hyper mile it ?
Does it do it all the time when you lift the throttle fully ?
The DSG7 is geared longer than the manual box, so they perform slightly better on the NEDC.
Long gearbox, instant coasting function ...
I wish VAG would combine all this with it's cylinder deactivation system and CNG propulsion.
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Second issue is that because cars keep track of servicing this thing thinks it needs an oil change just because it is coming up to a year old. The selling dealer stated both of these had been done, but as they obviously haven't we will get them done (so we know they have been) and have an argument with the dealer seperately later - this thing is needed for work.
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If they did the servicing, but didn't reset the time / miles counter, the servicing alert would still come back to haunt you
