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Old 07-20-2017, 12:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mwebb View Post
some of the newer VW DSG transaxles are designed to
"freewheel" or coast
downhill
more in the systems designed for fuel economy
What do you mean by freewheel? Neutral-coasting?


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the DSG is really a computer controlled (and shifted) manual transmission
no torque converter or LOSSES from a torque converter
so IF you are going or thinking to stick with VW ( a choice which i agree with)
try to find a manual trans or DSG and avoid the automatic altogether
I honestly don't know how any of those dual-clutch automated-manual transmission fares on hypermiling, but I have seen some complaints about a low reliability of the DSG under certain harsher conditions.
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