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Originally Posted by mwebb
some of the newer VW DSG transaxles are designed to
"freewheel" or coast
downhill
more in the systems designed for fuel economy
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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
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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.