So which one it is? Good old manual or DSG? I currently drive a car with a DSG7 dry clutch gearbox and in short I pretty much love it. Not to an extent that I would not go back to a manual, love those as well but I have become familiar with the ease and comfort these boxes offer on almost every condition. However this is not without complaints. I drive 90% on manual mode and I still get off when I have to slow down for a speed bump and it will just go ahead and stick 1st gear un-necessarily, when it could/should have kept 2nd. I also don't like how sometimes I can't shift early If I like, no, the box wants me to rev at least up to 2K before granting me the right of up-shifting. Auto-shifting up near the limiter (when I just would have kept at those high revs without exceeding them for that little more before braking) is also annoying but with merely 2-3 track days per year I can leave with it.
I don't know if the DSG6 behaves any similar to what I just described so that's one thing to find out.
Then there's the failure and repair cost when out of warranty and that is a concern if you plan to keep the car some years after the warranty is over. What's the DSG6 record so far? Is it common to have failures? What kind of and at what mileage? Last but not least, what's the torque limit the DSG6 can handle? I plan to at least throw a stage 1 map on so would be good to know there's some margin to play with.
On the other hand, have people had issues with the manual box the Cupra comes with and if so what kind of?
Looking forward to your replies.
I don't know if the DSG6 behaves any similar to what I just described so that's one thing to find out.
Then there's the failure and repair cost when out of warranty and that is a concern if you plan to keep the car some years after the warranty is over. What's the DSG6 record so far? Is it common to have failures? What kind of and at what mileage? Last but not least, what's the torque limit the DSG6 can handle? I plan to at least throw a stage 1 map on so would be good to know there's some margin to play with.
On the other hand, have people had issues with the manual box the Cupra comes with and if so what kind of?
Looking forward to your replies.
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