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KF · 02-10-2012, 04:37 AM

Hi All

We have the seven speed DSG in the Skoda, other than trying to reverse out of a up hill car park, we though that the DSG performed better than out current six speed ZF. We had driven the ZF transmission car for over 12,000km before driving it down a hill.

Yes we live on the largest piece of flat land in the world.

The ZF will change down al by itself on a down hill road to maintain the cruise control speed, The Skoda requires the brakes to be used in a down hill section to maintain speed. The DSG enables VW's and Skoda's to out perform there competitors, our 77Kw Skoda is quicker than 100kw Mazda's and Corolla's!.

Someone suggested that you can use the hand brake to restrict your speed when reversing up a hill. I asked the service manager how you got on backing a $250,000 A8, and he suggested using the hand brake. This is only in the sort of tight maneuvours that you would have to slip the clutch in a manual. A torque converter trany would have no trouble.

The six speed VW DSG had "issues", the same guys advised that they had 7 speed DSG's with over 200,000km with no problems.

We look forward to next weeks arrival of the X3 3.0D to find out if we think that the 8 speed ZF is better than the 7 speed DSG.

02-10-2012, 04:37 AM	#20
KF Enlisted Member 7 Rep 39 Posts Drives: X3 30D Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 X3 30D [0.00] 2010 SKODA Fabia 77 ... [0.00]	DSG vs ZF Hi All We have the seven speed DSG in the Skoda, other than trying to reverse out of a up hill car park, we though that the DSG performed better than out current six speed ZF. We had driven the ZF transmission car for over 12,000km before driving it down a hill. Yes we live on the largest piece of flat land in the world. The ZF will change down al by itself on a down hill road to maintain the cruise control speed, The Skoda requires the brakes to be used in a down hill section to maintain speed. The DSG enables VW's and Skoda's to out perform there competitors, our 77Kw Skoda is quicker than 100kw Mazda's and Corolla's!. Someone suggested that you can use the hand brake to restrict your speed when reversing up a hill. I asked the service manager how you got on backing a $250,000 A8, and he suggested using the hand brake. This is only in the sort of tight maneuvours that you would have to slip the clutch in a manual. A torque converter trany would have no trouble. The six speed VW DSG had "issues", the same guys advised that they had 7 speed DSG's with over 200,000km with no problems. We look forward to next weeks arrival of the X3 3.0D to find out if we think that the 8 speed ZF is better than the 7 speed DSG.
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