[pacemaker1000]

finally parting with my beloved EOS......and bought another one
this time with DSG for Her

 

[SiJ2000]

Great choice! I LOVE the DSG! One of the best things on it!!

 

[pacemaker1000]

Great choice! I LOVE the DSG! One of the best things on it!!

agree
when i bought my car DSG was not available and after 10 years of autos i have never quite settled with it and the wife just plain wouldnt drive it
been looking for alternatives for weeks and eventually followed my heart and bought another one
it just ticks all the right boxes and i know that if i had bought the golf gti dsg i had last weekend i would have regreted it.
nice car the golf but when compared to the EOS everthing else is just a bit boring

 

[Lysimachus]

I'm new here. What is DSG? On VW's website, I see nothing about an Eos DSG.

[Edit - nevermind, I just figured it out...DSG is a different car...like the Eos but not a convertible]

 

[pacemaker1000]

I'm new here. What is DSG? On VW's website, I see nothing about an Eos DSG.

[Edit - nevermind, I just figured it out...DSG is a different car...like the Eos but not a convertible]

nope DSG refers to the type of auto box the car has

 

[Jim]

I'm new here. What is DSG? On VW's website, I see nothing about an Eos DSG.

[Edit - nevermind, I just figured it out...DSG is a different car...like the Eos but not a convertible]

Hi Ly,
DSG = Double Shifting Gearbox in english. Far better than a normal auto box. Changes much quicker than you can with a stick shift.
Great fun when used in manual mode & very smooth when used in Auto mode.
You can have paddle shifters on the steering wheel (similar to the ferrari etc).

Try one out.

 

[cb391]

Actually, DSG stands for Direct Shift Gearbox. If you Google DSG Transmission there are several sites to tell you how it works. And in the US the paddle shifters are only on the VR6 and that goes away for 2009.

 

[neh321]

Actually, DSG stands for Direct Shift Gearbox. If you Google DSG Transmission there are several sites to tell you how it works. And in the US the paddle shifters are only on the VR6 and that goes away for 2009.

So Americans are going to have to learn how to use a gearlever (stick-shift) and this weird 3rd pedal to the left of the brake?!

Seems an odd thing for VW to do when the popularity of auto transmissions is much greater than manual shifts in the US.

 

[eos3]

So Americans are going to have to learn how to use a gearlever (stick-shift)?.

Well maybe it's the paddles, or the VR6, they are getting rid off... Not the DSG itself! I don't believe a car could sell on the North Amercian market w/o an auto box (unless it's a collector edition of a 60's-80's Ferrari or other dream car...)

 

[evolvingpowercat]

I live in the US and my other car is a 5 speed manual - Ford Escape Sport. . 29 miles to the US Gallon, not bad for a SUV. I don't know the exact stats but I think it is down to only 5 percent of new US cars have manual gearboxes.

My Eos has the DSG and choose it because it works BETTER than a manual IMHO.

 

[cb391]

Sorry for any confusion. The paddle shifters in the US were offered as part of the Sport package that was offered here. In 2007 it was available on the 2.0 and the VR6 (known also as the 3.2). In 2008 only the VR6 had the paddles available. For 2009 the VR6 is being discontinued and and so are the paddles. In the US the VR6/3.2 was only available with the DSG. The 2.0 will still be available here with DSG and will be the one with highest sales numbers in the US. Most people here would have no idea how the third pedal and the numbers on the shifter work together anyway.

 

[gb3]

If anyone is looking for more information with regards to Direct Shift Gearbox ("DSG") then here is a thorough article on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-Shift_Gearbox

 

[genusloci]

nothing better than a manual /stick shift ! ..

 

[pacemaker1000]

nothing better than a manual /stick shift ! ..

have to disagree, i should know i've had both