vagman said:
Now when I say I get no delays, then I mean I get NO delays.
Utter rubbish. Leaving aside the pathetic ponderousness when stamping on the throttle whilst cruising and instead concentrating solely on pulling away from a junction, the revs HAVE to be allowed to rise before the clutch is released thus there is a delay, however small. This is basic physics and no amount of protests by you is going to change that. When was the last time you drove a manual? I'd suggest you've been so blinded by autos that your brain has tuned out the delays.
Oh..........and what ******** re launch control. LC is a gimmick with no practical day to day use and certainly not designed for holding revs whilst stationary at a junction.
So if it's a pointless gimmick why did they add it at all? If there are no delays like you said then it should accelerate just as fast by just stamping on the accelerator whilst at a standstill as using launch control, but it doesn't. LC was created to get round the pull-away delays and keep the 0-60 times down, which would explain why only the 3.2V6 had it to start with as these were the "performance" models.
Volkswagen already announced that they plan on replacing all their automatic transmission vehicles with DSG in the next five years
All that says it that DSG is better than a standard torque convertor auto - big surprise there! If it's so fabulous why aren't they replacing all their manuals too? All the quotes you posted are only talking about DSG replacing standard autos.
DSG is a amazing gearbox the fact that a 7 speed version of it is found in the worlds fastest prodcution car is saying somthing.
The fact that cars such as the McLaren F1, Pagani Zonda, Carrera GT & Ferrari F40, to name but a few, all come with manuals says far more.
Whilst the Veyron may use a version of the DSG box, it's a totally different unit designed from scratch for that car (it's got an extra gear for a start). I've said before in this thread that there's nothing inherently wrong with the technology itself, it's the software that lets it down. The box is technically capable of shifting gear instantly but it just doesn't, so the software is obviously to blame. Given the amount of money they had to play with whilst developing the Veyron, they've obviously managed to get it working right in that application.
The DSG box is fundamentally a good design with many advantages but it's badly flawed in some areas and I just wish they'd address them. At least I've got a balanced enough view to recognise that it has strengths and weaknesses, unlike some here who obviously believe it's 100% perfect, has no issues whatsoever and is better than normal autos and manuals in every conceivable way.