From: Adrian on
bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> It's also good practice, in case you lose your left leg.

Yes, I can definitely see that you might manage to mislay it.
From: bod on
Adrian wrote:
> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>> It's also good practice, in case you lose your left leg.
>
> Yes, I can definitely see that you might manage to mislay it.
>
>

<checks all the bolts>....Nope it's not going anywhere.

Bod
From: Ret. on
Adrian wrote:
> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
>> It's also good practice, in case you lose your left leg.
>
> Yes, I can definitely see that you might manage to mislay it.

I don't know many auto drivers who cannot easily jump into a manual and
drive off quite competently. On the other hand, I've allowed several manual
drivers to have a go in my auto and on several occasions have lurched
against the seat belt when they have tried to use the brake pedal as a
clutch...

If a manual driver gets into my auto now I always insist on them curling
their left foot back and keeping it there.

--
Kev

From: bod on
Ret. wrote:
> Adrian wrote:
>> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
>> were saying:
>>
>>> It's also good practice, in case you lose your left leg.
>>
>> Yes, I can definitely see that you might manage to mislay it.
>
> I don't know many auto drivers who cannot easily jump into a manual and
> drive off quite competently. On the other hand, I've allowed several
> manual drivers to have a go in my auto and on several occasions have
> lurched against the seat belt when they have tried to use the brake
> pedal as a clutch...
>
> If a manual driver gets into my auto now I always insist on them curling
> their left foot back and keeping it there.
>
>

Yip! I never have a problem switching back to a manual.

Bod
From: Mortimer on
"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87s0ftFpioU53(a)mid.individual.net...

> A DSG is nothing like those.
>
> It's basically a manual with electronic control. Plenty of others of that
> type around - going back to the hydraulic semi-auto in the DS in the mid
> '50s. Strap two of 'em together, and you're getting closer to the DSG.

As a matter of interest, how easy is it to control the speed of a car with a
DSG when you are travelling VERY slowly - eg manoeuvring or crawling forward
in traffic?

In a manual, you'd slip the clutch if you wanted a speed that was slower
than you could achieve in a given gear with the engine idling. In a
conventional automatic, you'd have a torque converter to cushion the start
and to provide a bit of slippage. But how does a car with an
automatically-controlled conventional clutch handle this?

Do you have to rev the engine beyond the point at which the clutch is
triggered to engage, and then hold the car back on the footbrake and/or come
off the power once the car is moving? Can you get the precision of movement
to inch the car along when backing up to a trailer?

When you are doing a hill-start, is there a definite transitional point at
which you feel the clutch *beginning* to bite, so you know that this is the
point to release the handbrake?

Maybe for perfect control a DSG should have a manual clutch pedal for
setting off and manoevering, and an automatic clutch for transitions from
first to second, second to third etc ;-)