ashmostro
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Northern VA
I'm a Golf and DSG novice but this seems like an anomaly to me rather than a problem with the car as designed/built.
WOT shifts using the paddles should reasonably mimic WOT shifts in S mode with the exception that the human is determining the shift points rather than the ECU. And since there is no shortage of acceleration videos/reviews that show the car accelerating just fine with WOT (be it using launch control or not) it seems odd that the car would feel like it was bogging down (my terminology) in S when that should be the absolute fastest the car can shift which is pretty much substantiated by the 4.5s 0-60 times and reviews showing the car accelerates properly, quickly and without issue. I would think using the paddles would be the problem in that the human was selecting poor shift points as compared to the ECU.
So if it's bogging down in S, that definitely seems to indicate an issue that shouldn't happen.
I've gone over the 1000 mile break-in period and have not tried LC yet but I have tromped on it and the car accelerated just fine as it went up through the gears. I did not notice any post-shift lag as ashmostro encountered.
Well worded and agree with your analysis.
The only thing I can think of is perhaps in S mode the dsg is I itating the shift command at too high of an rpm which triggers a fuel cutoff that shows up during or right after the shift. Whereas with paddles I'm requesting the shift around where the tach swings past 5.5k.