MK7 "Random / "Stupid" Questions Thread"

[shovelhd]

Ok that's five webpages I read without an answer to my question so I'll ask the experts. I have three driving modes... normal, sport and custom. If I pick normal it puts a D on my instrument panel, if I pick sport it puts an S there.

So how are the Custom settings applied? It doesn't seem like there is a C mode or anything so when are those settings used? Does it modify sport mode maybe? How can I tell?

Thank you!

What is the trim level of your car?

 

[1L19]

What is the trim level of your car?

SE - I can set the options I just don't know when they are used

 

[oddspyke]

Ok that's five webpages I read without an answer to my question so I'll ask the experts. I have three driving modes... normal, sport and custom. If I pick normal it puts a D on my instrument panel, if I pick sport it puts an S there.

So how are the Custom settings applied? It doesn't seem like there is a C mode or anything so when are those settings used? Does it modify sport mode maybe? How can I tell?

Thank you!

Disclaimer of manual vs dsg and different year, but I have a button between the seats that cycles normal-sport-custom with multiple presses. This is assuming you are taking about the settings for soundaktor, throttle response, etc. It also comes up on the infotainment showing which you've selected and tiles for the other modes.

 

[jimlloyd40]

Ok that's five webpages I read without an answer to my question so I'll ask the experts. I have three driving modes... normal, sport and custom. If I pick normal it puts a D on my instrument panel, if I pick sport it puts an S there.

So how are the Custom settings applied? It doesn't seem like there is a C mode or anything so when are those settings used? Does it modify sport mode maybe? How can I tell?

Thank you!

I don't think the trans has any settings in Custom mode but I'll check when I get back in my car shortly and let you know tonight.

 

[Subliminal]

Disclaimer of manual vs dsg and different year, but I have a button between the seats that cycles normal-sport-custom with multiple presses. This is assuming you are taking about the settings for soundaktor, throttle response, etc. It also comes up on the infotainment showing which you've selected and tiles for the other modes.

i have a 6spd too but ya it sounds like he's confusing the drive mode with the DSG trans mode lol

 

[1L19]

Disclaimer of manual vs dsg and different year, but I have a button between the seats that cycles normal-sport-custom with multiple presses. This is assuming you are taking about the settings for soundaktor, throttle response, etc. It also comes up on the infotainment showing which you've selected and tiles for the other modes.

Yes I'm DSG sorry I forgot to mention it. I'm glad I posted this in the stupid questions thread. So I went down to the car and did some testing. If I've just turned the car on the value in the upper right (circle below) is D1. Which I took to mean Normal Driving Mode. If I pull the shifter back it changes to S1 which I took to mean Sport Mode.

This was reinforced when I used the driving mode button since if you pick Normal or Sport on your center console the center dash indicator toggles between D1 and S1 along with a big notice, also circled below. What I never tested was setting the driving mode to Normal with the driving mode button, then using back-stick to switch to S1... because when I do I notice that it STILL says Normal (when hitting the driving mode button) even though the center dash indicator now says S1.

Also if I'm in D1 and I use the button to switch to custom it changes to S1. So what I'm guessing is that the driving mode button, the D1/S1 and the back-stick aren't necessarily doing the same thing.

 

[Subliminal]

lol.... i've never even driven a DSG before but im gonna guess the # is the gear it's in and D/S is just showing what drivetrain setting you have it in, which changes throttle mapping and shift points

not sure what's so confusing about it?

 

[Dog Dad Wagon]

Yes I'm DSG sorry I forgot to mention it. I'm glad I posted this in the stupid questions thread. So I went down to the car and did some testing. If I've just turned the car on the value in the upper right (circle below) is D1. Which I took to mean Normal Driving Mode. If I pull the shifter back it changes to S1 which I took to mean Sport Mode.

This was reinforced when I used the driving mode button since if you pick Normal or Sport on your center console the center dash indicator toggles between D1 and S1 along with a big notice, also circled below. What I never tested was setting the driving mode to Normal with the driving mode button, then using back-stick to switch to S1... because when I do I notice that it STILL says Normal (when hitting the driving mode button) even though the center dash indicator now says S1.

Also if I'm in D1 and I use the button to switch to custom it changes to S1. So what I'm guessing is that the driving mode button, the D1/S1 and the back-stick aren't necessarily doing the same thing.


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it goes like this:

Normal/Sport driver profiles automatically switch the DSG to D/S when you switch to those modes. You can then change the DSG back to D/S, while retaining the parameters of normal vs sport driver profiles (soundaktor, throttle response, steering weight, and if your car is an SE w/ DCC then it would also affect your suspension setting).

When I had a DSG GTI I kept it in Sport driver profile always because I preferred the throttle response and steering weight, and I used VCDS to turn off the soundaktor because I didn’t like that.

I also liked how D slowed the car down with downshifts, so I always used that when slowing down, but D sucked for getting started from a stop so I would use S for 1st-2nd gear, then pop it back to D so I could use some of the RPM range above 2K while accelerating. Then I’d usually go into manual while at-speed.

Driving DSG is a matter of figuring out the various behaviors, and adjusting which ones you prefer at any moment for any desired function.

 

[jimlloyd40]

Yes I'm DSG sorry I forgot to mention it. I'm glad I posted this in the stupid questions thread. So I went down to the car and did some testing. If I've just turned the car on the value in the upper right (circle below) is D1. Which I took to mean Normal Driving Mode. If I pull the shifter back it changes to S1 which I took to mean Sport Mode.

This was reinforced when I used the driving mode button since if you pick Normal or Sport on your center console the center dash indicator toggles between D1 and S1 along with a big notice, also circled below. What I never tested was setting the driving mode to Normal with the driving mode button, then using back-stick to switch to S1... because when I do I notice that it STILL says Normal (when hitting the driving mode button) even though the center dash indicator now says S1.

Also if I'm in D1 and I use the button to switch to custom it changes to S1. So what I'm guessing is that the driving mode button, the D1/S1 and the back-stick aren't necessarily doing the same thing.


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That's correct they are not the same thing.

 

[shovelhd]

If the indicator is showing "D1" or "S1", doesn't that mean that the DSG has been tuned? Stock should show "D" or "S".

 

[jimlloyd40]

If the indicator is showing "D1" or "S1", doesn't that mean that the DSG has been tuned? Stock should show "D" or "S".

Correct

 

[shovelhd]

Correct

So won't the DSG tune affect the expected operation of the Normal, Sport, and Custom modes, in terms of the transmission? What do DSG tunes do to these modes?

 

[jimlloyd40]

So won't the DSG tune affect the expected operation of the Normal, Sport, and Custom modes, in terms of the transmission? What do DSG tunes do to these modes?

A DSG tune does nothing to those modes. If you select the custom mode you'll see that the transmission is not one of the mode selections.

 

[Dog Dad Wagon]

So won't the DSG tune affect the expected operation of the Normal, Sport, and Custom modes, in terms of the transmission? What do DSG tunes do to these modes?

The transmission is not affected by the Nirmal/Sport/Custom modes! All they do is switch the trans to D/S when you switch to them. You can then do whatever you want with the trans modes

 

[cb1111]

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