Quote Originally Posted by Sunny43.5 View Post
Not to mention that the DSG is not anywhere near as good as some claim , we have had many times experienced lousy gear selection especially at roundabouts result quick trip to laundry to clear stains in undies as the van enters the roundabout in the wrong gear or decides half way into the roundabout to change . By then you have another car threatening your very existence and the other driver cursing at full volume . . .
We test drove a 2011 Caddy Maxi Life with DSG and we had the same experience with roundabouts. I guess the concept of slowing down coming to a roundabout and then flooring it to take the gap in the traffic is something the DSG is not programmed to handle (I assume it preselects the wrong gear and the extra delay is the DSG reselecting the right gear before it engages). As roundabouts are the norm in Canberra, we made the decision to stick with the KISS princple and go with the manual gearbox. It meant that had to buy a base model 2011 Caddy Life TDI, which we optioning it up with colour tone bumpers, roof rails and the third row seats but missed out on the nice plastic interior fitout from B-pillar back. We ended up having a 3 month wait for ours to be built to order and shipped from Poland but it has turned out to be a good decision.