Hey!

[Koulou]

Hey folks,

I recently bought a second hand 2016 Seat Leon FR 1.4 TSI DSG.

It is my first car with automatic transmission. I've been a massive fan of manuals, but I had to... compromise a bit, as I will be sharing the car with my missus, who hasn't even driven a manual car for ~20 years. To be honest, I like the gearbox more than I was expecting. With BMW's 8-speed gearbox, I find it much better than all the automatic ones I've driven. Between us, driving in London makes it even better...

I've covered ~1K miles in two weeks, and I really like it so far. I do have a couple of questions - thoughts, but I'll use the relevant forums to address those.

Cheers

 

[jcbmally]

Welcome , modern automatic cars are very good these day.

 

[Koulou]

Cheers, @jcbmally

Yes and no... I mean, I've driven other modern automatic cars that I didn't like that much. Especially CVTs suck IMO

I do understand that this is a matter of personal taste though. For others, CVTs might be the best.

 

[Syphon]

Welcome to the community

Cheers,

Scott

 

[jcbmally]

Cheers, @jcbmally

Yes and no... I mean, I've driven other modern automatic cars that I didn't like that much. Especially CVTs suck IMO

I do understand that this is a matter of personal taste though. For others, CVTs might be the best.

CVT’s are tat, DSG and the ZF in bimmers are all good imo. You’ll love it buddy.

 

[Koulou]

CVT’s are tat, DSG and the ZF in bimmers are all good imo. You’ll love it buddy.

Cheers fella. I do like it a lot for now.

My only complaint about the DSG is the significantly slow gear_downs. I'm used to decelerating by shifting down, and it seems that DSG needs a long time to shift down the first gear. It might be a matter of getting used to it. Only time can tell.

 

[jcbmally]

Cheers fella. I do like it a lot for now.

My only complaint about the DSG is the significantly slow gear_downs. I'm used to decelerating by shifting down, and it seems that DSG needs a long time to shift down the first gear. It might be a matter of getting used to it. Only time can tell.

The gearbox will “learn” your driving mate. They are a good box

 

[Koulou]

The gearbox will “learn” your driving mate. They are a good box

That would be awesome.

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[motormadmarc]

Hiya Koulou, and a big welcome to the forum