Thread: SWMBO, must be obeyed.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Not necessarily when you have 3 girls. Trying to justify buying a set of SWB S1, 2 & 3 to restore for them for when they drive. Certain other members look decidedly unhappy at this prospect.

Now that's some good negotiating skills you've got there! Good work.

Yes, unhappy is one word that springs to mind. Oh well, we can't please everyone all of the time can we?

Originally Posted by Sully

In any case, I've trawled through all sorts of reports on the VW's and didn't find any reports on the DSG being troublesome.

While I agree the other poster's comments were made poorly, and the DSG is probably not a bad box overall....

You couldn't find ANY reports??? What about the recall of ~15000 '09 and '10 models to replace faulty sensors, which in a worst case scenario would make it shift into neutral unexpectedly.

Lots of people reporting noise/clunks. Some people reporting major failures...

While most of these appear minor, and are probably a small percentage of those sold, I fail to see how you can't find any of these...

Originally Posted by isuzurover

While I agree the other poster's comments were made poorly, and the DSG is probably not a bad box overall....

You couldn't find ANY reports??? What about the recall of ~15000 '09 and '10 models to replace faulty sensors, which in a worst case scenario would make it shift into neutral unexpectedly.

Lots of people reporting noise/clunks. Some people reporting major failures...

While most of these appear minor, and are probably a small percentage of those sold, I fail to see how you can't find any of these...

Thanks for that info. I'm not getting an 09 or 10 model, so that recall doesn't matter so much to me.
I've bought an 07 model and nearly all reports have been that it's a solid unit.

I guess it's like most things on the Internet, you'll always hear the bad instead of the good.

In any case it's a way better suited car for us and a big step up in build quality than the D2.