Thread: buyers beware--

Originally Posted by Ralph1Malph

Hey!
50358km on our 2009 dsg 1.9 diesel golf and only one small issue at around 15k!

To be fair, the battery is about to expire and it does now need brake pads, but overall, glad we bought it. Been a great small car.

Was expensive though

Cheers
Ralph

expensive? at 15K for one small problem I dont want to know what a major problems going to cost you.

Originally Posted by sashadidi

Yes especially if the DSG plays up like it has for two of my friends $10k plus each and still not brilliant both in VWs although they were told Audis have a similar problem as well.

Just one of the many reasons I stuck out for a 6 speed manual tdi. Salesmen may hate my particular tastes, but they aren't the ones driving and servicing my vehicles.

The bad bits
The DSG costs more to buy, more to run, more to service, more frequent servicing, does not change gears when/how I want and still has a dual mass flywheel (DMF) which will cost the same labour as a clutch to change. Then we have the horror stories.

The good bit apparently is it changes gear for you. But I like changing gear, so this bit doesn't apply.