Has anybody compared SMG with the DSG of Audi?
01-11-2005, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Jan 11 2005, 05:01 PM
I don't even have to think about that one.? 
? On the Audi set up, if you went from 6 to 4 which I often do, wonder how the delay would be? One clutch or both - whatcha think?
? On the Audi set up, if you went from 6 to 4 which I often do, wonder how the delay would be? One clutch or both - whatcha think?[snapback]78229[/snapback]
01-11-2005, 03:11 PM
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The negatives that I have heard about the DSG is that it selects the next gear that it determines should be the next gear based upon a number of inputs, this sometimes leads to the wrong gear being selected and a correction is needed by the driver. With SMG you get what you paddle. The DSG also upshifts by itself if you go near the red line. Again something that you might not want. The DSG is smoother but the SMG is more of a drivers tranny.
01-11-2005, 04:46 PM
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I agree, pending driving the DSG. I am bacing my opinion on my satisfaction for my SMG so I am bias.
01-11-2005, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bmwin14rsm' date='Jan 11 2005, 03:06 PM
The article above deals with this exact issue.? It said the time between shifing increase from 300ms to 900ms, aprox.
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BTW, I'd be perfectly happy rev-matching into second or third under a second with my manual transmission. But then again, I have a lot of improving to do.
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Originally Posted by heezy545i' date='Jan 11 2005, 10:19 PM
[quote name='bmwin14rsm' date='Jan 11 2005, 03:06 PM']
The article above deals with this exact issue.? It said the time between shifing increase from 300ms to 900ms, aprox.
The article above deals with this exact issue.? It said the time between shifing increase from 300ms to 900ms, aprox.
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BTW, I'd be perfectly happy rev-matching into second or third under a second with my manual transmission. But then again, I have a lot of improving to do.
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[/quote]There are specs on delay times if you do a search but you might be able to shift as fast as a SMG on some shifts but not as fast on every shift. The faster you try to shift the less reliable each of your shifts become.
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