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Offline Dan.b

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DSG with out paddles
« on: May 02, 2012, 11:42:08 pm »
Ive found a 2006 gti with every extra but no dsg paddles.

What do you guys think? I just can't help but think il miss them although the gear lever does the same thing lol.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2012, 11:43:35 pm »
Early GTIs cames like this. Paddles were an optional extra. My courtesy car was a Golf Estate dsg and I found myself using the paddles more than the gearstick.

No idea if it can be retrofitted though.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2012, 11:44:36 pm »
Anything can be retro fitted.  :happy2:

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 12:05:51 am »
strange for 2006 to not have paddles. Mine is a 55 plate with paddles. I thought all GTi's had them

IMO I wouldnt want a dsg without paddles. Its 99% of the attraction of the gearbox for me and I actually use manual mode alot.

Also it doesnt help that the gear stick manual shift is backward to what you expect (and compared to my old M3 SMG). You have to push forward to change up and pull back to change down. Completely counter intuitive IMO.

All of that said it should be a fairly simple retro fit. Just got to find a DSG GTi wheel.
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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2012, 12:20:22 am »
strange for 2006 to not have paddles. Mine is a 55 plate with paddles. I thought all GTi's had them

IMO I wouldnt want a dsg without paddles. Its 99% of the attraction of the gearbox for me and I actually use manual mode alot.

Also it doesnt help that the gear stick manual shift is backward to what you expect (and compared to my old M3 SMG). You have to push forward to change up and pull back to change down. Completely counter intuitive IMO.

All of that said it should be a fairly simple retro fit. Just got to find a DSG GTi wheel.


Agree with what you say mate,changing gears using the paddles is much better then using the gear knob


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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2012, 07:09:31 am »
....unless you want to change gear whilst navigating a corner!

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2012, 08:11:39 am »
Yes, you can retrofit paddles. I did this on my '08 Jetta along with the buttons. I had to change the steering control module and do some coding. All in, not a difficult job, but well worth it.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2012, 08:22:26 pm »
I never use my Golf's DSG gearlever to change gear manually - it's one of the things that annoys me about cars built by Johnny foreigner.

Before you all think I'm some xenophobic moron (I'm not xenophobic...) what I mean is that I dislike being reminded that a car was built for people driving on the wrong side of the road.  Why should I have to lean across the car to turn the radio up?  Why does the gearlever move away from me instead of towards me when I want closer control of the car?  It would cost tuppence to correct these things for those of us who drive on the left, and I begrudge their stinginess.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2012, 09:56:30 pm »
I may well go for this one of the price is right. I will then retro fit the msfw with paddles.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2012, 10:24:25 pm »
I will put my two peneth worth in on this... When I was looking for a gti with dsg i made Paddles a must on my list of things I definitely wanted on the car but to be honest after a few months I very rarely use them I found it more natural to use my left hand to change gear, Having just done a track day i found changing while the wheel is turned is very off putting and having had brain fade half way into or out of a bend as to which one to pull was enough for me to revert back to the stick... sequential box !!! love it  :jumping:

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2012, 12:09:44 am »
Each option of gear-change has its merits. When I first bought the car - having never had any type of auto - I started in complete auto then began using the gearknob in manual. After a couple of months I've progressed to the paddles and generally don't look back. On B roads I find the paddles excellent and have no issues with most corners. Its when in tight spots in town the paddles are annoying as I feel I scream it in first gear until the wheel centres itself!

Why didn't they make the paddles turn with the wheel.............?! :stupid:
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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2012, 07:52:16 am »
Same here with the over revving the engine while waiting to be able to get the wheel in a position that I can use the paddles... I still like them though  :smiley:

Mine do turn with the wheel !!! are yours different then.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2012, 08:00:22 am »
Paddles all the way for me. I have had afew DSG auto boxes all with paddles and wouldn't buy one without.

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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2012, 02:59:06 pm »
Same here with the over revving the engine while waiting to be able to get the wheel in a position that I can use the paddles... I still like them though  :smiley:

Mine do turn with the wheel !!! are yours different then.

I think its a typo by Laser. All paddles are on the wheel.

And I agree, they should be fixed on the steering column.
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Re: DSG with out paddles
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2012, 03:08:36 pm »
So here's my bit ... From someone who has a GTi DSG and I had the paddles and a MFSW retrofitted (with help from VRStu who did the work and coding). It wasn't cheap as a DSG paddled steering wheel isn't that common and i needed both a new airbag loom and steering controller - you may need neither of these so check carefully.

Right; it's each to their own but I love the paddles as they give me the flexibility to choose. They also give a different experience from "normal" driving as I mine is a daily driver.

Basically, IMHO the lack of paddles shouldn't be a deal breaker if the rest of the stuff is what you want at the right price.

Hope this helps and good luck.