I HATE DSG transmissions. I hate how they sound, I hate how they jerk in a
parking lot. I hate the feeling during shifts and they're fragile. Nothing to
like about those.
The 6spd manual in my Jetta is a fantastic transmission, it shifts smoothly and
its geared nicely to live with. Sure its not a Mercedes but in 2015 you could
have my car for around $20,000. Very affordable compared to a Mercedes. Its 80%
as good (maybe more, 50mpg remember) for half the money.
-Curt
On Saturday, September 19, 2020, 11:10:10 AM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Not quite accurate - our Passat TDI was one of the cheating cars and needed
BlueTec fluid. The only things I didn't like about that car were the
maintenance costs for the dual clutch tranny, the seats were not as
comfortable as the W124, and the wind noise was higher than an old W124 at
70mph.
On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 8:48 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> No, the testing is supposed to be done with exactly the same operational
> parameters in the computers as real world driving conditions.
>
> The fine is for writing software that figured out when the vehicle was
> being emission tested and using DIFFERENT operational parameters in order
> to meet the test.
>
> Of course it didn't when run on the road, it wasn't intended to.
>
> The law is quite specific about this.
>
> VW decided to cheat instead of using BlueTec technology, and got caught..
> Seems Daimler did something similar, although it doesn't seem to have been
> so egregious.
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2013 F150, 18 mpg
2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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