Thread: 6MT or DCT?
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      11-21-2013, 10:03 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by gee-m-w View Post
Aside from that, manual and DSG/DCT respond differently to your right foot. The RS5 DSG feels weird to me compared to my S4 6MT - something about it is not *immediate* when you go throttle on. I'm not sure if that's some fuel saving measure, or a "not in the maximum sport mode" setting, or if it's just a flaw of double clutch gearboxes that might be in the wrong gear.
I don't have much time with the DCT, but the time I did have with it was not like this. It leads me to believe that its Audi's programming making it behave this way or that Audi's tranny is just not up to the standards of BMW's DCT.


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