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Originally Posted by Haldex
Thanks Quacker, always good to hear from you! What you wrote makes sense.. You just confirmed my worries though  Even though I won”t be towing - I tend to drive a bit aggressively - I am quite curious how will the overcomplicated DCT hold up to my foot.. Granted I intend on keeping a new car no longer than my current one - 4-5 yrs max. By that time cars as we know them may be extinct 
Checked with the dealer again today - they seem to have another model/drivetrain with DCT available for a test drive - I’ll have to satisfy my curiosity sometime next week before I part with €€..
Still eager to hear other forumers’ thoughts 👍 |
Prior to my Volvo I had a Mk3 Audi TT with a DSG gearbox. Very rapid gear changes as mentioned, but not super smooth though in day to day traffic. Horses for courses I guess. I much prefer the smoothness of the torque converter gearbox for the type of car I'm now driving and wouldn't change it for a DCT box in the V90 if one was available. I did recall the DSG required a relatively expensive gearbox oil change every 40k miles.