Congrats! We live once nia, just enjoy the Lion ride

Seems like 2.0 na has better fuel consumption than turbo although the brochure stats otherwise...could it be due to heavy foot syndrome?

>9000Km, 10l/100km

Definitely....

408 euro kit alrdy have it

Hi guys, sorry to change the subject, just a quick question/survey...
I read somewhere that when your car is stationery at the traffic light waiting for green light, changing gear to N (neutral) is an advisable way to preserve longevity of your gearbox/prevent wear and tear. Is everyone here doing that? Some quarters said it is not good to do it, as if you are not careful, you end up hurting it more when you don't give it anough time to engage when your lights turn green and you hastily switch it to D,?!

I know my NA gear is 4 speeder AL4 while Turbo is AT6, but from how I understand it, that doing it is advisable for any car (but I have read this sometime back, so not sure it apply for those DSGs too), Any Feedback?

Yes, I read it from TopGear. Its good to shift to Neutral under most normal driving condition irregardless your car has CVT or the conventional multi-speed AT. I normally will shift the gear to Neutral whenever the car is in a stationary position. sometimes I forget to do that.. haha


http://www.topgear.com.ph/features/columns...tuck-in-traffic



This post has been edited by Pugbunny: Feb 26 2013, 02:32 PM

When I had my Corolla Altis, I always put my gear in N when going downhill (actually that's a very bad thing to do) and N when I'm stopped at traffic. Hastily switching over to D or not will not have an issue with the longevity. Personal experience after 4 years of ownership. Assuming that the PUG408NA uses the same Toyota Aisin 4 speeder, then it should follow the same logic as well.

In my current ride, I was told not to put the gear into N at all while at a traffic light, just leave it as D to preserve the DSG gearbox longevity. No idea how true this is, but since I've seen a few people talk about doing this, I figured it was better to just follow.

All the while I engage to N at traffic light. Just bcoz I lazy to hold the brake with my right leg
Those thing u mentioned earlier does make sense also, imagine ur car start accelerate before the gear box catch in the correct gear/ position, might hurt your gear box. It will be great to wait for maybe 0.5 second for the gear to hunt in correct position before release your brake pedal?
Just my comment...

Btw, I like your new avatar!

good, two yeses. any more opinion?

Was reading an article earlier this morning, It's regarding DCT and DSG. The article commented that DSG was designed for the Euro traffic condition (urban and highway). Not like Malaysia, traffic jam everywhere. The high traffic condition does cause the wear n tear of the DSG as frequent gear change.
Is this the reason that do not engage to N while in stationary for DSG?

Not a damn clue actually, lol! But I suspect it would be the case now that you mentioned it. So far I've read 2 cases of DSG gearbox overheating but I often wonder if it has anything to do with the hill hold function causing the problem rather than the mechatronic unit.

In start stop or low speed traffic jams, the gearbox hardly goes above 3rd gear, even going from 2nd gear to 3rd gear is rare occurrence unless there's enough room to accelerate. DSG gearboxes are also truly adaptive. Mine has already adapted to my driving style, that 2nd gear DSG jerkiness/drag is now barely noticeable unless you really pay very close attention to it. The downside is that it takes about 5 months or so before the DSG programming starts to have any noticeable change

Today do car registration, took same no with my another car...tmr will get my 408 THP Aster Gray...anybody in JB?? come lets TT!!!

I am from JB. Great to have another Pug buddy in JB

how to add u bro? cheong is it? call me danish..stay near by sentosa..ya im looking few pug buddy to having TT..maybe we can share some interest on our 408..

Yeap, u can call me Cheong. I at Austin area. See if we have enough buddy for JB TT or not.

i think we should list it out the jbrean 408 owner..

I always keep it in D. Don't notice any problem so far.

Hi Bro, apology actually missed your comments coz scroll too fast...the guy who told me it can hurt if shift back to D too fast was a mechanical & electrical engineer, so it created my dilemma of leaving it at D or Neuralize it when stationary...

Nice avatar? Yes when i saw it just this morning I can't help liking it instantaneously either. Our Lion holding Renault as Shield and Citroen as spear , shows who is the real boss, rite???!!

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Feb 26 2013, 05:43 PM

Turbo >12K 9.4L/100 city, 9L/100 urban