Auto Vs Stick

[Bandit]

Have there been any problems with the new 06 auto's Just ordered an 06 with auto , thought about stick but getting older and settled for auto,
Thanks Bandit

[slpopp]

Did you order (request) a 2.5L or a TDi. If you ordered a TDi your car will have the 6 speed DSG transmission.

My 2005 TDi has it and I love it. No transmission problems so far (~18,000 miles).


I just saw that it looks like you ordered a convertible. I don't think those are available in a TDi configuration. I haven't heard anything about the automatics yet.

[CoriBug]

The NBC never has and probably never will come in a diesel. Anybody else heard of problems with 06 auto tranny??

[Fowvay]

Originally Posted by CoriBug

The NBC never has and probably never will come in a diesel. Anybody else heard of problems with 06 auto tranny??

This is only true in North Amercia. In Europe it does indeed come with a Diesel and I am horribly jealous. I would so buy a TDi NBC with cloth

The transmissions are both very reliable with only a few stray problems here and there that seem to have been completly ironed out. You car should prove to be very reliable.

[CoriBug]

Oops, forgot about Europe!! I don't even try to keep track of what Europe gets and we don't and vice versa. How do they determine that Europeans will buy a diesel NBC and we won't? Did they do a survey or what?

Have fun with your new car! What color?

cori

[dgoldbe2]

Originally Posted by CoriBug

Oops, forgot about Europe!! I don't even try to keep track of what Europe gets and we don't and vice versa. How do they determine that Europeans will buy a diesel NBC and we won't? Did they do a survey or what?

Have fun with your new car! What color?

cori

It is a traditional American resistance to Diesel. Most Americans experience with Diesels are pickups, which tend towards the noisy side, and old Mercedes which smoke alot.

Though, I have noticed over the past year that there have been a significant increase in the number of VW TDi's on the road.

In time Americans resistance to Diesels will fade, particularly as the cleaner burning, and quieter models get rolled out.

[dunno513]

The reason that NBC probably don't have the TDI option in NA is the fact that VW has a cap on the number of TDI's they can stuff in the hoods of their cars here. For every one they would put in a vert, they would have to take one from a Jetta, Golf, or NB. Probably figured that it just wasn't worth it and left the #'s the same.

I know that when the word came out about no TDI's in 07, the production of Jetta TDI's went up, making it harder to come by a golf or NB with one.

[mezonesxbox]

Go with a stick shift car, much better i guess. Tranny problems are too common on VW's.

[dunno513]

Originally Posted by mezonesxbox

Go with a stick shift car, much better i guess. Tranny problems are too common on VW's.

04 and newer TDI's came with the new DSG auto's which are a new breed. I agree with the above statment if it's anything but s TDI since 04 or anything before.

DSG shouldn't even be labeled as an auto. It just doesn't do it justice. This is like a third type of tranny.

Think of it as Manual, Auto or now DSG.

[Billsbug]

Originally Posted by Bandit

...thought about stick but getting older and settled for auto,
Thanks Bandit

And I'm sure Paul Newman would say the same thing.