If you drive a Direct Shift Gear VW, you have the ability to prolong the useful life and increase the performance efficiency of your car by noting the following key driving points. A DSG box is an automated manual type of system, where the key differences are clutch positions Open and Closed (1&0) are replaced by a dual mass clutch bearing the First, Open, AND Second positions. First gear, third gear, and fifth gear on one side, and second gear, fourth gear and sixth gear on the other. Reverse and park prong is on one or the other shaft. Note: neutral is accomplished with the clutch pack. The gearbox does not have neutral. The car relies entirely on the dual mass flywheel and direct shift clutch assembly to accomplish neutral. Now, because we can predict that upon arriving at the line the cars "computer(includes ALL of the cars automatic systems)" will disengage the clutch by moving it the neutral zone, it is imperative to press firmly down on the brake pedal to avoid clutch engagement. To discover how firmly first learn the clutch's engagement point. The owners manual does a fair job of explaining this. If you step lightly on the pedal you will destroy the car. The computer only knows when you want to creep forward and roll ahead by when you brake lighter. Lifting, or lightly pressing the brake will partially engage the clutch. As a practice, setting Neutral on the shifter at the light after ten seconds will solve this, and according to telematics I observed directly on the computer, if the car is even left in drive at all, at the light, the clutch remains at "60" out of "200" engagement. In addition, do not stamp the brake as you come to a complete stop. In fact, perform a "limousine stop" where the last few feet you brake lighter, then intentionally press firmly on the brake once stopped to ensure disengagement. Firm stops, particularly when the last few feet of braking are abrupt, transmits stress through the final drive to the layshafts and tensions the apparatus, causing the shift to be hard and in some cases this may damage the car. To avoid this, use the cars intelligent braking and downshifting to allow the car to gently roll to the light, and if you anticipate a standstill of longer than ten seconds shift to neutral. Note: I bought a used car and started switching to neutral and the older clutch did not tolerate the change in driving style well. The new clutch is fine. In addition, it is important to exchange the DSG fluid every 20,000 miles. Do not miss this service. Further, it is quite important than when approaching a red light deceleration, accelerating suddenly - like if you are approaching a red light that suddenly turns green? - if you press the throttle hard under deceleration...there's a moment of hesitation ....and then after it will slam a downshift OR stay in the higher gear....depending on how hard you press. Remember, input you do is important, so figure out if you are pressing hard enough to command a downshift. (If you set about 1/4 throttle and wait, you'll realize the car will eventually catch up with you and find a gear.) Once the RPM and road speed synchronize, the car will stop de-fueling and return power to you. Do NOT attempt to "override" and "push through" the DSG downshift zone. If you apply wild or uncoordinated inpit under deceleration the computer will ask the car to downshift upshift downshift downshift upshift. Because you are asking it to do so. Engaging under deceleration in an automated manual is the hardest possible action the car can perform. Be ok with getting passed for a second, push ahead slowly until the synchronization is complete the transmission shift operation is complete. Additionally, there is usually only a 4-6 mph window where this applies I normally do not accelerate from 16-21 mph, because that's the spot the car won't easily shift from. I usually slow down further and then pull up from the next lower gear.(For those of you interested this happens because the RPM is too low to meet the torque commanded by the pedal yet the next gear down is so low the car cannot guard against a very hard shift, and the subsequent 2.1 bar boost spike which could propel a unprepared driver into the car in front, particularly in diesels) This can fundamentally change how you drive the car so please understand it carefully and send to VW DSG owners. This is not clearly defined anywhere; particularly the DSG downshift zone.