Motoring Discussion > Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic
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New Mon 13 Apr 15 21:26 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Ronald
Hello all

Regular lurker here, but rare poster due to limited technical knowledge and DIY skill.

Does anyone have knowledge or experience of this engine, and/or the reliability of a tiptronic v DSG box? It's an 07 car which suits my budget (5k), mileage (60k) as I don't do a lot, and it has a driver's left footrest, a boot, and size which I like a lot.

Thanks everyone.

Back to the shadows now.
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New Mon 13 Apr 15 21:52 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - WillDeBeest
Why would you need DIY skills to buy a car? Or to comment on someone else's? Not all of us here change our oil more often than our socks; some of us are still young enough to have to go to work.

In other words, you have all the knowledge you need to contribute here. Attitude is far more important.
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New Mon 13 Apr 15 22:51 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Alastairw
I have that engine in my Octavia. Quite refined, reasonably economical. Cambelt is due at 5 years or 60,000 miles.
No reliability worries with the engine.
I have the manual 6 speed. As I understand it this engine was only available with the torque converter proper auto, not the DSG. The clutch cost me over £500 to replace, so at least you don't have that to worry about.
Last edited by: Alastairw on Mon 13 Apr 15 at 22:53
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New Mon 13 Apr 15 22:54 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - rtj70
>> Does anyone have knowledge or experience of this engine, and/or the reliability of a tiptronic v DSG box?

What country are you in? Tiptronic and DSG are not necessarily the same which you know. Tiptronic is a Porsche term for an auto box with manual controls and they licence the name, e.g. to Audi and VW.

The VW DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox) is a dual clutch dual shaft gearbox that is automated. Designed by BorgWarner. Audi calls the DSG type gearbox an S-Tronic (I've got one). But in the US I suspect VW use the Tiptronic(R) reference. But likely to still be the same DSG.

I thought you are UK resident... reference to 07 car.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 08:12 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
I had the tiptronic gearbox on my Mitsubishi Lancer which I owned for two years. I used to use it manually occasionally, but would often forget it was in manual mode and wonder what that screaming noise from the engine was :)

Very reliable gearboxes though, I'd rather have one of those than a DSG. I have a conventional auto box on my Subaru Forester now, and I'm luvin it.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 08:41 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Old Navy
>> I have a conventional auto box on my Subaru now, and I'm luvin it.
>>

Is it the newer Subaru's that have the Lineartronic CVT box ?
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 09:03 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
>>Is it the newer Subaru's that have the Lineartronic CVT box ?

Nay sir, it's a conventional slushbox. If I was looking to purchase a later model, I would consider the Lineartronic, as I have read good reports about it.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 09:08 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - WillDeBeest
I think ON meant 'newer than yours'.
}:---)
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 09:32 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
>>I think ON meant 'newer than yours'.

I haven't ground any Columbian Arabica beans yet.

:}

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New Tue 14 Apr 15 10:14 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - WillDeBeest
Monsooned Malabar for me today. Filled my boots (or at least my bag) with it at Waitrose's special price on Saturday.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 11:23 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
>>Monsooned Malabar for me today. Filled my boots (or at least my bag) with it at Waitrose's special price on Saturday.

I see they are available green, avez vous ever tried roasting your own beans?
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 12:03 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - WillDeBeest
I love the idea; less keen on the smoke and the fire hazard. Home roasting is not for the unwary.

I used to have the next best thing: lived round the corner from an artisan coffee roaster, who needed only a phone call to put a batch on to my precise specification. There was so much residual gas in those beans for the first day or so that they would practically explode out of the jug when they met the hot water. Taste was unbeatable, though; I miss that place.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 12:38 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
>>I love the idea; less keen on the smoke and the fire hazard. Home roasting is not for the unwary.

I'll have to check that out then. I bet Panasonic make a machine for that sort of thing :)
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 15:54 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
Yeah, I'm the kind of crank that would have a go at roasting raw coffee beans. All I need to get is a baking tray with holes in it.

www.jurang.co.uk/green-beans-coffee.html
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 16:12 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Crankcase
>> Yeah, I'm the kind of crank that would have a go at roasting raw coffee
>> beans. All I need to get is a baking tray with holes in it.


I bet you're not the kind of crank that would make their own chocolate from the bean. Now there's a challenge.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 16:18 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
>>I bet you're not the kind of crank that would make their own chocolate from the bean. Now there's a challenge.

What, the cocoa bean ... of course. You made me think there for a minute, as I've 'bean' reading about eating chocolate-covered coffee beans.

:}
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 16:03 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Gromit
The Legacy/Outback diesel automatics are CVTs, marketd by Subaru as 'lineartronic'. They've also announced a diesel CVT Forester, here in Ireland at least.

The older petrol auto Subarus were torque converters: 4 speed for 2 and 2.5 litre Legacy, Ouback and Forester, 5 speed with paddle shifters on the 3/3.6 litre cars.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 23:26 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - idle_chatterer
>> >>Is it the newer Subaru's that have the Lineartronic CVT box ?
>>
>> Nay sir, it's a conventional slushbox. If I was looking to purchase a later model,
>> I would consider the Lineartronic, as I have read good reports about it.
>>

I have the Lineatronic in my 2014 Outback and I like it, most of the research I did before buying suggested it is reliable too. Economy isn't bad for such a big 4WD petrol car 28-30mpg around town and low 40s mpg on a run although in the UK I guess it would need to be the diesel given the fuel prices and tax regime.

Other posts suggest that the OP's car choice is a torque converter auto, if it's DSG then as a 2.0L it will be wet clutch, my experience suggests that you should avoid the DQ200 dry clutch variant fitted in lower powered derivatives.
Last edited by: idle_chatterer on Tue 14 Apr 15 at 23:26
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 09:18 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Zero

>> Very reliable gearboxes though, I'd rather have one of those than a DSG. I have
>> a conventional auto box on my Subaru Forester now, and I'm luvin it.

bet you are not loving the fuel consumption.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 09:24 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - WillDeBeest
If you have to ask...
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 09:33 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
>> bet you are not loving the fuel consumption.

I don't really do enough miles to bother about the fuel consumption.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 11:22 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - rtj70
>> I had the tiptronic gearbox on my Mitsubishi Lancer

You will have had a torque converter automatic gearbox with manual controls. Mitsubishi marketed this as Tiptronic® and paid Porsche for their use of the trademark. Tiptronic® is not a particular make/model of gearbox.

In the US, VW markets their DSG boxes as Tiptronic®.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 11:27 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Dog
Affirmative: INVECS-11 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INVECS
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 17:40 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Alastairw
Forgot to add, the FSi prefers a diet of super unleaded fuel, as recommended by the manufacturer. Mine runs best on Tesco Momentum.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 21:46 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Ronald
Thank you.
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New Tue 14 Apr 15 22:53 
 Volkswagen Jetta - VW Jetta: SE: 2.0 petrol: FSI tiptronic - Stuartli
>> Mine runs best on Tesco Momentum.>>

Find the same for my 170PS 1.4 TSi Sports Jetta, although Shell V-Power isn't bad...:-)
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