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[VXL V6]

All DTi's are manuals 

oh, didnt know that. even the elites. only ever dealt with minifacelift tbh. 

All Dti's come with the Edwardian signal box. Connected to the heeeuge long throw pedal on the left. Which vibrates ..... Quite a lot.

Never noticed that on my old DTi. 

Had two round here. Both same. Can feel every rpm. Iirc, worse as the cable travel play is taken up and actual clutch movement starts. Or at least that's what it feels like.

Something wrong there then as the clutch is hydraulic. Perhaps a worn DMF?

On both cars the same? I put it down to the Dti lump tbh.

Hmm, well, as I said, never noticed that on my old DTi Elite.

[joff]

Gearbox has always been good on the ones I've had and in the 2.6 Elite I had for parts 3 years ago, Josh even said how nice the gearbox was when he drove it down from Oxford area for me

[Elite Pete]

All DTi's are manuals 

oh, didnt know that. even the elites. only ever dealt with minifacelift tbh. 

All Dti's come with the Edwardian signal box. Connected to the heeeuge long throw pedal on the left. Which vibrates ..... Quite a lot.

Never noticed that on my old DTi. 

Had two round here. Both same. Can feel every rpm. Iirc, worse as the cable travel play is taken up and actual clutch movement starts. Or at least that's what it feels like.

Something wrong there then as the clutch is hydraulic. Perhaps a worn DMF?

On both cars the same? I put it down to the Dti lump tbh.

Hmm, well, as I said, never noticed that on my old DTi Elite.

Can say I've never noticed it on any of mine either

[chrisgixer]

Well, it wouldn't be the first time stuff goes unnoticed.

It's not present on the V engines, which is why it stood out, to me anyway. Not a pleasant  experience, one was an Elite. Wobbly suspension, vibey long throw clutch, Edwardian box, noisy at tickover, out of puff very early in the rev range...

...although 600miles range is nice, and reasonably civilised once pootling along and, with foot off the clutch, it almost feels smooth.

[VXL V6]

I think I would have noticed to be honest. Maybe engine mounts can suffer a bit more on the DTi lump 

Best way to smooth out a DTi's idling is to sheer off the crank pulley, they drive a lot smoother when the PS pump, Alternator, AC compressor and Water pump aren't being driven!!!

Yeh they can be noisy at tickover, once fully warm (a good 20 mins of driving!) they quieten down quite a lot. You learn to extract the best from the limited range that the turbo is on song and sit happily at 85 all day long on the motorway. The initial sluggish pull away can be improved by gutting the (not required for MOT) cat.