'At times it goes as I feel it should, but it's very inconsistent'. I would 100% agree with the OP on this, and it really surprised me when I got the car (and not in a good way). I've driven my 67 plate Mk 7.5 GTI 230 manual for 8 months/9k miles now and the throttle response is (for me) by far the biggest gripe/annoyance with the (otherwise excellent) car. I bit the bullet and bought a pedalbox for the car a couple of months ago - I would whole-heartedly recommend one as it is an excellent bit of kit for very sensible outlay - however the truth is it hasn't 'fixed' the problem, it just masks it much, much better. But it is crazy that the pedal response is so erratic and poor - am really hoping that the negative feedback makes it's way successfully to VW and that it is resolved on the Mk 8 GTI.