Golf R - DSG vs stick

[fredgroves]

Speaking as a Yorkshireman, I was just too tight to spend the money 

[wigit]

DSG does suit the R and I think works really well with the ACC, when I had the manual Polo and two DSG Rs I found the Polo was getting used less and less as a daily as for daily grind for me it was losing its appeal. so it got replaced for a R estate, for something more engaging I bought the M2

[kalimon]

Manual for me
The very fact that the DSG offers more than one way of changing gear puts me off as I find I'm constantly switching between paddle shift, gear lever shift or just plain old auto. Way too many decisions to make at my age.

[Rhyso]

I also think this is down to how many miles you do a year and what type of roads you drive on. If I was doing loads of miles and was using it in and around town where you'd be constantly changing gear then I'd have probably have gone for the DSG. I only do around 5,000 miles a year varying from country roads to town to motorway and so I wanted something a bit more engaging and fun and I have that in the manual gearbox.

Its around town that the box can be at its most annoying  especially when approaching junctions / roundabouts and it can't decide whether to hold the gear you are in or change down

I can approach the same place at the same speed on separate occasions and the box will either hold the gear (which is what I would do) or it will change down

For the other 95% of the time its a fantastic piece of kit 

[candywhite12]

Manual for me
The very fact that the DSG offers more than one way of changing gear puts me off as I find I'm constantly switching between paddle shift, gear lever shift or just plain old auto. Way too many decisions to make at my age.

this is precisely what turns me on tbh 

[kalimon]

Manual for me
The very fact that the DSG offers more than one way of changing gear puts me off as I find I'm constantly switching between paddle shift, gear lever shift or just plain old auto. Way too many decisions to make at my age.

this is precisely what turns me on tbh 

Each to their own I suppose

[Raffe]

The R with DSG is a perfect combo...creates the 'Playstation' experience which is quite fun.

My weekend car will definitely be a manual though when the time comes next year and the R can remain doing its daily duties with a bit of swagger.

[Brenbo]

The manual in the Golf R is not to be sniffed at though.  I have a manual shift in my Golf R and it is so silky smooth and effortless to use, it's a pure joy. Definitely the best manual shift I have ever used since learning to drive all those years ago.   

[vidman2]

If you are buying new then the MK7.5 R will have the newer WET 7 speed DSG used by AUDI for some time now. Same as the 6 speed but with a 7th gear (all ratios different but 7th is higher than the 6s 6th so better mpg on the motorway).

I have has DSGs in 3 motors now and never experienced a single issue and will probably buy a MK8 R when the come out - with DSG - unless electric technology has moved on significantly by them - a 4 wheel drive GTi or R with electric motors on one axle would be an interesting proposition.