I love the immediate throttle response in my 205.
I think I’m happy with the response in my golf, too. It’s a much more powerful car and as time gas gone on I’ve been less and less bothered by the slightly dull initial response- in fact i wonder if changing the mapping to sharpen this up would make it less pleasant to drive in slow moving urban traffic.
I’m still undecided on the issue of whether it would be better with a pedal box. Just have your foot a little way down in anticipation of a manoeuvre, and the throttle response is incredibly good- I think this is easier with a manual box.