manual or dsg

[matsu]

as your probably know and ARE bored by now, I,M looking for a 3dr black golf.

i would love leather but thta becoming not thta big an issue..... i originally wanted dsg. i test drove one out of my price range and loved it.
loved the auto aspect cos i,m lazy at times but also love the paddles for a big of flash and the  manual aspect when i want to really enjoy my drive...
BUT.... most of the cars in my price range are either ... red or manual or five door...so i dont seem to be able to reach my complete spec.

will i regret not gettting the dsg if i get impatient and just go manual?
or is that a peice of string question?

driving me crazy.... i,m watching 10cars on ebay at the mo but wont get 11k saved till end of march...
boring everyone stoopid at work and home about my planned obsession
matsu

[sharpie]

dsg is ghey

[RedRobin]

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Don't be silly, sharpie - That's not very helpful.

matsu - It sounds as if you were impressed by the DSG. If so, surely it's worth waiting to get what you ideally would like - DSG 3-dr GTI's aren't that rare.

[Hurdy]

Ignore Sharpie....anyone with a strawberry slimfast in his signature isn't all there

*waits for his sig to change to something related to MKV derogatory reposte*

If you like DSG...go for it!

If you like manual...go for it!

just get a GTI quickly 'cos you're driving us all bonkers

[stealthwolf]

Like I've said to others on this board, think about what you definitely want with the car and what you would like to have but don't mind. Buying used means you need to compromise as not everyone specced their car. Some just kept it base.

There's a 3dr GTI DSG for £15k DE56 WXH on the VW database. I'm sure you can knock a few grand off the price if you haggle (scrutinise the car to high heaven). Also, you may end up having to look privately.

Don't forget about taking out a loan if you need to cover a £1-2k shortfall.

[sharpie]

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Don't be silly, sharpie - That's not very helpful.

it is - it will never be as good as manual. been driving about in an eos tfsi with dsg the other week and it's hesitant to say the least and lacks the precision of a manual.

[Hurdy]

^^^^
Don't be silly, sharpie - That's not very helpful.

it is - it will never be as good as manual. been driving about in an eos tfsi with dsg the other week and it's hesitant to say the least and lacks the precision of a manual.

So that's not ghey?

[ifti]

as your probably know and ARE bored by now, I,M looking for a 3dr black golf.

i would love leather but thta becoming not thta big an issue..... i originally wanted dsg. i test drove one out of my price range and loved it.
loved the auto aspect cos i,m lazy at times but also love the paddles for a big of flash and the  manual aspect when i want to really enjoy my drive...
BUT.... most of the cars in my price range are either ... red or manual or five door...so i dont seem to be able to reach my complete spec.

will i regret not gettting the dsg if i get impatient and just go manual?
or is that a peice of string question?

driving me crazy.... i,m watching 10cars on ebay at the mo but wont get 11k saved till end of march...
boring everyone stoopid at work and home about my planned obsession
matsu

Im thinking the same - although I havent test driven a DSG yet, but will do very soon....

[sharpie]

^^^^
Don't be silly, sharpie - That's not very helpful.

it is - it will never be as good as manual. been driving about in an eos tfsi with dsg the other week and it's hesitant to say the least and lacks the precision of a manual.

So that's not ghey?

it's assghey as any other vw car with dsg

[RedRobin]

....

If you drive around in D-mode, the DSG will seem hesitant in many situations but the point is that you can instantly flick into Manual and use the gears in exactly the same way as a conventional Manual.

I accept that DSG isn't to everyone's taste but it's an option and if you are prepared to adapt and learn its many, many options, it's something you'll probably always want in a future car.