This sort of thread has been done a thousand times in the MK5 section.
DSG is unique to each person, some like it, some dont. Some swear by it and other cant stand it. For me manual wins. Id rather use the £1300 on the car (remap, decent tyres etc etc etc).
Well, the reason the thread was started was to get some input from
people who have actually made the move from manual to DSG, to get some idea of what problems might be encountered by someone making the change for the first time, and maybe even some idea of the good or bad points encountered by people used to manual transmissions who are now
actually driving DSGs.
If Kev (or the other nay-sayers) haven't ever driven a DSG car on a longterm basis, then I don't think the diatribles are really on topic. I'd like to know how the thing actually performs, not how people absolutely dead set against it
imagine it performs.
I doubt if I've ever red-lined my car in its entire 11+ years of life. My main fault is being too lazy to change down, either when slowing down, or when making a sudden decision to overtake. So I think the DSG will be good for me. And I decided to buy it instead of the leather seats, because I liked the tartan.
I'd like to know, from the perspective of someone used to manual transmissions, how the DSG actually is to live with in different driving situations. I imagine it's a boon in slow, heavy urban traffic. However, how is it as compared to a manual on twisty country roads? On hills? When overtaking? Do you often find yourself flipping it into manual, and if so when, or do you find you leave it in automatic most of the time? What's the "sport" setting like in comparison to the ordinary "drive" setting?
Even, are you thrilled that you spent the money now that you've lived with it for a while, or are you kicking yourself and can't wait to get back to a manual? And if so why?
I think all these would be interesting to hear about. Rants about how nobody should be thinking about buying it in the first place, from people who've never driven one for an extended period of time, not so much. We get that some people have decided the DSG is not for them. Great. It's a free country. But this thread is really seeking the more considered opinions of those who decided it
was for them, once they've lived with it for a little while.
Rolfe.