GTi Performance - Manual or DSG

[hog_hedge]

When I'm about to overtake someone I just flick the DSG stick down once to put the box into Sport, it drops to the lowest gear straight away and then I have instant power ready for the overtake. I rarely use the paddles.

Don't you use the paddles to upshift when on full throttle? There's rarely the need to use all of the revs in each gear.

I just let the box do the upshifting and then I stick it back in D once I'm back in my lane.

[gtiaps]

I know the DSG is ok but for me old school manual is the way for a Golf Gti there's plenty of opinions either way but as said manual for me 

[Avallon]

Having only ever had manual boxes in the past, I'm quite excited about getting a DSG box (otherwise I would have probably gone for an Audi A4 lease deal) - just don't think you can beat the convenience on a busy rural A road...

[hog_hedge]

Having only ever had manual boxes in the past, I'm quite excited about getting a DSG box (otherwise I would have probably gone for an Audi A4 lease deal) - just don't think you can beat the convenience on a busy rural A road...

I have driven manual all my life but since owning my 7.5 DSG for 3 weeks I don't think I'll ever go back to manual. It's phenomenal.

[drisser]

I think it comes down to how much painful driving and also how it married with the engine.  I was only going to buy a CS in manual but would never buy my 330d in manual ( you can't anyway ) but the big lump of torque and 8 speed auto is a match made in heaven .. but if I went for something like an M140i or Golf Gti I would go manual for the driving experience ..

Down to personal taste, if you are happy to stump up the cash and the type of driving you do mostly.  All these modern auto / dsg boxes are pretty cool, in my 330d it knows from the sat nav where the junctions and sharp corners are and shifts down just before them.. Unreal really !