DSG or manual? Buying a 2018 - 2019 model

[SRGTD]

DSG or Manual - one of the topics that crops up periodically on many VAG forums, along with premium unleaded v’s regular unleaded petrol, leather v’s cloth upholstery and (but less frequently now) petrol v’s diesel.

As @watts has said, there’ll be many opinions on the merits (or otherwise) of DSG compared to a manual transmission. The only way that @martin998877 can really decide if a DSG GTI is right for them is to try and arrange an extended test drive. That way they’ll hopefully be able to drive and evaluate a DSG equipped GTI under a variety of different conditions and on different types of roads and compare it to their existing manual GTI. However, with more and more of the country moving into Tier 4 Covid-19 restrictions, an extended test drive might not be easy to arrange just now.

[fredgroves]

Cruising with acc right down to stop? Superb.

Trundling along and want to overtake, kick down is your friend.

Like all tech it has some limitations but for most people, most of the time it's pretty good.

The main two things I've seen with it problem wise is the holding the gear too long in sports mode and how engine stop start works.

The former can be fixed with a Dsg tune and the latter by disabling stop start.

I've had manual cars always but auto for me next time simply for the acc.

[martin998877]

Many thanks everyone, really good input - a long test drive will be the only way to see if DSG is worth it.

Thanks again.