To DSG or not to DSG?

[TyGTI]

I had a similar dilemma when buying my GTI,

It boiled down to 'can I afford to fix it'... The answer, for me, was no unfortunately...

Another point to consider...although you are doing lots of miles, if most of them are at a constant speed you won't change gear much in manual or DSG.

Don't get me wrong, DSG is a lot of fun and the opportunity to be lazy in auto mode is hard to resist.

I went manual in the end and don't regret it 

[Dave(tm)]

Another one for DSG here. Only had it a couple of weeks but love it so far.

Dave

[prp74]

My next car will be a dsg.

[J400uk]

I'm on my second Golf DSG, definitely the way forward. The gearbox seems to suit both the GTI engine and 2.0 TDI CR exceptionally well. Makes driving more relaxing whilst still retaining strong performance and economy.

[cuprajake]

hated dsg!

I do all town driving, car wanted to be in 6th gear everywhere, not a quick as manual to react, just not for me I suppose

id say borrow one for the weekend to decide what you like,

[rdfcpete]

The CR170 goes very well with DSG, you'll probably get the XDS diff too if it's an A3/MK6 GTD/Scirocco. That helps a tiny bit more than you think it would, I've tried mine on track and I was pleasantly surprised.

I've got a CR170 6MT manual but I definitely need a short shift kit for fast changes 

Don't expect the manual box to be as trusty and fluid as other TFSI/TSI etc cars you may have driven.
 

[Dave J]

DSG for me!
Test drove a Pirelli manual before - it did drive beautifully, but my ED30 wasn't advertised as DSG when I looked, so was initially disappointed.
That disappointment melted away very quickly on the test drive. As I've said before on here, the only thing I miss is being able to blip the throttle and miss gears on acceleration / deceleration (i.e. 1,2,4 or 6,4,2...)

I drive my DSG in manual mode most of the time - gets away from the shifting at 1500rpm's, and gives a nice amount of engine braking and control coming back down the gears.

Still, love the option to move to lazy mode in traffic - my old mkiv with its sachs clutch was so heavy I nearly got cramp. Now I'm older I felt 'an auto GTI' would be ok. The fact that it changes gear faster than I could in a manual, and the clutch packs don't need changing for stage 2+ are (IMHO) a decent trade off for the extra TLC (oil changes) needed. 

Both have their merits for sure - enjoy choosing!!   

[Yorkie92]

I have a bit of a love hate with my DSG as was said earlier that when around town it will never be in the gear you want so keeps changing up and down  so you almost need to use manual but when in traffic it is perfect as you don't have the clutch pedal. Another bonus is using the paddles if you want to get from A to B a little faster plus you get a nice little fart like noise when changing gear 

Yorkie

[Black9]

Personal preference...

My old edition 30 was DSG and my current GTI is manual. I enjoy both. Think DSG is suited more to high power cars but that's not to say manual isn't...

There will be some days u wish u had DSG and other days u wish u had 3 pedals and a stick. Not many things more rewarding than throwing togethr a series of perfect shifts whilst on it 

[jbenekeorr]

I'm a total DSG convert. I have had mine just over a year and it suits me. I would say my one annoyance is reverse which can be pants if you aren't really gentle with it. Passengers always comment on how smooth it is. The little farts on a hard up shift are brilliant!

I drove a 14 plate Audi A6 2.0tdi Ultra 190ps (I'm not sure what was so 'ultra' about it!) which had the 7 speed DSG (S Tronic) box. I wasn't particularly impressed with that though - it seemed to feel really strained as the gearbox wanted hold onto the revs far too long for a diesel when you put your foot down. It was incredibly smooth and lovely, but really highlighted that it was a big old car with a 4 cylinder diesel up front.

I've not driven a golf/scirocco diesel with a DSG so can't comment on that exactly.