DSG or Manual transmission?
Normally I encounter this question being posed by somebody wondering which to get.
To find out what percentage of owners have each type, I have created this poll.
With that question answered, now for a follow-up question.
If you could swap to the other transmission option, (DSG to Manual, or Manual to DSG), would you make the change?
Considering the state of modern manuals. I’m happy with my dsg. No rev hang, no weird gearing, no super heavy fly wheel etc
I do understand the craving for that “connected feeling” though.
Getting into custom tuning the DSG software has been a big point in favor of the DSG for me.
Absolutely. Good gets better.
The question of the ages….good one! The DSG is the finest most high-performance auto I’ve ever owned. 9 vehicles total lifetime/34 years of driving. 5 sticks, 4 autos. So glad I bought it and ditched “rowing my own” this go around. The last car was a stick, is now one of my sons’, and all of my kids learned to drive it so still cool to have/like driving it. Going forward if I got a MK8, I’d actually probably go back to the manual. It’s really fun when you can drive and enjoy both and aren’t held to the “I only drive manual” creedo even when it’s not always the best choice objectively…variety is the spice of life!
Yes! I was curious how satisfied people are with their choices, by the looks of the results very few people regret their choice.
The question is of those nor satisfied…what trans do they have?
On the 6MT on my Sportwagen and pretty happy with it (is20 swapped).
I changed the stock clutch more 4 years ago for an aftermarket one (SMF kit) and since that, I’m not looking back and not thinking about the DSG.
The stock clutches suck on these cars. Feels so bad.
Hey what are you doing here…🤣
VW publishes the transmission take rate. For the Mk7 GTI in the US, manuals averaged between 40%-45%. Roughly the same for the R as well which has not been available as a manual in Europe for several years. Really demonstrates how well the manual sells in the US.
Here’s an article on 2018 to demonstrate: https://www.autoblog.com/2019/05/24/vw-gti-golf-r-sportwagen-manual-transmissions/
Thanks for that information. So far respondents to the poll are a slightly higher percentage of DSG owners than those figures.