Quote Originally Posted by shaker View Post
Hi All,
I am looking at buying an EOS and have only been able to get a drive of a manual gearbox version. While this was a great drive, I am wondering if anybody could give me their exxperiences driving a manual versus the DSG car. I am worried the DSG will not be as exciting to drive?
I have DSG in my Jetta and love it. It is quite uniqe to drive being a computer controlled manual rather than an automatic and it definitely does not feel like a conventional automatic.

Light throttle upshifts are almost imperceptable but give it a bit of stick and the absence of interruption to acceleration during gearchanges is quite remarkable. It is not a perfect transmission, it does occasionally appear to become hesitant with downshifts to second but on highway kickdown for overtaking is to all intents and purposes instantaneous.

My suggestion would be to ask your dealer for a drive of a Golf or Jetta with DSG and a similar engine to the Eos you are considering, this would give you something to compare against.

Cheers

George