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I actually rather disliked, albeit respected the DSG in my GTi. On the way up it was AWESOME, but everything else was horrible. In D it was a slug and in S it would go to redline for no reason when driving without full throttle. Also in S if you were crawling in traffic it would plop down into 1st instead of staying in 2nd, and you'd lurch forward in your seat. Coming out of corners it would take ages to downshift, always looking for economy. There was no 'middle setting' between boring and redline shifts. 2 programs, both wrong for daily driving.
I switched to a 135i MT and I cannot wipe the stupid grin off my face, even now after a year. The difference between getting off the throttle to catch the understeer and flipping the back end out to force the traction control to quench your speed is simply indescribably better.
The GTi is a great car, but it's a toy cart where the 135 is a racing cart. If you want to grow up, then buy a 3 or a 5 :-)
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