One of the reasons I'm glad I ordered a stick. The S-Tronic is a great piece of engineering, but has too many nanny functions in the software that I wouldn't want. If I put it in manual, I would expect it to behave almost exactly like a true manual and let me bang off the rev limiter if I wanted to and only shift down to keep me from lugging the engine and/or stalling out. When DSGs truly give you the best of both worlds in every respect without compromise, then I'll be heavily considering it. Until then, it isn't worth the extra $$$ for me based on my automotive desires.