Quote Originally Posted by s4bw View Post
I agree, they are fun to try. I had an A3 with a DSG briefly, in the beginning you feel like your driving a race car, but after a while you end up leaving it in drive like any other auto. It shifts on its own at redline anyway. It is a lot easier do drink your latte in traffic though:-)
The last car I got to have fun in was in fact an RS5.

Fun is an understatement, that tranny really worked well and I loved that it actually held at redline (THANK YOU AUDI).

All the same, as much as I understand DCTs and will embrace their arrival I won't really pick one over a manual just because it offers better and faster shifts. Big deal.

Like I said, that stuff pays dividends on the track and has absolutely no effect on my daily commute. I'd rather be "burdened" with the 3rd pedal and be able to have some proper fun.

I also pose this, no DCT outside the new one in the GT3 (AFAIK) allows you to disengage the clutch to swing the rear around in a wonderful display of weight transfer when heading into a corner.

That I think matters for many people, its really the fine control that a manual allows that still makes people love it.