Wife has a Tiguan with DSG and it works fine. Neither of us had driven one before we got it, but I have an older Merc with their well regarded 5 speed slushbox. I think the DSG compares pretty well, although on balance I'd prefer the isolation that fluid link gives. Neither of us use the autohold stuff - it seems a nonsense in an auto, although it's pretty flat where we are.
I did have a 1 litre Polo courtesy car with DSG quite recently and I was keen to what the box was like in that car. Again, it worked absolutely fine.
You can catch them with the wrong gear loaded in the waiting position in situations such as rolling up fast flowing rounabouts, and it can take the gearbox a moment to understand what you want it to do. Apparently it could take almost a whole second to do that, which can seem like a long time, so people panic and bury the throttle. It's a matter of learning not to over-react - the box will sort itself out.
Last edited by: Bill Payer on Thu 14 Nov 19 at 16:32
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