Hmmm difficult question. DSG was awesome and it really didn't take me any longer than a few minutes to love it. Then again one has to bare in mind that I was driving an incredible car which does add a whole lot to the experience. I have yet to experience a manual GTI to find out if it's as great to drive but if I was to buy a high performance oriented car with DSG as an option I doubt that I would be able to resist ticking the box beside the name DSG in the option list.

As for SMG I'm pretty sure you get used to it after a while, but should you have to? Naah. Don't get me wrong, SMG is faster than manual and it's not like I think SMG sucks but I'm just saying that DSG has made it obsolete. The same way USB memory sticks have made diskettes obsolete. Try DSG and you'll pretty much feel the same way as I do.