FYI, just as a user of a DSG, they are smooth once you are going. The shift speed is pretty remarkable(infact, that is just about the first comment everyone made riding in my car). But their low speed behavior, in creeping up to a light to make a right for instance, or waiting to turn left trying to shoot for gap in traffic. Where the TC Auto will just let you build up rev and slowly roll away, the DSG is often hesitating and sometimes unsure of what you want. In those instance it is often jerky. The smooth transition between engine brake and free wheeling of the TC Auto is not able to be replicated with a DSG also, as you roll to a stop, a DSG(in VW's case), will down shift as the speed slow to the point it needs to, and right before it stops (say 5mph), the clutch will disconnect, and all of a sudden you have no engine braking and you need to get on brake quick....If you have never driven anything else, it might be a non-issue, but coming from a traditional auto it is definitely different...
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