worst review ever!! now the wait for it to arrive in north america is going to be even more painful. thanks a lot buddy!!
honestly, sounds great. well written, honest, and it sounds like i've made the right choice hopping on my local dealers list as the first person in the area to be able to order an r.
can i ask, what's your driving history like when it comes to transmissions? i'm 32, been driving since about 17, never owned (or regularly driven) any sort of automatic, but i'm really tempted to order the golf r with a dsg. you praise the dsg - is this coming from a manual, or other type of automatic gearbox?
i really feel like with the advent of all the other electronic aids in cars (drive by wire, non-linear throttle, hill-hold, etc, etc) that manual transmissions are feeling more and more alien. when it was clutch pedal and throttle-by-wire, i could control EXACTLY what the car was doing, and it felt perfect and fluid. now i kind of feel like i'm releasing the clutch pedal with my left foot, pushing an algorithm with my right foot, and crossing my fingers that the amount of throttle returned is close to what i think i'm requesting.
i'm turning into an old man, but i'm longing for the days when i used to push the gas pedal 50% and get 50% throttle, not push the throttle 50%, and then have a computer check my current speed, ambient temperature, engine mode, time of day, run a quick credit check, and then give me a return throttle value.
it seems we've reached a point where everything is so electronic that dsg is just a better match for the car. all the more reason to pick up the golf r in dsg, and an early miata for getting my gear changing fix.