I have an E46 M3 SMG and love the transmission over a traditional manual gearbox. Driving in traffic all I have to do is pop it into auto mode and its as easy as driving an automatic. But its still fun to drive when I want do some “spirited” driving. Overall though the lack of a clutch pedal does reduce the control slightly — there are times when the computer just can’t predict when to slip the clutch and when not to. The most annoying thing is when it decides to downshift exactly when I’m trying to accelerate and theres a 1-sec or so delay while I wait for it to engage the next gear.
Never driven a DSG car but will definitely try one out next time I’m in the market for a new car. I’d really like to drive a Nissan GT-R if I could find one to test drive. Of course I’m supposed to be saving that money to buy a house soon so I probably shouldn’t buy one.. but still, it’s tempting 🙂
