Audi is planning on using the same 8-speed automatic across it's entire line. Perhaps they have the same idea with the DSG?
I haven't tried out a DSG yet, but I think I'll like it. Why do people still want to row through the gears?
...seriously? Because it's fun. Because it gives a greater feeling of connectedness with the engine and all the mechanical parts. Because it gives greater control and involvement. Because it gives a greater sense of accomplishment when you do go fast.
I see your point and quite understand it. As someone who has been rowing through the gears for longer than you've been alive Mitlov, nowadays I find that I get great enjoyment from listening to/feeling the computer doing it for me with my DSG. I would love to have the opportunity to try the DCT in a BMW and the PDK in a Porsche as well... and I suppose one of these new Ferraris if I was forced to. I can also understand why, from a economy/emissions POV why the manufacturers are moving to DSG type transmissions.
Note btw that I will never buy a torque converter transmission... horrid things.
I completely get why some people prefer dual-clutch transmissions. Convenience, fast precise shifts, etc. But some people aren't everybody, and it annoys me when people suggest that there is no good reason for anyone to prefer a conventional manual. That's all I was responding to.
If you could have a transmission that worked like your bike in your car wouldn't you prefer that? To me that is what a PDK/DSG, whatever, transmission is. There is still that direct connection, I hate torque converters too. (Again, a disclaimer, I haven't tried one, I should go test drive something.)
Would you still like a manual without synchros, that would be more purist? Do you match revs and double clutch downshifts for the hell of it?
I think there is a place for these things, in vintage cars.
Anyhow you can't do any more than 2 gear changes before the cops impound your car and license.
BTW, I'm not sure why I'm debating it. I love manual trannies, and totally appreciate what you are saying. But I think their time has passed into the land of "remember when cars had manual steering and brakes" or "remember off-throttle oversteer".