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On the subject of DCTs, I bought a 2007 GTI with a DCT with a bunch of go fast parts basically as a daily, grocery getter, and winter autoxer since the Z leaks from everywhere. I've got thousands of hours on sims, so very much used to the flappy paddle shifting, left foot braking, etc. My main concern about DCT was that it would shift for me when I didn't want it to. This was a problem on the Porsche tiptronics that I worked on back in the day. Mine is supposedly tuned, but it does still shift on its own when I autox it and have it in manual mode. Despite this, I love it. I understand that a better (more expensive) tune on the DCT ECU might help, and will try that eventually. But it really doesn't feel that much like an automatic. You hit the paddle it shifts NOW. Downshift at higher rpms and you can hear it rev match. It's pretty damn cool.