I've had a few autos, but every time I buy a new car with an auto it's not long before I'm wishing it was a manual. So I bought a manual Tig this time.
But I don't live in Sydney and after spending a week down there a few weeks ago, the auto would be nice for that stop start traffic that seems the norm down there now, but other than that it's manual all the way for me.
IF the Tig came with DSG I might have been swayed, but maybe not too - I drove a mates R32 for a couple of days and while it was quite good, it's still not a manual.
The Tig manual is very nice box, not quite as good as a Toyota Camry box, but not bad. It's typical VW, which for some reason reminds me of every other VW manual I've driven. There's something about the feel of them and how they suck the gear lever into gear just as you get past the half way point. If I was blindfolded and put in a range of 100 different cars, I reckon I'd be able to pick every VW just from the gear change.
I'd forget about fuel economy between the two. The difference would be negligible. Buy what you enjoy driving. Everything is a compromise, it's just deciding on what will give you more joy overall - for me, that's a manual.
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