Why is Porsche so late in the game with DSG?? Maybe Porsche feels like I do. That it's monumentally uninvolving and makes what used to be challenging, stupifyingly easy. Most comments I see on the "pro" side seem to be giddy about how it makes driving fast so much easier, and "neat-o". After spending half a lifetime honing my skills with the old-school rock-box, I feel as though it's like giving a kid with zero athletic skills a basketball that will dribble and go through the hoop without fail. Neato, gee-whizo. I can imagine that the kid would be overjoyed, and every other kid would need to equip their basketball as-such to compete with him...but the other kids that like to play real basketball would rather play their own game, if they had their druthers.
Race car drivers and owners are forced to use it to be competitive, but I feel it's taken some of the "art" out of racing. Technology has its place in racing, and in road cars. But there's a point where the technology takes over the car. I can deal with a little computer controlled shock absorber tweaking, but I abhor traction control, I'm not a huge fan of ABS, and you can take your nerdy DSG and drop it off a cliff. It's a yawn and it makes me feel like I'm driving in a skirt and heels.
Anything can be improved, but some things can't be replaced. Part of the reason I love driving IS the shifting. Giving up the shifting, just to gain some smoothness or speed is a net loss for my entertainment. I don't want to flip paddles to shift gears, no more than I want to diddle a joystick or a trackball to steer. When I get behind the wheel of an old pre-great-depression goliath, with an unsynchronized gearbox, executing clean shifts is a challenge and a blast. It's something I'll always associate with enthusiast driving, old boat, or cutting-edge new sportscar.
How's THAT for a morning rant!!!!
But you just decided to just give up. 
I guess you're just a quitter. 
