[dremd]

Drove the golf 20 miles(interstate) tonight in very poor weather conditions.
I now realize why the didn't sell this transmission to "those dumb Americans", in short you have to shift much more and think about what gear to use where as before I could use 5 th from 30 mph up to top speed. Now 5 th isn't an option for cruise untill 35 and 6 th can be used at 55 but will not accelerate until 65.
Oh, and ASR is now on my list of features that every tdi should have come with, makes low rolling restiance tires at least as "sticky" (poor word choice) as mild performance tires.