Ford and Getrag have got it much better with the Powershift. Renault too with its new ‘Efficient Dual Clutch’. But I spent a week getting used to a SEAT Ibiza 1.4 TSI twincharger 150 7-speed DSG with paddleshifts and it was okay right up to the moment I went to pick up the collection driver, when it bogged down across a busy junction at the station. I think a diesel will always be worse because the electronics seek to protect the transmission from the greater torque reactions from a diesel.