[Otter74]

I've wanted to replace ky Accord for ages and by earlier this year I'd settled on either a mid-2000s Forester/Outback or a 2010+ Jetta wagon, preferably TDI. I prefer the VW for fuel consumption reasons. I prefer a manual in everything, but there are about 20 automatic TDI wagons for sale for every manual so considering an automatic makes shopping a Lot easier. I prefer a manual even for a vanilla car but after 7 years of an automatic accord I've decided I can probably live with the right automatic. But I don't want a dog. How does the performance and fun aspect of a TDI with an automatic compare with a manual? If its deficient (slow) is it the kind of thing that can be easily fixed for a few hundred dollars with a tune? I don't know whether the auto trans in a TDI is the same design (parallel-shaft with an automated two-stage clutch) as the DSG found in the GTI, but I do like the DSG in my friend's 2012 GTI