I like small cars. I love the Miata. However, the STS is simply the nicest car I have ever driven. It's like being friends with a mobster. Life with the “Soprano STS” is easy: soporific comfort, isolation, lots of leather, ….. The car does not feel underpowered, so long as you tell the DSG's brain that you're not interested in upshifting at 1700 rpm. I, too found, the DSG a little weird; it doesn't feel like a slushbox; nor does it feel like a manual. … …

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