It has been a number of years since I have driven an auto and I was just wondering, when sitting at lights, should I put the car in neutral?

I was not sure if staying in d with my foot on the break is bad for the car.

Looking forward to comments although I am sure there will be differing opinions.

There has been a long thread in this department about DSG holding with brakes/neutral.

DSG Holding in S or D when stationary thread

dsg holding on hill thread

i was slightly worried when i bought a DSG but soon found that as you depress the brake at the lights, the engine dosent want to creep foreward. When you take your foot off the brake, the car soon wnats to move forward. Also, shortly after getting the car, i found myself sliding the car into neutral at the lights ( probably because i couldnt be bothered to hold my foot on the brake). Both ways work fine though. I even asked the dealer this and they confirmed that both ways are fine, you wont break anything.

I slip it into N for a long stop- basically if you'd put a manual in neutral. It's fine in a stop-start queue in D though.

If you'll be stopped for more than a few seconds I'd whack it into neutral, purely so you don't p1ss off the driver behind with your brake lights!

Unlike an automatic gearbox there's no torque convertor in a DSG, there are computer controlled clutches instead, so the tendency to creep forward is not a property of the gearbox. While you've got the brake pressed the engine is disconnected from the wheels in just the same way as if you were holding the clutch pedal down.

On manual gearbox cars you can wear the clutch bearings more quickly if you spend a lot of time stopped holding the clutch in, and the same thing likely will apply to the DSG, so if you know you'll be stopped for a long period such as at a railway crossing, sticking it in neutral might be a good idea (A better one is to turn the engine off altogether though).