I can experience wheel spin when merging with moving traffic, doing a right angle turn across a central reservation. Also on damp and bumpy roads when accelerating hard. From reading threads about dog bone inserts, I realise it may be wheel hop and not just a lack of traction from my Vredestein Quattrac 5 tyres. 205/55/16 No intention of modifying the car, but I never had this, on the same route ,with my Octavia 2 diesel with sport suspension.

If you have vcds or obdeleven then you can deactivate starting vibration reduction in the brake control unit. That stops the brakes from clamping on when spinninh and allows the wheels to freely rotate. Might be worth a try.

Interesting, thanks. I will probably live with it. Don't have any such software gizmos. 

I think I have only experienced what you described once in six years of ownership of my 1.4tsi on dry smooth tarmac. 

More right foot than usual in first gear to avoid faster than anticipated oncoming traffic. The turbo kicking in so vigorously surprised me and I experienced the wheel spin/hop, some torque steer as well but all manageable.

 

There is not much weight over the front wheels with the 1.4tsi compared to diesels and that would probably account for a bit of the difference you experienced between the two.

 

Although the mk3 1.4tsi is not that bad, my previous mk2 1.9pd was exceptionally stable in severe crosswind conditions and I always put that down to the extra weight under the bonnet.

I'm now on Vredestein Quatrac rather than my previous Quatrac 5. They're the latest version apparently. Excellent in icy and snowy conditions and water logged roads .  But still getting skittering wheel spin on demand in damp conditions. Recommended.