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Originally Posted by M3101
I've not had the opportunity to drive the M3 with M-DCT. Did you guys not test drive the car before purchasing? and if the answer is yes...then why didn't you notice this then??? 
If you can't default to D mode this is  ... |
No test drive my car was the first DCT ever sold at my dealership. Likely most people buy without test drive.
What do you propose we should do about it after a test drive anyway? Say: "it starts in S3 so I'm not taking the car?"
Fairly nail bitting to get the transmission without a test drive, but the DCT is the best feature of the car (IMO).
it sucks to have it default to S3 but I live with it.
really bad is if you have to leave it with a valet. What the heck? They don't know how to drive the DCT (likely) so they will rev it to the rev limiter. WTF BMW is thinking? Why not have D3 default or key-dependent setting?