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Originally Posted by Radiation Joe
The suspension is awesome.
The engine is good but breaks no new ground whatsoever.
The interior rattles and shakes for almost any excuse.
The DCT as produced for the first 2 years was a POS.
Legendary? No shortage of fanboys here.
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Disagree on the engine. Name one other engine of comparable sophistication in a car of this price range. I think it breaks ground by bringing an engine of this level to a car of 58-70k. A few years prior, you are talking about having to buy a Ferrari for a V8 like this. So maybe they weren't the first to do it, but like Germans, perhaps they figured out how to do something pretty special for a reasonable financial profit.
Not being argumentative on the rattles, but my car sounds great and I live in Pittsburgh (terrible roads). My A6 and STi rattled like crazy, so I know how to identify them. My M3 is really solid. Obviously if yours is not, which I'm sure is true, then it does reflect an issue with quality, so that is a valid issue.
I specifically stayed away from the DCT because any new tech carries some level of unknown risk. I know that when it's working as designed, it's pretty amazing. I also read a lot of posts with people understandably pissed off at various issues - very frustrating.
But it's possible to find faults with any car - even the classics.