DCT vs Manual

TLud · 10-22-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by s4awd

I'm picking up my M3 next week. My other car is a GTR so I'm getting a manual and can't wait. As with most manumatics, GTR included, I end up leaving it in auto and can get bored. V8+6MT=fun. Imagine if the C63 had a manual? oh my.

I agree 100%.

What made you get both the M3 and the GTR?

digivue · 10-22-2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by s4awd

I'm picking up my M3 next week. My other car is a GTR so I'm getting a manual and can't wait. As with most manumatics, GTR included, I end up leaving it in auto and can get bored. V8+6MT=fun. Imagine if the C63 had a manual? oh my.

I tend to agree with that, you do get bored with manumatics.

digivue · 10-22-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TLud

I agree 100%.

What made you get both the M3 and the GTR?

Enough money...

s4awd · 10-22-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TLud

I agree 100%.

What made you get both the M3 and the GTR?

I've had a Porsche fund for a while and am currently leasing a 550i 6MT which has been the best car I've owned. I'm 36 with 2 kids so it made alot of sense. Anyways, I used the Porsche money for the GTR which is great for what it is but it's not a daily driver and I just can't get myself to leave it with parking attendants, movie theaters etc. My lease on my 550i is coming up and there is no new 5 just yet, so i figured i'd get an M3 with the good lease deals out now.

As I mentioned earlier, the DSG is great for going fast but clicking the little bar behind the steering wheel is eerily similar to the Logitech controller for the playstation. There is a little click sound when you shift up and down gears but isn't the same as grabbing the shifter engaging a clutch and slotting through the gears. A good analogy would be how digital SLR cameras mimic analog cameras with their weight, feel of the buttons and controls and even have the shutter sound which we all know is totally unecessary in terms of performance. People just need the feel. One day, hopefully, manumatics will have that "feel"

torredresen · 10-23-2008, 06:11 AM

Again??? Daaamn

MTROIS · 10-23-2008, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by torredresen

Again??? Daaamn

+1,000!!!

Imagine if the "x" AWD option would exist on the M models!?!?!?!?!?!!?!? We would never see the end of the debate RWD/DCT vs. AWD/6MT vs...

footie · 10-23-2008, 10:34 AM

I don't know why we keep coming back to these mindless threads.

The two cars drive differently because of the transmission, though the end result is the same, they are both bloody quick.

This is the second DCT car I have owned and it's the best to date. Sure I miss the manual from time to time, but as soon as I hit heavy traffic the reasons and advantages of DCT clear my mind like a bomb has just gone off in my head, the ease of driving without that clutch pedal in these occasions is brilliant. Also there is some satisfaction from the speed the shifts are completed (still prefer S2~3 to the higher modes) but there is no substitute for a proper manual when you are really on it, regardless of what anyone says.

I love both but for different reasons.

SS32 · 10-23-2008, 03:48 PM

6MT is more fun and complicated
DCT is faster and easier

End of story.

Atny286 · 10-23-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cowmoo32

6MT is more fun and complicated
DCT is faster and easier

End of story.

6MT: It's like sitting in bar and trying to get it off with a pretty lady.
I dare others to come up with "DCT"

Fiebrudo · 10-23-2008, 11:14 PM

I have a 330ci 5mt, at the beginning, though it was a little misforgiving, but now, me and the car are just like one unit.

Test drove the Porsche 911 Carrera S 6mt, very nice. Short throws, nice clutch.

Test drove Porsche 911 Carrera S PDK: I will NEVER get use to the awkward push/pull buttons and reverse/anti gravity (push upshift/pull down shift) stick

Test drove M3 6mt: I am sorry for saying this, but it felt kind of "agricultural" (having said that, I am sure I would get use to it just as I did with the 330)

Test drove the M3 with DCT: Suddenly, I am a hero, an F1 pro, every shift is perfect, down shift on command, always in the perfect gear, really cool. So took the plunge and here I am with the DCT.

Since nobody wants to give me what the 330 is worth, I have a mt car to satisfy my manual transmission thirst.

In the end, I like both.

Gerhard Berger was interviewed once and asked why he drives an automatic Audi. He's response, "you need to pay me in order to drive a manual transmission car" Interesting!!

Before this, I though I rather be dead than caught on an non manual transmission car. Here I am now with the DCT.

test drive both, only you can answer the question.

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DCT	50	49.50%
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torredresen Captain 53 Rep 712 Posts Drives: M3 09 E93 JzB Fox Red extended Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 Z4; 2.0 [0.00] 2005 Z4 [0.00]	Again??? Daaamn
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footie Major General 1118 Rep 8,016 Posts Drives: i5M60 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: No where fast iTrader: (0) Garage List 2024 BMW i5M60 [0.00] 2022 BMW i4M50 [0.00] 2020 BMW M5 Competi ... [0.00] 2008 E92 M3 [0.00]	I don't know why we keep coming back to these mindless threads. The two cars drive differently because of the transmission, though the end result is the same, they are both bloody quick. This is the second DCT car I have owned and it's the best to date. Sure I miss the manual from time to time, but as soon as I hit heavy traffic the reasons and advantages of DCT clear my mind like a bomb has just gone off in my head, the ease of driving without that clutch pedal in these occasions is brilliant. Also there is some satisfaction from the speed the shifts are completed (still prefer S2~3 to the higher modes) but there is no substitute for a proper manual when you are really on it, regardless of what anyone says. I love both but for different reasons.
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SS32 Major 156 Rep 1,429 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC iTrader: (0)	6MT is more fun and complicated DCT is faster and easier End of story. __________________ V1 DIY - Blinder M45 DIY - Exhaust Cutouts - Removed Clutch Pedal Spring DIY - Fiamm Air Horns
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Fiebrudo Private 7 Rep 52 Posts Drives: M3 Convertible Space Gray E93 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: STL iTrader: (0)	I have a 330ci 5mt, at the beginning, though it was a little misforgiving, but now, me and the car are just like one unit. Test drove the Porsche 911 Carrera S 6mt, very nice. Short throws, nice clutch. Test drove Porsche 911 Carrera S PDK: I will NEVER get use to the awkward push/pull buttons and reverse/anti gravity (push upshift/pull down shift) stick Test drove M3 6mt: I am sorry for saying this, but it felt kind of "agricultural" (having said that, I am sure I would get use to it just as I did with the 330) Test drove the M3 with DCT: Suddenly, I am a hero, an F1 pro, every shift is perfect, down shift on command, always in the perfect gear, really cool. So took the plunge and here I am with the DCT. Since nobody wants to give me what the 330 is worth, I have a mt car to satisfy my manual transmission thirst. In the end, I like both. Gerhard Berger was interviewed once and asked why he drives an automatic Audi. He's response, "you need to pay me in order to drive a manual transmission car" Interesting!! Before this, I though I rather be dead than caught on an non manual transmission car. Here I am now with the DCT. test drive both, only you can answer the question.
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