Looking to buy & I'm torn....6MT or DCT??

[chili555]

Please see: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...6&postcount=69

Just sayin' ....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Ezio

i would marry that girl on the spot hahaha

Ezio i believe you man

[gazosnic]

DCT is faster but boring after a while. 6mt if you want to feel like your driving a sports car...

Plus w DCT everyone and their brother will say... yea my car has paddles too in my new carola (or insert any other crappy car w autotronic bs)... lol

[gazosnic]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

In your case i think with yogurt

Tazaiki?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GreeKon

...oh yea....and THIS.

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Her yoga pants gives me yogurt pants.

Originally Posted by GreeKon

Lol You'd be glued to her vagina.

In your case i think with yogurt

[Powerslide]

Originally Posted by GreeKon

I can only speak from experience talking to other guys. They say "DCT is fucking awesome....for the first two weeks." Then they get bored as hell...it's a glorified automatic.

Up to you...but I'll ALWAYS choose manual. There's nothing like controlling your car through and through.

Again...my $.02

Actually DCT was f'n awesome for the first 5 1/2 years I had the car (up to today that is) - 72k miles and have NEVER been bored with it! Still totally subjective though!

[mjposner]

"DCT is faster but boring after a while. 6mt if you want to feel like your driving a sports car..." Yeah those ecno box Ferrari, Lambo and McClarens aren't sports cars either. Guess only you know what a sports car really is, so I presume you are like 80 years old and only know sports cars from last century!

[Parkanzky]

I was a three-pedal purist (tm) and railed against flappy paddles every chance I got. I've owned a lot of cars with manual transmissions, and I still have an Elise in my garage.

When I decided that I needed an M3, I searched for months for the right car (with a "proper" manual transmission). I was at a karting event with a friend of a friend and we were talking about his e90 M3. He had DCT. I told him I was looking for one myself but I was trying to find a nice example with a 6 spd. manual. He asked if I'd driven a DCT car yet and insisted I try his.

Long story short, I bought my e90 (with DCT) a couple weeks later.

To me, this transmission suits the character of the high-revving V8 in these cars perfectly. I've had the car for a year and a half now and I still don't regret my choice at all.

In the end, the OP needs to drive both and see which he prefers.

Honestly, I don't get the rivalry between the two camps. The M3 is a great car with either transmission. Personally, I like the DCT better with this engine. And it's not because I'm lazy, drive in traffic, don't care about being 'connected' to the car or I'm not a big enough enthusiast. I've done a bunch of track time, held a competition license and spend way too much time thinking about cars. For me, the DCT is the right choice for this car. For somebody else, it might be the three-pedal manual.

[mjposner]

Also paddles are not what makes a dct great, just like having the auto transmission shifter on the floor like a manual (they used to be on a stalk around the steering wheel), so comparing a dct with paddles with any automatic with paddles is a poor comparison.

[demonglide]

When I purchased mine I took out both for test drive.
U can't manually shift as fast and precise as this car will.

[pkimM3r]

Originally Posted by mjposner

DCT Comedy Rant

DCT is better because 7 is higher than 6
DCT is better because it has dual clutches versus a manual clutch
Poor people buy the 6mt because they cannot afford DCT (let alone steak)
DCT is better because you get more left foot leg room in the car
DCT is better because its faster jack
DCT is better because you can keep both hands on the wheel
DCT is better because gadgets are cool
DCT is better because Formula 1 uses it.
DCT is better because all the cool cars use it, and all the cheap shit boxes have manuals.
DCT is better because you can shift in two places instead of one place
DCT is better because you get a bazillion different settings, a bazillion is better than one
DCT is better because it tells you what gear you are in on the dash.

Now Fight!

You forgot it has shift lights!

One thing though this has nothing to do with F1 gearboxes except that it has paddles. Well i guess an automatic toyota with paddles is F1 technology then

[pkimM3r]

In f1 from a standstill the driver needs to operate the clutch.

[AirbusPilot]

Originally Posted by mjposner

"DCT is faster but boring after a while. 6mt if you want to feel like your driving a sports car..."

Yeah those ecno box Ferrari, Lambo and McClarens aren't sports cars either. Guess only you know what a sports car really is, so I presume you are like 80 years old and only know sports cars from last century!

End thread/.

[M3-S65]

How many more pages of people defending their purchase/egos will there be? This is great!

[gazosnic]

Originally Posted by AirbusPilot

End thread/.

I was half joking. Dct is great as a transmission. But to be honest I do enjoy driving manual car. Regardless if exotics use dct. Dct and awd are needed today to get the times they advertise. Which is cool but for a what I personally want manual is more fun. Trying to help the op with a actually driving perspective not to argue which is better.

There isn't a bad choice. But the m3 isn't a exotic so a comparison to Lambo or f car isn't really a comparison to make either.

[AirbusPilot]

Originally Posted by gazosnic

I was half joking. Dct is great as a transmission. But to be honest I do enjoy driving manual car. Regardless if exotics use dct. Dct and awd are needed today to get the times they advertise. Which is cool but for a what I personally want manual is more fun. Trying to help the op with a actually driving perspective not to argue which is better.

There isn't a bad choice. But the m3 isn't a exotic so a comparison to Lambo or f car isn't really a comparison to make either.

Joking or not, your point is valid.

The fastest cars are either using a DCT type transmission, or soon will be.

I enjoy manual transmissions too, but I also like being faster. More so, actually.

BTW, "exotic" is really undefined and meaningless. In other words, it doesn't matter if it's an F car, P car, or BMW car. They're cars with high revving engines that haul ass.

[gazosnic]

I like my manual m3. But would have no problem swapping for a f458 w paddles. Won't matter what transmission was in it tho. Lol.

[DOUT]

I have a 6MT and would get a DCT if I could do it again...

[Koldun]

Originally Posted by gazosnic

I like my manual m3. But would have no problem swapping for a f458 w paddles. Won't matter what transmission was in it tho. Lol.

I'd take a 458 if I had to work it with my feet Flinstones style, who gives a shit about transmission.

[mjposner]

It wasn't an exotic issue, it was a post that said sports cars only have manual transmissions. This was true years ago, but no today, today only econo boxes have manuals (for the most part).

Here is an F1 description: The gearboxes of modern Formula One cars are now highly automated with drivers selecting gears ‘seamlessly’ via paddles fitted behind the steering wheel. Wonder what that sounds like? A DCT?

[mjposner]

To keep this thread going, if you advocate DCT, admit if you can really drive a stick and if you have owned or still own a manual.

Me, yes, plus my 4 speed 65 Corvair Corsa

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by gazosnic

Tazaiki?

That you need to ask on GreeKon