DCT or 6MT?!

[mdosu]

Originally Posted by PKL

Go with 6MT! IMPROVE. It sounds like you don't have a ton of experience with it.

IMO there's a few reasons to go with DCT:

You love the Track and go often
same for drag strip I guess
traffic
just plain sick of 6MT

I'm not sure there's any other reason?

Basically the ONLY reason I would order DCT is if you are sick of driving a stick. I know it's a mechanical wonder and the shifts are so smooth... who cares. I'll get a DCT only when I simply can't stand driving 6MT anymore. so basically my reason will be city driving/traffic.

I.

+1! I would get bored of DCT. MT in general will make almost any car fun to drive. Only time I'll get DCT is if I have some physical injury that'll prevent me from driving MT for the rest of my life (god forbid)

[OC3]

Originally Posted by erhanh

Well, it has been 5 days and 300miles, and I'm loving the DCT. So practical, so engaging! Love the downshifts at S5 mode. I didn't really like the auto mode, but I didn't spend too much time with it either.

Same here. 99% driving in S mode.

Originally Posted by erhanh

In general, I don't like auto. It never gets what RPM I want or will need right. I especially hate when I'm approching to a hill. Because I usually keep the revs around 2-2.5k for cruising, and 2.5k+ for ascending. So you have to give more more gas for the transmission to understand it has to down shift etc.. But this is for normal autos, I didn't experiment too much with the DCT auto mode yet.

I'm not upset in anyways even if the auto mode doesn't work or exist. I'm coming from MT cars, so shifting is something I don't mind, yet alone in a DCT shifting doesn't really take too much effort

Only time I'm on auto is when I'm briefly juggling/multitasking steering/driving, cigarette (& trying to light it), operating the windows or moonroof to let out smoke, cellphone, glancing @ documents (work-related hazard), etc (i.e. the perfect storm).

[brizzom]

Originally Posted by PKL

Multiple people in the thread (I believe 3 individuals) own 6MT cars but voted DCT, more or less because they don't think others "deserve" 6MT.

I don't agree or disagree with that, just saying.

what makes you think that?

[ChiTownM]

I lived in NYC with an e36 M3 5MT. Now I live in Chicago with an e92 M3 DCT. Once you get to know the DCT's features you really enjoy it IMO. The road trip from Chicago to Vegas and back for MFest was a breeze and a lot of fun with DCT.

[goldminer]

Originally Posted by PKL

Go with 6MT! IMPROVE. It sounds like you don't have a ton of experience with it.

No, I learned to drive a manual and to double clutch and H&T back in the early 70's on my mom's Toyota Corolla. I actually entered that thing in a club-level night rally race. Don't know how I talked mom into that. But, that car survived. Most of my cars over the years have been manuals.

However, I test-drove a DCT equipped 335is on the weekend and was quite impressed with the tranny. I couldn't believe how quickly it did a D7 to D3 direct downshift when merging onto the highway. The sales guy is arranging for me to test drive an M3 soon.

[PKL]

Originally Posted by brizzom

what makes you think that?

because they said it....

[KevstroM3]

I agree that it really is personal preference. Yea I think DCT has it's potential issues, but what piece of technology doesn't. On a personal level, I enjoy shifting through the gears makes the ride very enjoyable.

[skier]

6MT. Automatics get boring quickly, and paddles belong on a kayak

[sameh]

Originally Posted by skier

and paddles belong on a kayak

Or on F1 cars!!!!

[Auto]

6MT is hardcore! DCT is the future!

[Seattle S65B40]

Pilots often say something along the lines of "it's better to be on the ground, wishing you were in the air - than being in the air, wishing you were on the ground."

Well, I think it's better to have 6MT, wishing you had DCT, than having DCT, wishing you had 6MT!!!

I own 6MT and wouldn't have it any other way. So much more fun, and not much different on speed and efficiency.