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| 05-20-2010, 09:07 AM | #1 |
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E92 M3 manual - a bit clonky?
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test drove an M3 today with 13k miles and it sounds very mechanical when slotting into gears 1 and 2. Is this normal? Compared to my 330 (E46), it took me a while to perform a really smooth gearchange from 1st to 2nd and 3rd to 2nd. Does the diff make noise on full steering lock? What sort of noises / feel should there be pls? Cheers |
| 05-20-2010, 09:11 AM | #2 |
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The M3 certainly is a very 'mechanical' car if that makes sense - especially when cold. The engine is louder and the transmission seems noisier. I had test driven the 6MT transmission before deciding on DCT and without starting the 6MT vs. DCT debate, I feel the DCT is far better suited to the current M3 than the manual box. I too found the clutch/box quite heave and clunky in the first 2 gears whereas I gel'd with the DCT box almost instantly.
If I was buying another i would be DCT every time and would not consider a manual one, but hey, it's horses for courses and everyone has different tastes! Have you driven a DCT based car yet, if not, you should before you decide  |
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| 05-20-2010, 11:52 AM | #3 | |
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| 05-20-2010, 05:20 PM | #4 | |
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I think gear changes can also be a bit clunky sometimes on the DCT as well if you are moving at a slow pace |
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| 05-20-2010, 07:50 PM | #5 |
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There's like 1/2 a second pause when shifting from 1st to 2nd.
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| 05-21-2010, 12:58 AM | #6 |
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There shouldn't be any 'clunking'. I would avoid that car or maybe just get a DCT.
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| 05-22-2010, 06:53 AM | #9 |
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clunky + diff sound on full lock
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this sounds suspiciously like the problems I had in jan with car I had off a friend (financed from BMW) with the option to purchase. Clunky gearbox........... manual grating sound on full fight right lock - front slip differential The car was in for the 13k service and the garage refused to acknowledge there was any fault till I took the chief engineer out for a quick spin the the car park and reproduced the noise at will. BMW stoke agreed there was a problem options were 1. low steering fluid - not so 2. Probs with front slip diff - maybe if the cars been abused / tracked 3. Gearbox .......... Enough to put me off. Waited for a few months and go the car i wanted if you check my posting............AM3 Newbie! Say this car wouldn't by anychance be a white E92 with red leather 13k miles jan 58 reg with 57 plate? Crewe Bluebell have a nice one I'm told A |
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| 05-23-2010, 05:07 AM | #10 |
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No it's not that car. There is no grinding but there is clunking which I have now been informed is quite normal.
The car is in warranty anyway so if there is a problem it will be fixed. Car has never been tracked and has just had a service at BMW. |
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| 05-23-2010, 05:24 AM | #11 |
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yah the M3 6M it's the smoothest out there.. gets annoying after a while.
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