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Originally Posted by wyatth
It's true, someone who wants to modify need not get the ZCP.
But some people don't want to modify (or much), and for them the ZCP is a great choice.
We aren't talking about collector cars exclusively in this thread, but for sure being stock AND ZCP will be the most collectible. Add 6MT and you're probably at the top.
There may be a time when 6MTs are being swapped into DCT cars. We are there on the E46 already, so pricing has converged (for non-collectors) to the difference of the cost of performing the swap (~$2,500). For drivers cars, a clean swap is as good as a factory 6MT (or better if it means you're getting a new clutch).
The DCT is superior to the SMG, so I am curious if the price difference or preferences unfold like they did for the 46. I would expect the transmission is less critical on the E9x than it is for the 46. Every 46 review these says "get the 6MT!" but the DCT is widely adored by all but the hyper purists.
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The most valuable is probably the slicktop E90 ZCP 6MT.
The DCT is much more widely 'tolerated' than the SMG which is funny since the main reason people bagged on the SMG is that it wasn't a manual first, and it was clunky and unrefined, second.
This is contradictory in two ways:
First, many people want the most raw/visceral experience they can get from an M3 and the SMG offers by far the most raw/visceral/unrefined experience you can get from a modern transmission - much more than the 6MT and MUCH more than the DCT.
Second, many people install solid bushings and stiff suspensions thereby, more or less, making the car impractical for normal daily use and then in the same breath bash the SMG because it's clunky in traffic.
Get the SMG out on the open road and it's bonkers. Quick, raw, aggressive, precise - everything you want.
Funny... people.