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I thought initially that 7th will be solely for economy but it actually feels quite lively. You can do some of the overtaking in 7th, no probs.
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I am happy that you and Club 6MT enjoy stirring the soup pot.
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ROFL, not unless there is a turbo / nitrous button for the mDCT....
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When SMG came out in the United States we didn't get the same launch control as the rest of the world. The reason the E46 SMG cars were slower 0-60, or 1/4 mile was because they couldn't be launched as well as a MT. Do the current U.S. DCT cars have the same launch control as the European car tested in this post? I'm wondering if the U.S. DCT cars may actually be slightly slower if they have the same launch problems. Looks like they'll be faster once going but may have a disadvantage from a standing start. Anyone know?
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BTW we don't even know if launch control was used.
In any case like I said earlier we need more reviews with different drivers and different courses to really understand the true advantage of MDCT. These reviews will come soon. JMO of course.
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Warranty and features of the cars for the US are determined by BMW USA not BMW AG. BMW USA has an interesting history of being wrong and outright silly in certain areas. Here are some examples.
So don't be surprised if we get sucky LC over here with the new M3. Don't blame BMW AG, blame BMWUSA (not BMW Canada either).
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11s is another tier even beyond the M5 / M6. The GTR does it with traction and not power. If you want a RWD in the 11s, you will need bigger tires than what the M3 has to offer and about 550-600 hp.
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Having drag raced for many years at tracks with manual cars, I am still amazed at how smooth and fast the DCT is. Very good matching of engine torque with the 7 gears. Part throttle with the powwer switch ON is especially suprising since your only talking about a 4 liter car. 8 days so far and DCT is rating an A.
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i was even being fairly conservative and not using the reported 1.1 second difference between the two. the M-DKG car would only need .6 of a second to get into the 11s, that's only around half of what the M-DKG car reportedly ran compared to the 6MT car.
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