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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
It's worth a drive just to eliminate it as an option. I only say that because buyer's remorse is real. If you want a manual, get a manual.
I've driven a couple. It's cool but it's still an automatic.
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A friend of mine got the old E46 SMG. First week, “oh it’s so cool, it rev matches and shifts so fast and it’s identical to the MT mechanically”. Second month, “the cool factor wears off. I miss the a MT”. After that he got an STi and enjoyed that. Then got a Evo MR and liked that even more. Then got a GTR and liked that but just like the SMG he missed the manual. So he got another Evo MR. Today he has an F80 M3, manual of course. There is just something about shifting that can’t be replaced with an AT regardless of some of their technical superiority.
I guess if you’ve never driven a manual in a fun car then you’d never know the difference in a Twin with AT. Only the Twins AT isn’t technically superior performance wise. There is a fairly large gap on 0-60. All that BS about busy shifting in that post linked above is just that, BS. Throw any press guy in a car and there will be a learning curve. Take shifting out of the equation and obviously the curve is flattened a little. In the long run these press guys would have gotten used to the gearbox and been on par with the AT press cars. The Twins definitely have close gears (busy) but IMO that makes for more shifting.... more fun. Isn’t fun factor at the top of the list when buying a car in this class?