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| 10-26-2008, 04:02 AM | #1 |
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Can DCT owners drive manual?
I'm just curious to see how many DCT owners actually know how to drive a manual transmission? I'm not trying to be offensive, as I know manual transmissions will probably go the way of the typewriter soon. Just wondering.
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| 10-26-2008, 05:55 AM | #4 |
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Lol, I can!
In Belgium, you had to do your exam with a manual... No it doesn't has to be anymore... In a amount of time, the MT's will dissapear I think... AND NO, I dont hate MT, I love it! But I love my DCT aswell |
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| 10-26-2008, 07:42 AM | #6 |
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Owned more manual cars then autos. I feel it is unfortunate some people haven't been taught how to drive a manual. I insisted my son's 1st car was a manual ('89 325is) because I think it is very important to know how to drive it.
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| 10-26-2008, 07:47 AM | #7 |
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Yep, this is my first non manual car since i started driving in 1977, and i think it's a great invention/technology/whatever.
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| 10-26-2008, 07:50 AM | #8 |
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I have always been a manual kind of guy and have always had at least one manual tranny car in the garage except now that I sold the RS4, the only manual I have is a pathetically slow subaru legacy wagon 5mt, so that doesn't really count. So this is the first time in my short 10-year history of owning cars that I don't have a sportier fast car with a manual. Don't miss it one bit. The DCT is amazing and there's no looking back. Funny part is that although I've become quite good at heel-toe downshifting at the track, the DCT still outperforms me by a good margin yet somehow feels satisfying even though I know I didn't have to do any extra work beyond clicking the left shift paddle.
I think that most of the enthusiasts posting on these forums (mostly males) who have gone the DCT route have at least some experience driving manual transmissions, and a majority have known how to drive one since they first got their drivers' license. However, if you poll the average M3 DCT owner outside the internet world, you may get a surprisingly different result.
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| 10-26-2008, 07:54 AM | #9 |
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Don't laugh,
 but my wife insisted we get the DCT because she wanted to drive the car. I liked the 6MT but found the clutch take-up a bit abrupt. Plus, I think that the DCT easily shifts faster than I ever could. |
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| 10-26-2008, 08:00 AM | #10 |
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Any idiot can drive a manual, the question is can you drive a manual as well as the DCT. A friend of mine has an e90 M3 6 speed. He drove a session at the track with my DCT and he says he knows he is faster with the DCT, and he is a CCA driving instructor with 25 years of experience. I know I will never get proficient enough with heel toe etc to be as fast as the DCT.
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| 10-26-2008, 08:18 AM | #12 |
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heres a MT driver
... and can attest to dogs last post about the gear changing speed of the DCT coming from a recent e92 6MT M3 guys DCT is snappy smooth it compliments the cars nimbleness an RS4 couldnt keep up with my DCT at the beltway.. Im sure this goes for a C63 too, but havent met one yet.... but stay tuned
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| 10-26-2008, 08:19 AM | #13 |
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I've got both, don't think the manual will go away. Each one has it's benefits.
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| 10-26-2008, 08:27 AM | #14 |
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| 10-26-2008, 08:32 AM | #15 |
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Have the DCT now and, yes, I can drive a 6MT. I had one in my E46 and about 6 other cars before that. It was difficult for me to believe but the DCT is a work of art and science.
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| 10-26-2008, 08:36 AM | #16 |
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| 10-26-2008, 08:57 AM | #17 |
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Definitely can, but wanted to try something different.
It's definitely not rewarding driving a DCT and that's why I just leave it in auto mode most of the time.
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| 10-26-2008, 09:29 AM | #18 |
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I've always had manuals, but I'm planning on the DCT when my current 335 lease is up.
I think you have to be experienced with manual shifting to truly appreciate the DCT. |
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| 10-26-2008, 10:27 AM | #19 |
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30 years of driving manuals with only a two year period where I didn't own a manual. I drive my DCT more like a manual than an automatic.
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| 10-26-2008, 10:44 AM | #20 |
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i had a manual car for 4 years before. it was a lot of fun when i wasn't stuck in traffic all the time, but reality is i'm stuck in traffic all the time. i would have got a 6MT if i didn't live in the middle of dallas.
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| 10-26-2008, 11:14 AM | #21 |
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you can't truely "know" how to dive unless you can drive both
if you can only drive auto then you don't know how to drive knowing how to drive means i can put you in any car on the planet and you can drive it that's my 1.3cents (2 cents depreciating in the current financial crisis) |
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