paddle shifters - Page 2 - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

hipnotic · 03-10-2011, 10:47 AM

i don't like the paddle shifters.

MeinBMW · 03-10-2011, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bavarian III

^^ so DCT is available for LCI cars, now?

I swear I've seen it as an option, however I do not see it on the BMWUSA site ... so perhaps I am crazy

Verbiage · 03-10-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MeinBMW

I swear I've seen it as an option, however I do not see it on the BMWUSA site ... so perhaps I am crazy

I read somewhere else on here today that a guy got a 2011 335i with DCT as a loaner, or something. Let me see if I can find it..

Verbiage · 03-10-2011, 03:38 PM

Here it is. Still don't get it, but they apparently exist lol:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498647

MeinBMW · 03-10-2011, 08:45 PM

Maybe it was only available in 2010 when they still had the N54? I want to say it was available in 2009 as well ... probably just extremely rare

Kernel Kurtz · 03-10-2011, 09:10 PM

You can get the 135 with DCT. I don't think any 3s except the M get it, at least in North America.

aljlin · 03-10-2011, 09:26 PM

As of 2011 the paddle shifters in steptronic cars got changed so they match the DCT style + on one and - on the other. I just picked my msport 335d on Monday and it has the new style on them. I believe sport package has the same change as well. Not sure when the change was made though. My friend's 2010 335d has the old style paddles.

Btw 335is in the US also has the DCT as an option.

SixShotEspressO · 03-11-2011, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Bavarian III

Look at you, ready to take out the flamethrower.

too funny. Everyone is all crazy, trying to prove how much they know about BMW's by flamming others. HA! Makes you not wanna ask a aquestion sometimes.

Verbiage · 03-11-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MeinBMW

Maybe it was only available in 2010 when they still had the N54? I want to say it was available in 2009 as well ... probably just extremely rare

Nah man, couldn't have been. It was never an option. I would have known LOL.

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Originally Posted by aljlin

As of 2011 the paddle shifters in steptronic cars got changed so they match the DCT style + on one and - on the other. I just picked my msport 335d on Monday and it has the new style on them. I believe sport package has the same change as well. Not sure when the change was made though. My friend's 2010 335d has the old style paddles.

Btw 335is in the US also has the DCT as an option.

Yeah I know the is has it, but the guy in the link I posted above ^^^^^ said he got a 2011 335i sedan loaner with it; I thought he was mistaken, because as far as I was concerned they never offered DCT for standard 335i's.

But I understand what you mean, I don't see the reasoning behind changing the shifting style if it is not actually a DCT. Unless they just wanted the Steptronic guys to feel cool as if they had DCT, too.

Verbiage · 03-11-2011, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SixShotespress0

too funny. Everyone is all crazy, trying to prove how much they know about BMW's by flamming others. HA! Makes you not wanna ask a aquestion sometimes.

Yeah, gotta take everything with a grain of salt around here and make sure you TRIPLE check your post before posting it; the forum ninjas are always lurking.

SixShotEspressO · 03-11-2011, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Bavarian III

Nah man, couldn't have been. It was never an option. I would have known LOL.

Yeah I know the is has it, but the guy in the link I posted above ^^^^^ said he got a 2011 335i sedan loaner with it; I thought he was mistaken, because as far as I was concerned they never offered DCT for standard 335i's.

But I understand what you mean, I don't see the reasoning behind changing the shifting style if it is not actually a DCT. Unless they just wanted the Steptronic guys to feel cool as if they had DCT, too.

I will soon resemble that remark.

I would have added DCT if it was an option for my 335d. Seems to me it would be perfect for this car.

Verbiage · 03-11-2011, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SixShotespress0

I will soon resemble that remark.

I would have added DCT if it was an option for my 335d. Seems to me it would be perfect for this car.

With all that torque, yeah. The Europeans always get all the good shit lol.

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hipnotic Major General Drives: e92 335i Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: So. Cal Posts: 6,542 iTrader: (4) Garage List 2008 335i coupe [3.50]	i don't like the paddle shifters. __________________

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Verbiage I swag on 'em. Drives: N54B30 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MD Posts: 8,041 iTrader: (4)	Here it is. Still don't get it, but they apparently exist lol: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498647 __________________ Peep my music shit here

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MeinBMW Private First Class Drives: 2009 335i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Peabody, MA Posts: 178 iTrader: (2)	Maybe it was only available in 2010 when they still had the N54? I want to say it was available in 2009 as well ... probably just extremely rare __________________ Not Stock...

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aljlin Second Lieutenant Drives: 2011 335d e90 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 294 iTrader: (0)	As of 2011 the paddle shifters in steptronic cars got changed so they match the DCT style + on one and - on the other. I just picked my msport 335d on Monday and it has the new style on them. I believe sport package has the same change as well. Not sure when the change was made though. My friend's 2010 335d has the old style paddles. Btw 335is in the US also has the DCT as an option. __________________ 2011 335d Le Mans Blue Black Leather/Aluminum Premium M-sport w/ Paddles Heated front seats, Navigation, Comfort Access Split Fold Down Rear Seats Harmon Kardon, Ipod/USB, Sattellite Radio, Alarm Picked up at welt on March 2011 : pictures of car during ED Redelivered May 2011 : Pictures of Car after Redelivery

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03-10-2011, 09:10 PM	#28
Kernel Kurtz Second Lieutenant Drives: '11 e90 335xi SE 6mt Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 273 iTrader: (0)	You can get the 135 with DCT. I don't think any 3s except the M get it, at least in North America.