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10-19-2018, 12:02 PM | #46 | |
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10-19-2018, 12:04 PM | #47 |
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I love driving my MT 325i on open roads, but hated commuting in DC beltway traffic in it for the last several years. Especially since drivers there loved the "gun it and then slam on the brakes" method to move forward 50 ft.
On the bright side, it was a great toning workout for my calves!
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10-19-2018, 03:34 PM | #48 | |
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Okay now I'm depressed. To compensate I think I'll take the cabriolet for a spin and dazzle my wife with my double clutch downshifts, which she thinks are some kind of magic I do, which I find amusing and, a little bit, you know, energizing -- like the bunny. |
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10-19-2018, 04:25 PM | #49 |
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Any stats on manual windows? Drum brakes? AM radios?
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10-19-2018, 04:37 PM | #50 | |
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Same can be said of American manufacturing. American manufacturing in certain industry is dead, but is it because American craftsmen aren’t competitive on a global scale, of is it globalization that’s causing American craftsmen to lose their jobs to a point that no one wanted to be a craftsmen? In a way the death of manuals reflect American blue collar manufacturing jobs. Regulations were in place that made American manufacuring uncompetitve, and now decades later it’s too late to reverse the trend. It really wasn’t that American manufacturing was inferior to China, but DECADES of decline lead to a point where American manufacturing can no longer BE competitive. How’s anyone who wants to learn how to drive a stick learn when there are very few manuals left on the road?
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10-19-2018, 05:39 PM | #51 |
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American manufacturing was inferior to foreign, Japan in particular. One could argue it still is, although it’s made big gains. Since WWII, our strength has shifted to inventing technology, new processes, making them faster, more efficient, developing, rather than cranking out thousands of widgets on an assembly line. It’s inevitable that as much will be automated as possible and manufactures will seek to make things as cheap and fast as possible. Emerging industrial countries with plentiful population will always kick our a$$ at manufacturing. Not just because no OSHA, but because they have an almost limitless supply of labor that will improve their economic situation even working far cheaper than 1st world countries. Then when you want to sell abroad is hard to not get undercut by these companies that can do everything for pennies on the dollar compared to what you do.
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10-19-2018, 06:37 PM | #52 | |
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10-19-2018, 07:05 PM | #53 |
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True, however with some cars you can have some kind of auto and traffic-following feature for the monotonous stop-n-go to maintain distance and just not have to deal with it, then the same car can go out and rip through mountain curves. Even though I drive a manual, I have to admit some of that is appealing. You can still be a driving enthusiast with that IMO. To maximize in both situations costs $$$, but it's getting lower.
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10-19-2018, 10:22 PM | #54 |
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I love my stick but automatics have their role. It just sucks that the option to buy new, manual cars is going away. I would like to, one day, have a stick m3 or Audi R8 911 etc and then have an automatic car for regular about the day driving...that’s really the power move
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10-19-2018, 11:10 PM | #55 |
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Same here; have never owned an automatic car. I'm lucky to live in an area where traffic isn't a big concern, and the transmission is such a big part of what makes driving fun to me that I'll have no issue switching from Audi and BMW to whatever random crapbox is still offering a stickshift when the time comes.
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10-20-2018, 10:30 AM | #56 | |
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I've lived in LA and DFW and don't really understand the traffic with manuals thing anyway. |
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10-20-2018, 08:11 PM | #57 |
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We had a 1990 Toyota 4Runner with a manual. During the summer of '99 we ordered a 2000 4Runner to replace it. It also has a 5sp manual, the last year Toyota offered it as an option. It's going strong after 150,000 miles. I don't go off road per se, but it is very trail capable and excels in the snow.
I'm lucky to have found my E92 with the third pedal.
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10-21-2018, 01:24 AM | #58 | |
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Yeah they're right next to the internal combustion engine stats.
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10-25-2018, 08:20 PM | #60 | |
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10-26-2018, 07:37 PM | #61 |
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Yup. I've been a hardcore MT guy my whole life. My last manual car was 5 years ago. Now that they are really on the way out, however, I think my next weekend car will be a manual... one more until that long kiss goodnight.
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10-28-2018, 09:46 AM | #63 |
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I actually don’t have a problem with the DCT. I think it’s great when manually shifted and when cruising in 7th gear on the highway. Which brings me to... all we need is a 7th gear added to the manual tranny ala Porsche Then gas mileage will be equal to DCT and it will be cheaper in cost. No negatives. So what’s the problem BMW!?!
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BOTH ARE TRANSAXLES. Meaning they're designed to have the diff and transmission integrated together. There are no other 7 speed manuals on the market right now, and no plans to offer 7 speed manuals in the future that does not involve a transaxle setup. That's why you won't see a 7 speed manual on a BMW because one does not exist.
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