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As a guy with a gimpy left knee I think this is a good move, but I can't see me buying what MINI calls a mini these days even with a DSG box of cogs. Yes manuals are better bla bla bla.... I really like the dual clutch in my GTI, it's much better than a torque converter auto or a God forsaken CVT. I hope manuals keep being made, but I'm happy with a nice Dual clutch. The joys of CVT's.
Yea I am a manual guy. But when I was looking at E46 M3s it was a hard decision between a manual and a SMG. I drove a SMG M3 and it was wicked fast! With your foot on the floor, when it shifted from first to second, OH MAN! I thought it was going to leave the rear end on the ground. It was violent! I liked it!!!!
The GTI DSG has been great for ages. My son has a 2009 and it's fantastic. BMW should have sourced it or cloned it and called it a day, long long ago.
+1 (but thankfully no gimpy knee here). It makes me sad that they offer absolutely nothing today with any appeal to me, even with bells and whistles like a DCT...and they seem to get progressively further away (i.e., bigger and uglier) at every release.
Well... We do have two feet, so why not dual clutches...:biggrin5: Nice that MINI provides spare CVT links, but why would they put the extras there?
those e46's are just regular transmissions that shift for you, you can delete it and the 2500 $ pump that fails and convert the transmission back to regular manual