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  1. MrBlah

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    #2 MrBlah, Apr 5, 2017
    mini, taking the fun out of everything
     
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    #3 Crashton, Apr 5, 2017
    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.
    broken cvt belt_zpsjhr6blgk.jpg
     
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    #4 MCS02, Apr 5, 2017
    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!!!!:D
     
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    #5 BlimeyCabrio, Apr 5, 2017
    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.
     
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    #6 Gil-galad, Apr 5, 2017
    +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.
     
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    #7 Metalman, Apr 6, 2017
    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?
     
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    #8 MrBlah, Apr 6, 2017
    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