Most liked posts in thread: Manual mode automatics, do they get used?

It's all I ever use with my MCSa. I get better mileage with it, too, and the car is more responsive at the track when I use it.

 

Our family road car is a Dinan equipped BMW 335i with the 6 speed auto trans. I never use it in "D", always in M1 - M6. My wife, who drives it the most, is probably doing a mix of auto and manual.

 

It depends.......just driving to work on the hiway I rarely use it - maybe to downshift for an off ramp or something.

At the track, it's always in manual mode, and if I'm driving in hilly and/or twisty areas I use it a lot.

I like the option, but I wish it would access 6th gear in sport mode without me having to "force" it by going to full manual mode.

I find the MINI setup to be very easy to use, but oddly enough, I only seem to shift with my right hand. Even tho the upshift and downshift paddles are available on the both sides, I never seem to use the left.

 

I beat the crap outta my auto in manual mode constantly... I only run it in automatic mode about 20% of the time. So probably 60,000 of the 75,000 miles on the car have been with me gleefully paddleshifting.

 

Most of the loaners we get from the dealer have been autos, I tend to use manual mode, in a rather spirited manner

Mark

 

What's an automatic?

 

I press the sport button a lot but I rarely shift for myself. If I need to shift, I drive the MINI with the standard transmission

 

I rarely use mine in manual mode...

 

I used to not use manual that often. Then I got the JCW Stage I kit. Now I use manual all the time so I can keep that exhaust at its loudest!!

 

Manual mode all the time.