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03-06-2008, 01:18 AM | #2 |
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For those in Perth......I believe the demos arrive in April.
Kris - I notice you ordered the 6-speed. I was toying with the idea of ordering the manual but ended up with the steptronic auto as I was told "no-one orders the manual." I would have jumped at an SMG option if it were available. |
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03-06-2008, 03:08 AM | #3 |
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Manual all the way for real-drivers!
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From what I can see on this forum, a large percentage of 135i are being ordered with the manual (mine included!). |
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03-06-2008, 06:15 AM | #7 |
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As my wife can't drive a manual, I get my 135i all to myself. She can have my D3 to abuse.
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03-06-2008, 06:34 AM | #8 | |
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I think more people are going to order manual in the 135i than auto given that it is a performance oriented car... |
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03-06-2008, 03:53 PM | #11 |
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The vast majority of the people on this forum seem to be ordering manual. I wonder how representative of the rest of the potential owners this is, it seems a lot of members here have driven on tracks before, or have owned manual performance cars previously. I was thinking about possibly getting a manual, but I have never driven manual cars before, and didnt think I would want to learn on a brand new car. The hill assist feature got me thinking about it again because thats something I think would be very helpful when learning to drive manual, especially for me who lives on top of a hill with a very steep driveway! One thing I did come up with is, order the manual 135, then while I'm waiting 3+ months for the car, take a drivers training class and/or rent a manual car and just learn that way haha...
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03-20-2008, 04:10 AM | #13 |
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I hope they don't demo my car before I take delivery
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03-25-2008, 05:56 AM | #14 |
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how many km's should a new car have in the showroom?
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03-25-2008, 07:09 AM | #15 |
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03-25-2008, 10:13 AM | #17 |
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I think my Land Rover had under 10kms on it.
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03-25-2008, 04:56 PM | #19 |
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Fair point WAY, Beemer aren't about to shaft us. We needn't worry that our ordered cars will be used as demos - it's just not going to happen. Each dealer has an allocated number of demos arriving.
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