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Originally Posted by Phillies8008
The only way I could envision switching from a manual to a DCT were if it were a daily driver and I constantly had to sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic, like if I were cursed to live in Atlanta or LA. Then I could see a MT just not being worth it in a daily driver.
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How much time have you spent in a DCT in traffic? It is worse than a manual. It lurches and shifts less smoothly than an auto. Couple that with carbon ceramic brakes, like I have, and it is lurching forward and jerking to a stop if you're not careful. Torque converters are a wonderful thing in stop-and-go traffic. Manuals are way smoother than DCTs, but more work.
DCTs are amazing if you are on the track, but they really offer no other real world advantage over the heavily refined ZF transmission. There is no replacement for a manual, for better or worse.