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Originally Posted by Run Silent
It makes me sad, but here I sit. I've owned 42 cars in my lifetime. Never owned an automatic.....until I bought a Ferrari. With an automatic. lol.
I would have preferred the manual, but it was simply out of budget and even if I could make it work financially, it wasn't worth the 20% premium price tag.
Here is how I see it:
1) A manual transmission can make a decent car great.
2) A good auto or dct doesn't usually make a great car decent.
Case in point? Would I rather have a manual transmission Ferrari or other exotic or hyper car? Sure. But even with the the single clutch F1, the Ferrari is a great drivers car. How about my MINI? That car is a decent car. The 6MT makes it great - much better than with an automatic.
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I do think there's a case of diminishing returns that sorts of inverts itself as the car gets faster. It's sort of a given that if outright speed is the ultimate goal, a dual clutch is your huckleberry.
This probably explains why M is going all ZF8. Snicker.