OK I admit it ...

[Yogijet]

Originally Posted by marcus

Id love to get a manual, but when you had 3 left knee surgeries it's painful in rush hour traffic.

It's painful before the surgery as well. Funny, mine is healing nicely without the surgery from regular exercise, including skiing! At first, felt like there was a ball of fire in there and after week, just disappeared. Think it's the thigh muscle super strengthening u get from skiing.

[mke135i]

I went from an STi (6MT) to a GTI (DCT) and now to a 135i 6MT.... So glad i went this route

[Aries932]

I went from

auto acura legend (1 year) - auto 328i (1 year) - step auto 330ci (1 years) - manual M3 (4 years) - DCT 135i (current)

Honestly once you learn everything about a manual it gets crazy boring. You first get shifting down where you can smoothly shift and make the car feel like an automatic (this is a feat when you dont have anyone to teach you how to drive a manual). Then you start learning how to downshift and match the rev's with a heel to toe downshift. Then you decide to learn how to double clutch (even though it is really unneccessary due to modern day syncros)...the list honestly goes on...probably why i put on 70k miles on my M3 in a 4 year time period.

At that point I just got over it. I wanted something new. I like new technology and I love gadgets. So to me DCT was the obvious choice. Who knows though I have only had the DCT for a month...I might get bored of it...but I am sure my extremely long list of planned mods will keep up the excitement.

[outsider]

Lots of opinions in here.

MT by choice.... DCT may be faster but it just isn't as fun to me.

[Wakka]

Originally Posted by Aries932

I went from

auto acura legend (1 year) - auto 328i (1 year) - step auto 330ci (1 years) - manual M3 (4 years) - DCT 135i (current)

Honestly once you learn everything about a manual it gets crazy boring. You first get shifting down where you can smoothly shift and make the car feel like an automatic (this is a feat when you dont have anyone to teach you how to drive a manual). Then you start learning how to downshift and match the rev's with a heel to toe downshift. Then you decide to learn how to double clutch (even though it is really unneccessary due to modern day syncros)...the list honestly goes on...probably why i put on 70k miles on my M3 in a 4 year time period.

At that point I just got over it. I wanted something new. I like new technology and I love gadgets. So to me DCT was the obvious choice. Who knows though I have only had the DCT for a month...I might get bored of it...but I am sure my extremely long list of planned mods will keep up the excitement.

very interesting thanks for your input. most interesting post ITT

[1SerieStud]

If you think all those MT possibilities get "boring" fast, imagine just pulling paddles with your finger tips lol ... I suppose boring would be an improvement for DCT!

Originally Posted by Aries932

I went from

auto acura legend (1 year) - auto 328i (1 year) - step auto 330ci (1 years) - manual M3 (4 years) - DCT 135i (current)

Honestly once you learn everything about a manual it gets crazy boring. You first get shifting down where you can smoothly shift and make the car feel like an automatic (this is a feat when you dont have anyone to teach you how to drive a manual). Then you start learning how to downshift and match the rev's with a heel to toe downshift. Then you decide to learn how to double clutch (even though it is really unneccessary due to modern day syncros)...the list honestly goes on...probably why i put on 70k miles on my M3 in a 4 year time period.

At that point I just got over it. I wanted something new. I like new technology and I love gadgets. So to me DCT was the obvious choice. Who knows though I have only had the DCT for a month...I might get bored of it...but I am sure my extremely long list of planned mods will keep up the excitement.

[RyanE92]

Also went from a 335i 6MT to a 135i DCT. Honestly, I think the DCT is a great transmission and am very happy with my choice. There are certainly times I miss the manual, but for most of my day to day driving I do not.

[cvandenhaute]

I had the exact same experience with my '08 VW R32. I absolutely wanted it because of the DSG. It was a very good transmission, extremely fast, shifting at the right time, nothing to complain about but after 1 month I was feeling that I was missing something. I almost never used the paddle shifter since they were feeling so artificial compared to that nice visceral mechanical feel of a (good) shifter. I absolutely love the feel of the shifter of my 128i (but the throws are a tad too long, especially compared to my '07 MX5), so far enjoy it every day, despite Chicagoland commutes...

I am not a hater, I remain convinced that performance must be better in the real workd with the DCT and I enjoy the good automatic gearbox on my wife's Mazda CX9 when I drive it. It is just that despite all the qualities of a DCT transmission, there is still "something" about a good manual tranny that makes you smile...