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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
- Wrs
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
DCT gets my vote. Try before you buy.
Gone - Black Sapphire Z4 E89 35is
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
DCT is best of both worlds in my book. Stuck in traffic in town? Leave it in D & forget the painful, constant dipping of the clutch 1st - 2nd - 1st. Spirited drive? Pop it into manual and either use the paddles or the stick, the only thing you don't need is your left foot
Next Z landed ..... Z3 3.0i Sport Roadster
Z4 35iS ..... Gone to a new home
Z4 35iS ..... Gone to a new home
- ronk
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
There'll be peace in the Middle East before the auto v manual issue is sorted
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
Indeed....
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
+1 I tried both and the dct wins hands down.SteveSmith wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:27 am Personally I think the car suits the auto / paddle shift box.
And thats coming from a lotus caterham background
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
+1 for DCT I have always had manuals and would never have an auto "sports car" however I am absolutely converted as well. When your pottering around town it's a standard auto, but when you engage sport+ mode and the car comes alive, would never swap this for a manual now ....... go and drive one first.
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
Ignore the DCT advocates... they're all too old to enjoy the feel of a manual anyways
Done 20k in my 35i manual and it is mostly brilliant. Mostly, the 1st to 2nd can be a bit laborious at times but at speed its a revelation. Smooth and slick with a great weighted feel.
One day I'll choose a DCT but not until I have more grey hair
Done 20k in my 35i manual and it is mostly brilliant. Mostly, the 1st to 2nd can be a bit laborious at times but at speed its a revelation. Smooth and slick with a great weighted feel.
One day I'll choose a DCT but not until I have more grey hair
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2011 Bimmer Z4 35i diamond black, 6-speed manual, full caboodle (hibernating)
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What's the manual box like on the 35i?
I must be an exception at 29 then.
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Then why bother ?
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.