04-08-2014, 07:18 PM | #1 |
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Picking up my 435i xDrive M sport next week...
I just wanted to comment that coming from E36 and E46 M3s, then a 335i coupe with Dinan stage 2 (all 6 speed manuals) and then an E92 M3 DCT coupe I'm very impressed with the dynamics of this car (with the 8 speed auto) for real world driving. It strikes me that there are a lot of wannabe racers and poseurs on these forums and writing for the car magazines with too much time on their hands.
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04-08-2014, 07:53 PM | #4 |
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04-08-2014, 08:20 PM | #7 |
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I remember my earliest days as a poseur. I would drive my mom's automatic 1966 Ford Falcon letting off the gas and moving my hand as if actually shifting gears. Only the purist would realize that no Falcon of that vintage was available with a manual transmission. Little did I realize that the factory Cruise-O-Matic transmission was expertly designed to provide the optimum shift points for ultimate performance.
Still it was fun and even to this day, I enjoy pretending to be more adept at what gear I prefer to be in at any given moment that letting a super computer make the decisions. I know that it is mere folly to think I could ever approach the efficiency and performance of an automated transmission, but I really prefer my dream world of revving engines and shifting gears on my own. I know I'm still very child-like and immature, but I do have fun. Maybe one day I'll grow up, but not bloody likely. |
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04-11-2014, 11:07 PM | #14 |
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Glory is for the fast ones, so be my guest! I will not provide the bumper sticker that will spell this moment of glory to the other road users of the world, so your on your own on that one!
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