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Originally Posted by dd1981
Well you made you're case of why they shouldn't add all those things, I'm making a valid point as to why they should. I'm willing to bet that 90% of those things end up in the M2 minus the s55 which we all know is 99% rumored to be a hopped up N55. So be it. Will it still be a fantastic M car. Absofuckinglutly!
Again to save weight, money, they can do all the things people are asking. Not to mention cc brakes will be optional.
Yeah I do want the "clunker" trans this time around. To agree with your comment on the take rate of the M-DCT of 75%, it may even be higher than that. M/T won't be around for much longer and it is what it is.
I honestly don't need anyone's reason of opting for a DCT to justify their purchase, especially pulling out the old F1 cars use it argument. Lewis Hamilton or whoever is behind the wheel, their job is to get that car the fastest possible way around that track shaving off milliseconds and yes the DCT's are waaaaay faster for it. That's his job he's not out having coffee and donuts! He gets paid millions of damn dollars for it.
Now will you ever track your car? Probably not, will I? Probably not. I really don't give a darn if you can beat me to 60. I don't care that your car is .3 tents faster in the 1/4.
I want to row my own damn shaft through those gates. That's the fun factor for me. 99.9 % of my driving is street. And I've had and driven autos and DCT's, and they're fucking boring.
So the drug is still available to give the high, when it's not ill adapt as everyone will with it.
I ask you this one thing. How many 1M's ended up sitting on the lots because they were M/T? Not a single one.
Sure the volume was low, I don't know the exact global figure say 4500 units. 750 in the States. I'd say the M2 volume will be roughly double that, perhaps even 10,000. 35-40% manual, they'll all be sold...
So when will this end? When they stop making the "clunker".
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The point here is this. Those of you who like and want a MT seem hell bent on telling the world that it should be the only gearbox option that BMW should put in this car.
I respect your desire for such a gearbox, and hope it is available and you enjoy the hell out of it. But don't begrudge the other 75% of voters who want the M-DCT.
As I said, both gearbox options should be available, but you alienate the majority by saying MT should be the only transmission based on weight saving decisions, or that you find it more involving. Let me guess, those of you who want the MT due to weight consideration, will probably option the car with AC?
I am pro choice in this matter, we should all be able to end up with the M2 that we each want.