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Originally Posted by pheerIx
I have the X3 M40i. My point is that the transmission is so good it's actually boring. Pulling paddles all day long provides no entertainment or drama.
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I can definitely see that - especially with cars with a lot of torque. You don't have to work the gears, so why bother?
This is part of why automatics used to suck so much. Sure, the transmissions were worse and had fewer gears, but cars were not so torque-rich down low except for big V8's, so people hated automatics when they wanted to keep the revs in a narrower power band to keep the engine responsive and with power - hence why manuals were better.
I've driven sporty cars with decent (admittedly not great) automatics that had manual modes and usually just stuck it in auto mode. As long as the car is torquey and with a decent number of gears, it will drive perfectly fine.
I will buy manuals until they don't sell it anymore. I know soon enough I won't have a choice.