Motor Trend Transmission Rant

Ronin13 · 03-12-2009, 09:55 PM

Not starting a dual clutch vs. conventional manual thread. Get whatever you want. While admittedly a rant, the linked blog really brings out some interesting points IMHO. Implementation makes a big difference and while I got the dual clutch in this car, I'd make the opposite decision in a p-car.

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6481904/...ant/index.html

amgthis · 03-12-2009, 09:59 PM

M5 doesn't have dual clutch as the article states.

MPIR3 · 03-12-2009, 11:19 PM

towards the bottom it states that m5 has smg not dct

amgthis · 03-12-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MPIR3

towards the bottom it states that m5 has smg not dct

I should've read the whole thing. Thanks.

Sticky · 03-12-2009, 11:27 PM

Realized he is responding to a reader who thinks DCT's and sequentials are the same in practice.

I was about to go off on a rant about Motor Trend employing someone who doesn't get the difference between SMG and DCT.

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MPIR3 ///M Driver 2 Rep 17 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY iTrader: (0)	towards the bottom it states that m5 has smg not dct __________________ 2008 E90 M3 AW on fox red - 6speed!
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Sticky Banned 78 Rep 2,244 Posts Drives: E92 Jerez DCT M3 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Anaheim Hills / Malibu iTrader: (0)	Realized he is responding to a reader who thinks DCT's and sequentials are the same in practice. I was about to go off on a rant about Motor Trend employing someone who doesn't get the difference between SMG and DCT.
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