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Old 08-06-2020, 12:44 PM   #1
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Cars you'd buy if you could get them with a MT

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...-need-manuals/

I agree with a lot of these. And it's tragic that the 3er is on that list.
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Old 08-06-2020, 12:56 PM   #2
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I probably only agree about half of them. Sadly I dont have any interest in the 3 series anymore
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Old 08-06-2020, 01:38 PM   #3
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I probably only agree about half of them. Sadly I dont have any interest in the 3 series anymore
I do wish more cars had a cost option to add a manual. In reality, my wife prefers an auto on her daily, so we wouldn't buy a manual wagon or 3er at this point, even if one was offered. If more sports cars had a manual I would have definitely widened my net when I got the Porsche, but i don't know I'd have bought something else at the end of shopping. The 4c is too small and minimalistic, the F-type would have scared me with jag reliability, a new z4 wouldn't have been able to measure up to a used 911, I would have ultimately turned my nose at the American offerings except maybe a c8, which I wouldn't have been able to get until who know when. I would have strongly considered a manual M2 vert.
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Old 08-06-2020, 01:50 PM   #4
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Corvette.

Supra.

AMG GT.

These are cars I’d suddenly be hot after if they came with manuals.

Hence my tilting at the ZL1 windmill for now.
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Old 08-06-2020, 01:52 PM   #5
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I do wish more cars had a cost option to add a manual. In reality, my wife prefers an auto on her daily, so we wouldn't buy a manual wagon or 3er at this point, even if one was offered. If more sports cars had a manual I would have definitely widened my net when I got the Porsche, but i don't know I'd have bought something else at the end of shopping. The 4c is too small and minimalistic, the F-type would have scared me with jag reliability, a new z4 wouldn't have been able to measure up to a used 911, I would have ultimately turned my nose at the American offerings except maybe a c8, which I wouldn't have been able to get until who know when. I would have strongly considered a manual M2 vert.
Yes. To all of this. I do have a troublesome left knee. Is it bad enough to make me miserable with my only car as a manual? I do worry about that. I would risk the weekend/fun car being a manual, but don't think I can go there with my only car. The knee is not likely to get any better, and will probably get worse.
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Old 08-06-2020, 01:58 PM   #6
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Yes. To all of this. I do have a troublesome left knee. Is it bad enough to make me miserable with my only car as a manual? I do worry about that. I would risk the weekend/fun car being a manual, but don't think I can go there with my only car. The knee is not likely to get any better, and will probably get worse.
Luckily, you can get the M3 in DCT.
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Supra needs a MT option badly. Always thought that alfa 4c should too but it is EOF.
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Luckily, you can get the M3 in DCT.
Yep. Although, admittedly, less exciting.
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Old 08-06-2020, 02:06 PM   #9
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There are so few cars with manuals anymore that the real answer is that I'd consider anything with a manual. Doesn't mean I'd buy it, but I'd certainly give it some thought.

At this point, the more interesting question for me is what happens when I need to replace the M3. Maybe a new M3, but that sounds like $$$$. Maybe something used. But I have zero interest in a high performance ICE car with a DCT or automatic. I just won't buy one.
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Old 08-06-2020, 02:10 PM   #10
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There are so few cars with manuals anymore that the real answer is that I'd consider anything with a manual. Doesn't mean I'd buy it, but I'd certainly give it some thought.

At this point, the more interesting question for me is what happens when I need to replace the M3. Maybe a new M3, but that sounds like $$$$. Maybe something used. But I have zero interest in a high performance ICE car with a DCT or automatic. I just won't buy one.
Accord sport with 6mt?
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