With my lease ending in late March, I decided no more automatic trans
for me. I've been learning how to drive stick and I'm getting pretty
good at it. Hills are still a bit tricky for me, but i'm getting the
hang of it.

The '06 330i i've been eyeing will be oh so sweeter in a nice 6-speed!!!

On 25 Oct 2005 20:03:49 -0700, "Shant M" <shantm (AT) gmail (DOT) com> waffled on
about something:

Pssst... You really should keep quiet about this, or keep it to a US
based forum only... Over here in the UK pretty much every teenager
learns how to drive in a Manual (stick to you). The only teenagers you
hear of taking an automatic only driving test are physically/mentally
unable to use a manual and therefore subject to much mickey/piss
taking (I think that's busting your chops in American).

An automatic is either something you move on to as you learn that
start stop traffic jams are a pain in the left leg or something you
borrow off your dad!

And before I get chewed up by the auto brigade, I've got a auto
specifically to deal with the M25 traffic!

Good luck anyway Shant M, just remember not to ride the clutch or
you'll be going through them faster than brake pads.

Dodgy.
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MUSHROOMS ARE THE OPIATE OF THE MOOSES

why limit yourself to the six speed... the new m5 has a 7 speed smg...
not quite as connected as the actual clutch pedal... but wow... 7
speeds... what fun I could have....

Corey Shuman wrote:
Personally, I prefer the fun of driving the car myself.

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-Fred W

"Malt_Hound" <""Malt_Hound\"@*spam-me not*yahoo.com"> wrote
Then wait a year until the fully manual version is available - supposedly
*ONLY* in the US because diehards demanded it. It's not clear if the
manual version will even be available in Europe, poor fellows. ;->

Floyd

In article <1130357637.984528.17910 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
Corey Shuman <cshuman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
But that's an auto. ;-)

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*On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dodgy wrote:
...or you don't like 4 gear changes to get to 30mph in a 6-speed.

In article <1130415161.487518.128070 (AT) g49g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
<adder1969 (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
You can always skip gears if not in a hurry.

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*The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail *

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 27 Oct 2005 05:12:41 -0700, adder1969 (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk waffled on about
something:

What kind of truck do you drive adder?!

Dodgy.
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MUSHROOMS ARE THE OPIATE OF THE MOOSES

<adder1969 (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

So you normally drive your BMW in 5th gear at 30 mph. How does it cruise at
1200 rpm?

Tom