Do you use Automatic on your DCT?

TommyBwell · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 12:52:05 AM

I have only had my car for 6 weeks and a couple of thousand miles but barring five minutes on the first day I had it, I have never put my car in Automatic. I was wondering how often other folks use the Automatic mode.

Daddyo · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:26:30 AM

I use it all the time. I don't find it rewarding at all to pull the paddles for daily driving.

JIO · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:50:30 AM

I never use automated mode. Shifting is more fun...around town I use the shifter; out in the country or track, I use the paddles. If I had wanted an automatic, I would have bought a 335i with steptronic.

m3bean · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:52:16 AM

I use it during highway cruising and stop and go traffic. So, that's more like 75% of my driving time.

ajj · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:55:13 AM

you'll grow to use it more and more. i used to never use it, but find myself in auto quite a bit now. great when your just cruising with a gf or chatting on you bluetooth...one less thing to worry about.

rave426 · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 04:23:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajj

you'll grow to use it more and more. i used to never use it, but find myself in auto quite a bit now. great when your just cruising with a gf or chatting on you bluetooth...one less thing to worry about.

Sooo basically......the automatic mode in the DCT/SMG cars is slowly turning owners who swear that paddle flappin is just as fun as a MT into owners who use the automatic transmission mode in their flappy paddle box more than the flappy paddles. :

Sounds like BMW M might as well start offering pure automatics

ssemerod · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 04:42:46 PM

continued paddle use in normal driving conditions seems to me like quiet desperation trying to talk one self into having made the right choice in a person who really would have had more fun MT with 2900 in the pocket. Not a knock against the dct, the technology is amazing, but just not engaging. It feels like a steptronic auto with no delay, but the shift is so smooth in normal driving conditions and the lack of engine braking on downshifts ( at normal driving speeds) make it irrelevant in my experience.

jaay11 · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 06:05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajj

you'll grow to use it more and more. i used to never use it, but find myself in auto quite a bit now. great when your just cruising with a gf or chatting on you bluetooth...one less thing to worry about.

Exactly.....or eating a burger and fries

Da Jemster · Thu, Dec-18-2008, 04:05:20 PM

1baadm3 · Fri, Dec-19-2008, 07:43:44 PM

that's what I love about SMG. the auto mode in SMG sux so bad that it forces the owner to use the manual mode 99% of the time. But in the DCT, it feels so smooth that owner can hardly differentiate auto and manual mode. That's why there isn't much of a point to drive DCT in manual mode in every situation.

In my SMG, I only use auto mode when I'm stuck in heavy traffic at speed less 20km/hour. At which point, there is no point in shifting manually anyway. I will flip to auto and blast my music until the traffic clear up, flip to manual mode and gun it.

Thu, Dec-18-2008, 12:52:05 AM	#1
TommyBwell Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 110 Reputation: 0 Location: Atlanta	Do you use Automatic on your DCT? I have only had my car for 6 weeks and a couple of thousand miles but barring five minutes on the first day I had it, I have never put my car in Automatic. I was wondering how often other folks use the Automatic mode. __________________ 2008 E92, Jerez Black, DCT, Premium, Technology, Premium Sound, 19" Wheels

Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:26:30 AM	#2
Daddyo Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 322 Reputation: 0	I use it all the time. I don't find it rewarding at all to pull the paddles for daily driving. __________________

Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:52:16 AM	#4
m3bean Just passin by... Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 67 Reputation: 0 Location: Who wants to know?	I use it during highway cruising and stop and go traffic. So, that's more like 75% of my driving time. __________________ The Ms 08 M3 Sedan Purely stock...for now Alpine White w/ Fox Red Novillo Leather Tech \| Premium \| Weather Packages 19" Forged and polished Double Spoke Wheels DCT with Drivelogic Venture Shield extended version 99 M3 Coupe Tri-Flo Performance Exhaust System \| AFE Cold-Air Intake Bilstein Sport Shocks \| Eibach Springs \| Strut Bar \| 18" BBS RS-GT Diamond Black ZKW Euro Ellipsoids w/ Angel Eyes \| AC Schnitzer handbrake & foot pedals Pioneer DVD Player/GPS system

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Fri, Dec-19-2008, 07:43:44 PM	#10
1baadm3 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,092 Reputation: 0 Location: Toronto	that's what I love about SMG. the auto mode in SMG sux so bad that it forces the owner to use the manual mode 99% of the time. But in the DCT, it feels so smooth that owner can hardly differentiate auto and manual mode. That's why there isn't much of a point to drive DCT in manual mode in every situation. In my SMG, I only use auto mode when I'm stuck in heavy traffic at speed less 20km/hour. At which point, there is no point in shifting manually anyway. I will flip to auto and blast my music until the traffic clear up, flip to manual mode and gun it. __________________ SOLD - 2002 e46 M3 phoenix yellow/kiwi, Ground control 450F/550R, Tubi exaust.

Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:50:30 AM	#3
JIO Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 64 Posts: 537 Reputation: 0 Location: Eugene, Oregon	I never use automated mode. Shifting is more fun...around town I use the shifter; out in the country or track, I use the paddles. If I had wanted an automatic, I would have bought a 335i with steptronic.

Thu, Dec-18-2008, 02:55:13 AM	#5
ajj Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35 Reputation: 0	you'll grow to use it more and more. i used to never use it, but find myself in auto quite a bit now. great when your just cruising with a gf or chatting on you bluetooth...one less thing to worry about.

Thu, Dec-18-2008, 04:42:46 PM	#7
ssemerod Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 52 Reputation: 0	continued paddle use in normal driving conditions seems to me like quiet desperation trying to talk one self into having made the right choice in a person who really would have had more fun MT with 2900 in the pocket. Not a knock against the dct, the technology is amazing, but just not engaging. It feels like a steptronic auto with no delay, but the shift is so smooth in normal driving conditions and the lack of engine braking on downshifts ( at normal driving speeds) make it irrelevant in my experience.

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