Hi
Why is the auto better?
Or is the whole thing purely a personal preference thing?
Your opinions please
What did you end up going for??
The general consensus here is to go for an Auto diesel?
What did you end up going for??
The general consensus here is to go for an Auto diesel?
tomcat59alan
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But the Air-vice Marshal's consensus is for manual diesel. I think you are just stirring the sh1t.
But the Air-vice Marshal's consensus is for manual diesel. I think you are just stirring the sh1t.
Stirring sh1t??!!
Not at all!! Promise! Just curious!
tomcat59alan
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You are prodding a wasp's nest with a stick.
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
tomcat59alan
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Had a post reported from 2005 the other week
Well we are getting on, the memory isn't what it was, I think.
tomcat59alan
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Autos are a lot better than manuals if that helps.
At what? keeping oil and filter manufacturers in business ?
At what? keeping oil and filter manufacturers in business ?
What's the use of a luxury motor when you have to change gear yourself. It means having to take your phone away from your ear to often for my liking.
tomcat59alan
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What's the use of a luxury motor when you have to change gear yourself. It means having to take your phone away from your ear to often for my liking.
Doesn't one have a driver for changing gear?
you want to give up making those heavy breathing phone calls, they will catch you oneday
Doesn't one have a driver for changing gear?
One thing i have found out is if you are doing 80 or 90 on the motorway it's easier to text if you steer with your knees. Never been good at one hand texting.
You are prodding a wasp's nest with a stick.
The wasp is well and truely awake now!!
tomcat59alan
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One thing i have found out is if you are doing 80 or 90 on the motorway it's easier to text if you steer with your knees. Never been good at one hand texting.
Personally I get in the outside lane and use Skype.
Personally I get in the outside lane and use Skype.
Well you do have one of their engines, so i suppose using the BMW lane is ok in short bursts. Nothing more than 100 miles or so though.
tomcat59alan
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Well you do have one of their engines, so i suppose using the BMW lane is ok in short bursts. Nothing more than 100 miles or so though.
How true.
I have a manual diesel. It isn't that much slower than the 4.6 petrol although nowhere near as refined.
Heavy clutch? Is it buggery. Not if it is working properly. My missus isn't the strongest person in the world and she's never even thought to comment.
The only place the manual does struggle a bit (in that you need too many revs to pull away for my liking) is on hill-starts when it is steep and you are towing. Other than that it is more sprightly than the auto and I suspect better mpg.
The other place an auto can be of advantage is off-road, although the control in low range is brilliant anyway.
Would I switch to an auto? Only if I win some serious cash and upgrade to a 4.6!
Heavy clutch? Is it buggery. Not if it is working properly. My missus isn't the strongest person in the world and she's never even thought to comment.
The only place the manual does struggle a bit (in that you need too many revs to pull away for my liking) is on hill-starts when it is steep and you are towing. Other than that it is more sprightly than the auto and I suspect better mpg.
The other place an auto can be of advantage is off-road, although the control in low range is brilliant anyway.
Would I switch to an auto? Only if I win some serious cash and upgrade to a 4.6!
