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Originally Posted by ryem3
I love the way so many people come out and say what a POS the manual in an E92 is. Of course, very few made the confession when it was the current M3. I bought the M3 specifically to get back into a nice manual BMW and boy was it disappointing. Couldn't stand it. Mushy clutch, way too light and a horrible gear shift that managed to grind into 2nd way too often. Glad to hear the latest generation is on target. May get me back into it after all.
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Right here. I said when it was unpopular. I complained about my e92 M3 manual to anyone that would listen! Rubbery shifts, long throws, imprecise gates and just not suitable for such a big engine IMO. Of course, being an internet car forum, folks here said I was trolling. Yeah, ok.
For that matter, I was displeased with the whole car. It felt heavy, poor torque , poor tank range and in the manual tramission, not nearly as fast as the DCT. The e90/92 is much better suited with the DCT. You really have to rev the heck out of it to ring out the power. Not a great daily driver by most definitions. I sold it after 6 short months.
I will caution you however that almost all BMW MT's which I have owned (and there have been many of them), grind in second gear. They feel great at first, which is perhaps why owners here are reporting the "night and day" differences. But given enough miles, they start grinding again. If I recall correctly, this problem can be rectified by deleting the clutch delay valve. Easy $20 mod. Not sure if this is applicable to the f80, as I heard it is a bit more complex.