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Originally Posted by Walt Dockery
But is the DCT considered optional?
On the online configurator, the DCT is automatically selected as the default and a box is later checked if you want the manual, taking $2900 off the cost. The way they have it set up, seems to me DCT is standard and manual is a negative cost "option".
I hope I'm wrong, I plan to get the 6MT.
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Well, they certainly aren't as clear as they could be about which transmission has which rating. But for point of reference, the M5/6 is rated 2 MPG lower with the M-DCT than with the manual. And the transmissions have approximately the same relative ratios in the M5/6 as they do in the M3/4. Just based on this, it is a good guess the manual in the M3/4 has the same 2 MPG advantage.
I've not researched the experience of the M5/6 community, but I'm now curious to know if they observe any such difference when taking long trips? The combined number is approximately the same in either case, so I doubt there is a difference in most daily driving. But I'd like to know if one has longer legs on the interstate/autoroute/autobahn?
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