She's only gone and done it - Collection day

sars said:
As for the B58 manual, it is truly wonderful
+1
I had a m240i for a day last week just because I could, and great a car as that is, it's too bumpy even in comfort and I couldn't wait to get back in the Handschalter. It's so much more than just an optional manual gearbox.
 
sars said:
And then there's Porsche, who have perfected this con to such a fine art that you'd spend twice as much on a GT3 and never track it :headbang:

There’s a guy in our little Porsche Cayman/Boxster group with a Cayman GT4… always at the back, always pootling along. Pointless, never going near a track in it and says it’s too powerful so needs to drive slow to keep it on the road :?

In fact there’s a few in our Porsche group who seem to just want to go to organised static car meets; Never want to join the few of us that get out early to drive when the roads are quiet, …for the enjoyment of driving. A lot of these cars are weekend cars too - so what’s the point of putting that much wedge into a sports car, just to park it up and hope others look at it :headbang:

I don’t do many miles in my Alpina, but the miles I do are generally what it was built for. Driving the Porsche a bit more but, again, in a way that makes the most of it.
 
Oooooo that’s beautiful! Nice little touches too. Love the m40 badge in black. Wouldn’t mind that on my car!

Do you lose adaptive cruise with the manual?

Enjoy the new car and miles!
At least in the USA, can’t spec adaptive cruise or remote start with the manual.
 
At least in the USA, can’t spec adaptive cruise or remote start with the manual.
Logical....car can't change down to adapt to slowing traffic..car could be left in gear with a manual..
 
Logical....car can't change down to adapt to slowing traffic..car could be left in gear with a manual..
Except our old Golf 1.5 TSi GT with a 6MT had fully adaptive cruise fitted as standard. I do sometimes miss it too.
 
Yet it proves that it is possible to do it with a manual, also they still offer adaptive cruise control on the current golf with a manual transmission :poke:
Understood ..so say you've engaed adaptive cruise at 90 mph..traffic you are in slows to 20mph..does it a) kick out b) lug away?
 
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