Manual 40i conversion?
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One or two of my early cars had a cash gearboxes (No synchromesh) - if you want the "Thrill" of changing gear properly try one of those for size!
You either did it properly or not at all! :rofl:
When I hear the "you lot with autos don't know about changing gear" it makes me chuckle!
You either did it properly or not at all! :rofl:
When I hear the "you lot with autos don't know about changing gear" it makes me chuckle!
So there’s two modes that do help a little with driver involvement but I agree, its nothing like a manual would be. I think the M40i would be lovely as a manual.
So you knock the stick across and the display changes to ‘S’. This is still automatic mode but in a sportier setting. I’m not talking about drive modes here, Comfort, Sport, Sport+ etc, I mean just the gearbox. It then holds the gears for longer and changes down sooner. It’s not until you push the stick forward or backwards does the display change again to M, whereby its ‘manual’.
The box is very quick and with the sound and the way it gathers pace, it is quite involving. I really enjoy it. It can be two cars in one with these different modes and settings.
So you knock the stick across and the display changes to ‘S’. This is still automatic mode but in a sportier setting. I’m not talking about drive modes here, Comfort, Sport, Sport+ etc, I mean just the gearbox. It then holds the gears for longer and changes down sooner. It’s not until you push the stick forward or backwards does the display change again to M, whereby its ‘manual’.
The box is very quick and with the sound and the way it gathers pace, it is quite involving. I really enjoy it. It can be two cars in one with these different modes and settings.
There is a solution! Spend the money on a Z4M that ticks all the boxes?
The m40 is quick and has the 6cyl but lacks much of the essence of “classic” sports car it’s fealt to me like a 4 series with 2 seats really and the experience was missing. Tbh so did the e89 too and it’s not a compromise I liked really.
That being said in the modern era of a “sports car” outside of Porsche products I see the draw of the m40 and obviously it’s a new car not 14-16 years old. Honestly trying to find an M that’s not a dog these days isn’t easy, I thought I’d bought a decent one but still spent about 5k on it so far.
I could see the m40 being a good compromise for a daily but I would be hard pressed to buy one specifically for a weekend car. I do really quite like the m40 but I think these older cars do taint the experience but the m40 is far easier to live with.
Again the opposite for the Z4M I don’t like to use mine as a daily as it’s full of flaws too unless it’s a lovely day and worth going out with the roof down.
Just one of those what would you use it more for? Daily activities of weekend runs?
I think it’s a learning curve too with the transmissions I have a JCW with an auto and manual atm and the auto is a better car IMO my dad also has a 991 with the pdk and it’s just a fabulous car the auto makes it feel far quicker than it is. I did come away missing the manual tho but I do enjoy the autos too.
The m40 is quick and has the 6cyl but lacks much of the essence of “classic” sports car it’s fealt to me like a 4 series with 2 seats really and the experience was missing. Tbh so did the e89 too and it’s not a compromise I liked really.
That being said in the modern era of a “sports car” outside of Porsche products I see the draw of the m40 and obviously it’s a new car not 14-16 years old. Honestly trying to find an M that’s not a dog these days isn’t easy, I thought I’d bought a decent one but still spent about 5k on it so far.
I could see the m40 being a good compromise for a daily but I would be hard pressed to buy one specifically for a weekend car. I do really quite like the m40 but I think these older cars do taint the experience but the m40 is far easier to live with.
Again the opposite for the Z4M I don’t like to use mine as a daily as it’s full of flaws too unless it’s a lovely day and worth going out with the roof down.
Just one of those what would you use it more for? Daily activities of weekend runs?
I think it’s a learning curve too with the transmissions I have a JCW with an auto and manual atm and the auto is a better car IMO my dad also has a 991 with the pdk and it’s just a fabulous car the auto makes it feel far quicker than it is. I did come away missing the manual tho but I do enjoy the autos too.
Wyldie85 said:
Maybe I've been doing it wrong...I slap the console shifter to the left, which I think puts it in Sport but doesn't manually change gears. Then I push the little rocker switch to Sport on the console. Doing that, I control when to shift; at least most shifts. I think it would downshift itself down to first gear if I stopped the car and didn't tap the left paddle; but I have been doing all "my own" shifting under this situation with the paddles so I don't know. I go through that procedure of "Sport -Sport" only when driving on an "exhilarating" road; although I always push the rocker switch to Sport, which basically simply holds the it-shift points to a higher RPM.
If its anything like my X6 gearbox which I think it is there are multiple ways of using it.PaperSniper said:
Forgetting the sport/comfort buttons as they only adjust throttle settings the gearbox can be driven fully automatic in the normal position that you can also change gears yourself by forward/backward use of the gearstick or the paddles. The gearbox will revert back to auto after a few seconds if you do this.
Click the stick to the left into sports mode and it lets you rev the engine higher in every gear before changing automatically. The difference now is if you use the gearstick or the paddles to change gear at all it DOESNT revert back to auto.
One other thing about the gearstick pushed left into sports is you cannot select reverse in this mode.
Nictrix said:
Yes, that is how it works in my experience. Thanks for confirming it.
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