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      10-05-2012, 10:05 AM   #3
Red Bread
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Have you driven cars with both? We owned a 135i with the 6s for four years and drove the X3 35i and F30 335i and F30 328i and X1 28i with the 8s and just preferred the feel of the 6s to the 8s. Unless your goal is to save gas, which is noble, the 6s feels better in my experience. Note too that the F30 got lighter and more efficient than the E90, but slower. Changing gears all the time does not make for a quicker, more enjoyable car.

In another thread I mentioned that a friend has a 991 manual with the new 7s, it feels silly, like it just has gears for the sake of having gears. I notice that C&D mentioned exactly the same thing in a recent test. Efficiency is driving this stuff, but driving enjoyment and efficiency are not always the same thing. Drive both, pick what you like.

Oops, please note that only the transmission on the 991 feels silly, the rest of the car is pretty much awesome, even the EPS feels as good as nearly any EPS setup short of the S2000.

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