I have read over on another forum that if you have sports+ and the flappy paddles, you can make the the car completely manual. See here for details:
http://www.f30post.com/forums/showth...=706170&page=1
Is this appplicable to all models, assuming you have the auto sports transmission as an option or is this just on the 335i?
Sounds like a good compromise to me between auto and manual.