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Originally Posted by Jblack4083
One thing that the sort of mention in the article is the lack of availability of manuals at the dealership. The dealerships have limited space and are about making money. Most of them don't even stock manual cars for this reason. It makes sense. I recently had a friend who wanted a 435i manual but when he got to the dealership and they had none and told him how long he would have to wait to either order one or for them to swap with another dealership for one, he just got the automatic.
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very true. when i was in the market for a 335i in 6spd almost every dealerships i visited had no standard 335's. i ended up waiting 4.5-5 months to find my car and it happened to be through private seller. no body is buying standard cars anymore which sucks, so the only standard cars are pretty much made to order. while it may be true dct style transmissions can shift much quicker, it's just not nearly as fun being able to fly through gears and feel the car.