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I bought a 325i manual new in 2004 and drove it for nearly a decade. I also like to drive my wife's 2007 Boxster S which is a manual.
The 8 speed automatic is a gem. Mine is the sport version with paddles so I haven't tried the non-sport version. In comfort mode the shifts are imperceptible if you aren't looking at the tach. You can hear and feel the shifts in sport mode with your foot in the gas, but they aren't rough. Best of all, there is absolutely no sensation of torque converter slippage like there was in the automatics of a decade ago. We used to call them slushboxes, but I haven't heard that term in a while.
I used to think the ultimate transmission would be a really good dual clutch setup. Now with this 8 speed I think I have something as good or better than a DCT.
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