I mean, thats not that bad. 13k box on a $150,000 car, is like a $1,300 box on an $15,000 car. When I was at Porsche the Tiptronic in the 996TT was $14k, and a manual not much less, that was probably 2003 when we started seeing them. I did a valvebody a few years ago on a ZF 8 speed and that part was $5800 IIRC.....

I wasnt sold on it initially. Then I drove across country with a friend in his new 2006 GLI, I came home and bought a 2006 GLI with a DSG (shown in its natural habitat, a tow truck). Now I have a 2014 Edition 30 GLI I spec’d with a DSG. I loved banging gears on my other VWs, but the DSGs quickness and accuracy cant be…

Having run plenty of cars on canyons and the track with dual clutch boxes, can’t go backwards. Its just a better tool for extracting performance. Even the modern autos like ZFs 8 speed are fantastic.

He quoted my text where it says “are relatively simple when compared to an automatic” so I’m not so sure he knows what hes talking about.

They also by majority have entirely different lifestyles, dont work the way we do (those that actually work for a living) and a majority of the working class just get by with a small place to live and an economy car waiting for their pension and death.

How fucking high are you? Inside a dual clutch is essentially a manual gearbox and gears. Not like an aitomatics torque converter, sun shells, planetaries, clutches, complicated valvebody, etc. Your most complicated part of a dual clutch is the input shaft and clutch switching. Having both styles apart personally…

Its that attitude and line of thinking thats run businesses and producers like me to other states. Balance has already tipped in an unfavorable way. After all, its not the freeloaders, unions, illegals and crooked politicians leaving.....

The reality of the situation is that BMW’s DKG, VAG’s DSG, Porsche’s PDK are just far superior in every way to a manual. Thats it. End of story. If you’re buying a performance car, the dual clutch boxes are a giant leap over a clutch pedal manual. They never miss shifts, shift quicker than us, are consistent, have the…

I hate these asshats. Some part of me says good, fuck’em. The reality of it is, if the government can just take away your belongings, and decide to destroy them, thats kind of scary. Were these people given proper due process? Is taking and crushing of their property a punishment fitting the crime if they are…

Trying. Its on my medium length timeline. Moving to a state where my 1600Sqft townhouse turns into 40 acres of woods and a decent house where I have my own shooting range, and I can have a Bandit T/A and don’t have to smog it. Born and raised in Los Angeles, can’t wait to leave this dirty, overcrowded cesspool of…

Thats such bullshit, its not to nowhere, its between farms and a prison! Just what we need! Did you know Dianne Feinswines husband is part owner of the company that got the contract for the construction?..... Also not shocking.

No surprises here. All this state does is tax the shit out of us and waste the money. We have no water and a crumbling infrastructure, but lets do this instead. Fuck this state.

my initial thoughts exactly.

2nd gear. No shit dealers will push back. Having walked into a Tesla store last week after spending 20 years in dealer franchises and watch my friend build, apply for a lease, leave a deposit on a Model S and split to have beers in 30 minuets, thats where the market is headed. Albeit after almost 100 years of…

Defective parts are defective parts and covered by warranty. Abuse is not a defective part. If you take your shit to the track and pop a motor do to a missed shift, over rev, aftermarket parts added on (like a supercharger, not exhaust or a K&N) then no manufacturer should pay for it.

Take a sawzall to a MK4? NO PROBLEM! Oh wait, we were only doing a pickup conversion? Damn it.

I sold mine too. It was also an 89 which is the best year. Someone offered me stupid money for it and I was looking to downsize the fleet so it went away. I regret it time to time, but over the years I have driven tons of them from “e”s to 91 318, M3s, all fantastic cars so my memories will do.

Friend of mine moved to Colorado and wants to trade in her 5 series for an AWD Subaru. I told her that people used to drive in the snow for decades on bias ply tires, open diffs, drum brakes and no ABS just fine. Didn’t want to hear it.

Yes definitely

I had a Dinan chip, high flow cat, exhaust, Dinan intake manifold, and a 4.10 LSD. It would easily lay tread haha. Always surprised people. E30 is one of those cars that everyone should experience.