It mainly provides smoother downshifts. Less wear on synchros is a side benefit.

Manual: Learn how to double-clutch especially if any of your regular passengers know how. Trust me, it bugs the everlasting shit out of them if you keep not figuring this out. We can only be polite about this for so long.

Posted this above, maybe this one will get out of the grays -

Oh god.

The Apocalypse (as it became known) started with the Cayenne. Unfortunately, it also kind of saved the company. I guess nowadays this means this kind of crap will help defray the cost of the VW fiasco.

Lots of discussion on how this happened; I haven’t seen these points made so here is my response from a related followup:

5 minutes into The Internet this morning and we already have the day’s winner for the question “Why?”.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Or, in the case of cigarette boats (formerly known as rum runners), cargo space for smuggling.

I once watched a motorcyclist try to get into it with a car - as a rider myself I couldn’t believe it. He swerved AT THE CAR. What are you going to do, idiot, ram the guy?

People are unbelievable sometimes.

Even if you’re right - you argue with a car, you may be dead right.

“CNT” as in oh wait never mind

So much this. Why does BMW have to be involved with this?

But we don’t even know if other cars, other than the cop, were on the road.

Yeah my whole point is almost every road speed limit is low. I get it in town, traffic flow management, stuff like that. But in this case, was it at some time the road was empty? Was it that bad? Clearly he got pulled over as opposed to wrecking and dying.

No, but faraging, on the other hand....

I still can’t believe how many alleged driving enthusiasts on here believe this crap. Sigh.

Yes. Apparently these cops were asleep during the talk.

What exactly is wrong with this article?

Do you remember Dr Demento? Sure, we all do!