![]() So freaking cool.ĭriving a modern manual nowadays with all the helpful electronic features is such a painless experience, I don't know why anyone would opt for the auto over MT unless you have a some sort of physical ailment or a situation where a MT would not be practical, there is really no excuse for an auto in such a small, sporty, coupe. Also, with the auto-start stop active, if you do stall, the car restarts automatically by just depressing the clutch pedal, no need for start button required. One thing I would suggest is you explain to your wife how the system works, so she knows the clutch pedal requires a slight modulation and no gas. It IS still possible to stall the vehicle but it's not as easy as on other cars. Well you certainly picked the perfect car I was teaching this ditzy female to drive stick not to long ago and she barely stalled at all, it surprised me. ![]() Maybe she'll be able to get comfortable driving this one. I've got a 240i on order and I'm just hearing about this anti-stall stuff in the 6MT regrets thread, it sounds really promising when you've got a spouse who's terrified of manuals and stalling in traffic. So feathering the clutch/gas pedal was etched in my subconscious. The anti-stall was slightly confusing the first time I experience it in the Mini because I remembered I kept having to give it gas when I first was letting out the clutch, so the car would not stall. No one really talks about this when modern day manual transmission are mentioned the latest advancement in MT world is the Auto Rev match. The Hill hold feature is pretty common nowadays, I think all the remainder of auto manufacturers of MT does implement this feature, simply because it's only really software and use of the brakes that's already there, so very little overhead cost. ![]() Wow, if you learned to drive on a truck, current manuals must feel like auto to you. Where was THAT when I was learning to drive on my dad's 68 Chevy truck with a heavy duty clutch? It seemed like every hill was a burnout or a stall when I started. I do like the hill brake feature on the newer manuals, however. As the revs start to drop as you transition through the friction point of the clutch, the ECU will bump the revs up for you so the car doesn't stall. You can start from a stop without using the gas pedal at all - you just have to be smooth. This "feature" has been around since ECUs.even my old E28 535i would behave similarly.
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