Re: Bimmer auto trans. still bummers?

"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:fo2mtg$dgr$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> kpb  <kennykabuki@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>A while back someone posted about the 2000 323i auto transmission
>>being junk.  Apparently this is well known.

Some BMW's sold in the US for some reason have inferior and unreliable US 
boxes.

>
> All automatic transmissions are junk.  Why would someone spend all the
> money for a performance car and then put an automatic transmission in
it?
> Learn to ****ft and you'll be a lot happier.

Driving around town - I don't think so.

Being very tall I drive 7 series.

I had two manuals in the 1980's* and they were great, however manuals were

hardly made after 1988 (a few in the 735iL) and seemingly not at all since

~1994, although you can still get them in 6 series.

The three more recent ones have had respectively

4 speed auto
5 speed switchable
5 speed steptronic

The last is comparable with a manual, although I still drive it in auto,
but 
it is clever and for instance holds gear for a bit after overtaking or 
similar.  Even if I didn't have to drive a lot in traffic, I doubt I would

go back to manual, and as thee next one I get will probably be a diesel,
the 
6 speed steptronic is almost essential.

> --scott
> -- 
> "C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

* before that I had two manual Rover 3500SD1's and a Triumph 2.5TC with 
overdrive, so I liked a manual box.  OTOH the choice between the five
speed 
manual (with overdriven 5th) and [crap] three speed GM auto in the 3500SD1

was a no brainer!