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    BMW M3 CSL Manual

    Autocar drives a manual E46 M3 CSL:

    https://youtu.be/BRm_soPGdgA

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    I follow the owner on Instagram - I think there's 140k miles on this one.

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    Savage addition, love the fact he is enjoying and not caring about resale.
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    Seems mad now that manual wasn’t a factory option on the CSL.

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    Fair play to him. Although some of the stuff the owner said I found a bit odd.

    “I’m doing everything now, I don’t have to wait for a gearbox to decide what it’s doing next”.

    That would make sense if you were describing an actual normal automatic gearbox, but SMG?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CitizenKane View Post
    Fair play to him. Although some of the stuff the owner said I found a bit odd.

    “I’m doing everything now, I don’t have to wait for a gearbox to decide what it’s doing next”.

    That would make sense if you were describing an actual normal automatic gearbox, but SMG?
    I do see where he is coming from. At low speeds, it can be a bit annoying at times. For example, on my parents road, I used to leave my old M in 3rd but in my dads SMG, it switches down to second and won't let you change up unless you accelerate a bit. Just small niggles like this.

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