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Originally Posted by M.barnes
surprised how many people are going for manual.
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I'm constantly surprised by the praise the ZF sport auto receives. I read so many positive comments about that transmission, but I just cannot wrap my head around it. Having driven a DCT and ZF8 (sport version) back-to-back on several occasions, I really cannot understand how people think they're so similar. It's not so much the speed of the shifts as it is the responsiveness of the input. When you hit the paddle, the DCT is more responsive. I think a lot of people are fooled by the rapid shift and the "kick" that it gives you. That's not the same as responsiveness. It's fine when you're going in a straight line, but it's a pain in the ass when you're trying to execute well-timed shifts.
Driving the ZF feels like gaming on an LCD TV with bad input lag. That would ruin this car for me.