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Old 28-03-2008   #17 (Post Link)
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Re: BMW M6: Test Drive Review

Originally Posted by GTACharlie View Post
That said, I have test driven the M5 and M6 and actually have a slightly different take on them than BF - when put in sports mode for the hardest suspension and fastest shifts, I find them simply spine-tingling and very similar in feel and response to a hard shifting manual sports car! As many of you know I am a very harsh critic of many of the paddle shifting transmissions out there and am simply bored by the Audi/VW DSG and several of the others, but I found the M5/M6 transmission to be one of the few I liked more than my GTA's (honestly speaking, one of the other ones was BF's GS...).
It still did feel like an auto, a very good auto, but still an auto



Originally Posted by GTACharlie View Post
The BMW V10 is an absolutely amazing engine and IMHO sounds fantastic when pushed hard.
It is, it'd work wonders in a lighter car




And again, you get a lot of car for the money.
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