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      10-22-2018, 12:09 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by pheerIx View Post
The ZF will make it feel like every other car out there with the ZF. Every time I try to use manual mode in the ZF I get lazy and just switch it back to auto and go back to sleep. Would rather get a C63 for the V8.
Have you driven many cars with an 8HP transmission? There can be huge differences based on how the transmission is tuned. I've driven relatively poorly tuned 8HP transmissions that pale in comparison to the newest and best tuned 8HP transmissions in newer cars.

I don't drive an automatic, but I don't understand the argument that you go back to driving it in auto mode as if it's a bad thing. If you want to drive it in manual mode, do it. You can drive a DCT in auto mode as well. There's no functional difference between a DCT auto and a planetary auto.
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