Talk english! I would take the steptronic every time. Been driving stick for years and with my 335i there is no delay in shifting. Manual (sink the clutch, let it out) - with steptronic, you don't have to do that and the shift is instant. If I have a drink in one hand, a burger in the other hand, I don't have to worry about shifting, I just throw it over to auto and the car shifts for me. Beautiful. I love my 335i.
i love all those Formula 1, Le Mans, WRC, D1 running the auto setup!! NOT!
unlike the slushbox you can control the revs of the car, use the clutch to help aid in things like coming into a corner, braking ect. Its also a direct drive metal to metal contact. The only reason performance companies like BMW produce auto trannies are for people like you THE COSTUMER not the ultimate drivers for the ultimate machines
Nice Video , between i was thinking to get an Manual on 335i but rite now i will go for auto step for sure .. i dont really care about that 2% .. and i believe not all the ppl drive manual are good driver
Because launching a car with 300ft/lbs of torque at 1500 revs on a super dirty track (look at the dust clouds in the wake) requires skill. The new steptronic is a nice auto, but it's still a slushbox that extracts more power from the output than the 6MT.... so this race was driver limted.
but it shows us, for a normal "user" or driver, its more easier to use auto shifted. The 3 series 335 car comes with new generation of sachs auto shifting! it needs less than 100ms for shifting! Only pro drivers may be better in shifting
No, an automatic uses a torque converter so it eats power from the engine.. the shift speed is irrelevant here. Put a decent driver in the 335i and it would have won easily.
The 335i's steptronic auto tranny has a torque converter that's locked up all the time unless it's parked or neutral. In otherwords, it's not longer an excuse for being slower than its MT rival.
FUCK, I THOUGHT THAT MANUAL WOULD HAVE A 2 CAR GAP FROM THE AUTO, BUT I GUESS I WAS WRON!
toluca001 4 months ago
anyone notice the big ass fire to your right?! LOL
JJJMMM15 7 months ago
The 335i auto in sport mode is a beast.
shayne54 1 year ago
Talk english! I would take the steptronic every time. Been driving stick for years and with my 335i there is no delay in shifting. Manual (sink the clutch, let it out) - with steptronic, you don't have to do that and the shift is instant. If I have a drink in one hand, a burger in the other hand, I don't have to worry about shifting, I just throw it over to auto and the car shifts for me. Beautiful. I love my 335i.
yu128715 2 years ago
AUTO ROCKS!
i love all those Formula 1, Le Mans, WRC, D1 running the auto setup!! NOT!
unlike the slushbox you can control the revs of the car, use the clutch to help aid in things like coming into a corner, braking ect. Its also a direct drive metal to metal contact. The only reason performance companies like BMW produce auto trannies are for people like you THE COSTUMER not the ultimate drivers for the ultimate machines
kenjoseph2000 2 years ago
Nice Video , between i was thinking to get an Manual on 335i but rite now i will go for auto step for sure .. i dont really care about that 2% .. and i believe not all the ppl drive manual are good driver
Hwo2 2 years ago
why is the automatic faster than the manual?
jjba9999 5 years ago
Becuase it takes skills to start a 335 ;). Maybe he missed, or he didn't "start well".
PanoramaS3S 5 years ago
also because the 335 has so much torque in the low end
ABlackGuyFootball 5 years ago
Because launching a car with 300ft/lbs of torque at 1500 revs on a super dirty track (look at the dust clouds in the wake) requires skill. The new steptronic is a nice auto, but it's still a slushbox that extracts more power from the output than the 6MT.... so this race was driver limted.
edgarjb 4 years ago
but it shows us, for a normal "user" or driver, its more easier to use auto shifted. The 3 series 335 car comes with new generation of sachs auto shifting! it needs less than 100ms for shifting! Only pro drivers may be better in shifting
freaker2007 4 years ago 3
I agree. Only a pro driver can out shift the auto in the 335i. Anyone who has driven the 335i in auto will understand what I mean.
kiplin5111 4 years ago 4
No, an automatic uses a torque converter so it eats power from the engine.. the shift speed is irrelevant here. Put a decent driver in the 335i and it would have won easily.
superchargedturbo 4 years ago
Wrong, superchargedturbo.
The 335i's steptronic auto tranny has a torque converter that's locked up all the time unless it's parked or neutral. In otherwords, it's not longer an excuse for being slower than its MT rival.
spartan506 4 years ago
thanks i didn't know that!
but i would still prefer the manual
superchargedturbo 4 years ago
The auto can hold boost between shifts. The manual can't. Plus, the auto in the e90/e92 is great.
elguey0 3 years ago
thats awesome yo...you got your ass spanked...but its the 335i whad ya expect :-P an e90 330i is still a badass car though
HotChocolatePrep80 5 years ago