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Originally Posted by fun2drv
I may be in the minority here, but after driving manual transmission cars for 34 years, I sold my '15 M4 and '17 M2 for and ordered a '19 M5 Competition. I only tried the paddles ONCE. My right foot is the new weapon!!! The automatic just works fine handling all of the power and torque. I'm super happy with THE BEAST!!!
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I am in this minority it seems but totally agree with fun2drv.
Tried a 540xi and yes the gbox was not adapted to my style but it was all wrong for me.
Seemed to be always in too high a gear in normal mode and having to stab the throttle or use paddle to shift down while holding low gear too much in sport.
One reason I'm swapping to an auto is so I don't have to manually shift all the time.
The engine and ride was very creamy though but much more exec than sporty.
As soon as I drove the M5, I knew this was the kind of engine/gbox that I was looking for, enough power and torque to just let the gbox do its thing in everyday driving with the density of traffic nowdays. If I want a burst of acceleration, just flick into M1/M2
