StreetwalkinCheetah@alien.topBtoBMW@gearhead.town•What's your preference and why: Manual vs Automatic?English
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1 year agoI drive an electric now (i4) and don’t think I’ll ever go back to ICE as a daily, but I still have my 2000 Z3 MCoupe in the garage and enjoy driving manual and glad I learned the skill.
In between dailies I had an auto with paddles and thought that was the gimmickiest thing ever, there really is something special about driving a stick. But holy shit does my i4 put a shit eating grin on my face too.
I drove 3500 miles on delivery of my i4. Mostly on I-40 which was great, except Kingman, AZ where I already had an overnight - and apparently Memphis - where I didn’t even try because my hotel had L2 charging. However, driving up North on I-5 once I got to CA was incredibly disappointing, most of the chargers were de-rated and several had queues (they did work though). I did make it all on EA, and only had one non EA stop the entire trip (not counting L2 charging). Total electric fuel cost of a cross country trip was 10.50. Not bad at all.