EKaru

Here's a thread on why one particular member hates Audis so much:
http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=163270

Fluffhead

Please post the post, I can't see it without joining the site.

smashtheqube

Just some guy bitching about a power steering hose job on a 1998 A4 Wagon

EKaru

Here's a few of the many posts...
http://i14.tinypic.com/4qpou90.jpg
http://i11.tinypic.com/4kbwjl5.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/4km6f09.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/6bwsql2.jpg
http://i19.tinypic.com/6azq739.jpg

EKaru

You're not going to see RS4 content because the RS4 is hard to falter, even by the M3 guys...
If they can't hate on the car, they'll hate on the manufacturer

Quattrings

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Bax

...I'm assuming in this "engineer's" myopic opinion the well documented problems with the SMG transmission in 2005 / 2006 M5s don't count. This thread is one of many on the M5 board on this topic:<ul><li><a href="http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=93450&amp;highlight=SMG">http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=93450&amp;highlight=SMG</a</li></ul>

daveak05

BMW is just waiting to get up to speed on a DSG equivalent, and then dump SMG. yes, you could say that they missed the boat on that one, while VW forged ahead with the early and very successful development of DSG, which is almost universally acclaimed.

Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

BMW dealers in Europe have received the officially official specs of the new M3 only to discover that the car with be offered with a new seven-speed double-clutch gearbox, much like the DSG trannies used by VW/Audi. Dubbed the M DCT (M Dual Clutch Transmission), the cog swapper is expected to speed up shifts and shave a couple of tenths off the car's 0-60 time, which should put it squarely in the 4.5-second range, if not quicker. The system, developed and produced by Getrag, will likely be better received than BMW's maligned SMG trannies and eventually replace those systems in the 3-Series and 5-Series lineups. The M DCT will be controlled with the requisite paddle shifters on the steering wheel and an odd little joystick control on the center console like the one in the M5 and M6.<ul><li><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/31/m3-meet-dsg-bmw-m3-gets-7-speed-double-clutch-box/">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/31/m3-meet-dsg-bmw-m3-gets-7-speed-double-clutch-box/</a</li></ul>

daveak05

they'r making a point of the first M3's being MT, but rumor has it that will change