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Fad
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6th Apr 11 at 12:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ermm they are but you do get a feel for it quite quickly. I think I was also used to an ST170 box which is also quite manly but precise!

I now find anything else feels like rice pudding though Will deffo be getting a stright 6 with an auto box next

s4k1b
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6th Apr 11 at 12:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive jumped straight into my golf gt tdi 130 straight after the riddance of the e46 320cd, and the gearbox is soooooo much better.

i cant believe bmw cant produce a gearbox of this quality. its such a pleasure to change gear.... again

lol
Fro
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6th Apr 11 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Box on my 350z after a rebuild was tight and you barely had to move it to get in gear loved it

Noticed the more door new shapes are going down in price, would be end of summer if i do sell before the prices go down again otherwise i might aswell keep it until next summer for when they go back up.

Fad - Take it you've got something finally

[Edited on 06-04-2011 by fro-dizzle]
s4k1b
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6th Apr 11 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
350 ?
Fro
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edited, meant my 350z
s4k1b
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6th Apr 11 at 13:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
box on my impreza sti was very short shift but a little notchy

i think the boxed on MX5s are quite good. but ive just sat in one and played with it at a car auction. never actually driven one.
mwg
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6th Apr 11 at 13:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I remember driving an E46 320d manual and the gearbox wasn't great. The Mini gearbox is a bit crap to get in 1st and reverse too.
adiohead
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6th Apr 11 at 13:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I love the IB5 gearbox

My Leon one isn't as nice
s4k1b
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6th Apr 11 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
IB5? or RB5?

aye bmw/mini gearboxes..... same manufacturer....

with them being one of the best manufacturers in the world, amazing how they cant get something like that right. pfft.
Fro
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6th Apr 11 at 13:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
all about the Auto
Ojc
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6th Apr 11 at 13:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
IB5 box is one of the best, the one in my Fiesta RS1800 was gorgeous.
mwg
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6th Apr 11 at 13:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did you want to kiss it?
s4k1b
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6th Apr 11 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
all about the Auto
i had a 320ci with an auto box. i dont suppose i liked that much either. lol

im quite fussy

that jerked sometimes......

lots of them jerk about
Fro
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6th Apr 11 at 13:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines smoother than a 16 year old
s4k1b
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6th Apr 11 at 13:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when starting the car , and selecting reverse, dont you get a little thud?
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subframe mount falling off
Fro
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6th Apr 11 at 13:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not that i've noticed, will pay more attention to it and see next time im in it.
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i still see this car being driven around today. i sold it 2 years ago. i dont think anythings fallen off.

and it was a 2005 320ci with 40k miles.

i doubt anything would have fallen off it?
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and when selecting 1st after reversing.
chrisd1983
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6th Apr 11 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its a 330CI i'm getting rid of mate, I'm not enough of a badman to keep it! Yea I've noticed my manual box is shite tbh, my old vrs was much better.
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6th Apr 11 at 14:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
330Ci - ouch. costly fuel expenses.
j10E W
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7th Apr 11 at 02:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its worth it sometimes for the noise
Ben G
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7th Apr 11 at 08:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
I love the IB5 gearbox


agreed.
Steve
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7th Apr 11 at 08:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
IB5 box is one of the best, the one in my Fiesta RS1800 was gorgeous.


its a good box but the feel in the likes of the fiesta and puma is largely down to the linkage, its the same box in my mums focus saloon and that feels like a piece of shit stirring a bucket

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