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Should I worry about buying a manual BMW?
My wife would still like a manual, and we've finally come round to the idea of a 5 series (Alfas before), and have found a 2010 525d with a manual gearbox. But the Internet is rife with stories about the dual mass fly wheel problems. This car is an approved used car, so should be problem free, but just wondering if should just go for the auto as everyone else seems to have.
Asked on 13 May 2012 by the bard
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Honest John
An auto will be much easier to sell in years to come and, being a torque converter auto, the torque converter absorbs what the DMF would absorb, so there is no need for one.
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