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A dual clutch lets the car be in one gear while the system anticipates your next gear, shift and get ready. Then all one clutch does is open while the other closes. Makes the mechanical shifting go a lot faster and there's no power loss due to a torque converter.
On the dual clutch autos that I am familiar with you just put the car into "D" and let the transmission do its thing. Every shift is crisp but not a jerk. I did notice that when I put on the brake the clutch disengages so at a stop I cannot just rev up the engine and expect to jerk away from the stop. I have to first take my foot off the brake and then stomp on the accelerator. All in all the dual clutch seems to be a pretty smart idea that is governed by how smart the ECU is. Of course you can always override the ECu and shift as you please.Peter Y.
My beemer has an 8 speed auto, shifts very smoothly, almost undiscernible, in my opinion it just makes the car more boring, I used to like the feel of a transmission snapping into the next gear, I guess they call this progress?
I am stick shift guy. I do the double clutching
Your new BMW shifts faster than your older one - maybe more boring to you, but my Porsche has a PDK (Doppelkupplung) and I love it - when I use the Launch Control it's anything but boring (0-60 4.6sec not as fast as my motorcycles, but not bad for a cage).
Also, on a car with a CVT tranny, does that mean it has a bunch of drive belts & pulleys?
My wife has a Ford Focus. I really don't know what it has, but to me, it's six speeds of awful. I avoid driving it.