Spend Jake's Money.

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Any reason other than "because manuel" that one would buy a 6spd M3 over the SMG flappy paddles?

The SMGs are genuinely a shitty experience, it's not just 3rd pedal snobbery. If you are driving at normal speeds you still have to lift your foot off the throttle with each gear change to keep it from lurching. The engagement from a stop is really slow and clunky. The only thing it's really good at is slamming up a gear at WOT.

When you get into the E90, DSG vs Manual becomes an honest matter of preference, both are good, but with the E46 the manual is infinitely nicer to drive, especially for passengers who don't like to be excessively jostled.

My mom drive's an SMG M3. It couldn't be *that* bad.