Rental Car Ruckus 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Jake]

The Ford PowerShift DSG is a dry setup, vs. Joey's wet clutch DSG. Ford just cannot manage to keep them running with reasonable NVH. The loaner I had was a 2013 with like 10k on it (go back a few pages on here to read about it) and it was miserable. I asked a tech when I dropped it back off and he said they didn't go a day without replacing clutch packs on a Focus. Fuckin' ridiculous.

Also, re: neutral drops. DJ and I attempted one in my 320i loaner a few months ago. It'll let you sit in neutral and rev it against fuel cut, but because the shifter is fully electronic (it's that black/silver dildo-looking thing that all new BMWs have) it won't let you select Drive until it settles back down to like 1k rpm.

Fun sidenote in a similar "new BMW automatics are stupid" vein. If you own an X5 and try opening the door while moving - say, to get a better view of your trailer as you back it in at 1.6 mph - the transmission will helpfully slam itself into Park, lest you fall out of the vehicle.