My family and I still have the last two of the four smarts we've owned. It started because my partner's left leg became numb but she still wanted to drive something very small and still change gear. Eventually it's down to our (me, really) still having 2 x toy Roadsters, both tuned. So, we are used to and reasonably content with the manual mode shifting, but we fancy an up! with ASG transmission and are concerned by the horror stories we read in reviews. It's difficult to make out whether we can expect, in manual mode, something the same as in the smarts or something worse. The reviews tend to consider full auto only. Obviously I will test drive one, but we are a long, long way from any dealer...anyone got a first hand opinion? I am a petrolhead, so I don't need and expanation of what an automated manual is vis a vis DSG/PDK/BBKing whatever, just anyone's impression. And to restate, we are not at all interested in driving one in auto mode. Thanks.
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