BMW M2 Competition DCT: Explained. Don't buy one before you watch this!

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[jonathanzalamea]

I've binged so many videos about this car for the past week and noone has ever mentioned these quirks about the gearbox. Thanks for the info!

[vincent]

This guy: “quirks and features.”
Doug’s lawyers: “hold my beer.”

[mambodiehard]

I have an M2C DCT too. I'll add this: the DCT does have an automatic-emulating crawl mode: after you put it in drive and release the brake, just touch the accelerator pedal (don't keep it pressed), and the car will start to crawl continuously at a constant low speed. It's useful in flat terrain. I use it when getting out of my parking spot and specially in traffic jams.

It's cool to see a video about this transmission, which is quirky but lovely :).

[aly-tek]

As said before this is the only video I've seen talking about the gearbox. Well done on the overview.
The M2 Comp is basically a racecar for the public roads and as such the DCT transmission is built to suit race conditions meaning,
The gears are not in mesh position preventing the gears from getting heat spots from touching each other while sitting still, this is also why the engine stop button needs to be pressed twice to put the car in park and turn everything off. After the first press you can leave the car (really only while at the track for security) and allow the gearbox to cool before putting into park thus preventing any possible damage to the gear surfaces.

I hope I've explained that so people understand (make sense in my head :P)
Have a great day peeps ;)

[supertouring]

Just got M2C this week, so learning the DCT as I go along, but thanks for the info. Counting to 2 makes sense.

[johncoughlan]

Once again brilliant video, I just love the mighty m2 competition, thanks again my friend

[cataphractster]

My F10 M5 was exactly the same, so now I am quite used to it in my M2 Competition.

[armankiarmankii]

Love the quick, honest and actually helpful tips😁👍👍

[darylmorse]

I have a 2020 M2C and based on my experience, I will say this is a pretty good explanation of the DCT. I previously owned an E46 M3 6MT, which had an autosolutions 30% reduction shifter and CDV delete. In my opinion, BMW manual transmissions don't shift very well. I don't miss the 6MT at all. DCT is much better and more fun to drive in almost every way. First, it's not humanly possible to shift a manual as fast as DCT, so all things being equal, a car equipped with DCT will accellerate faster than a car equipped with a manual. Second, yoiu can drive without taking your hands off the steering wheel. This is a good thing on the M2C because it's a very tail-happy car. If you are accelerating around a corner and you downshift, the car will immediately oversteer, which is a lot of fun. For a car like this I feel a lot safer not having to take a hand off the steering wheel to shift. I drive my car in sport plus mode and in manual almost all the time. It's a great driving experience and I feel involved as much as if I was physically changing the gear using a manual transmission. The thing I really dislike about the DCT is how it goes into park. There is no park position or button on the shifter. The transmission automatically goes into park when you shut the engine off, which you only can do in drive or reverse. You cannot shut the engine off with the transmission in manual. In fact, the only way you can put the car in manual with the engine off is to lift the car on a hoist and manually move a lever on the transmission. I don't know what the engineers were smoking when they came up with this.

[Geraldodotz]

“And the other cool thing about this button……and the other cool thing about this button”

I thought my phone was glitching 😂😂😂. Great vid dude, thanks

[maryruthfarrell]

I like your videos on m2 comp. I have a 2020 since 9/7, 2019 and love it. It will crawl forward in drive. It's happened to me several times.

[twizzbharat]

I feel like they are both great options depending on what you want. Manual in a car like this is definitely special though! Also this car in black is by far the best colour imo.

[stoss-]

glad i had this video for reference im going to buy my new m4 and havent driven a DTC before. this saved my butt

[savethecars]

Perfectly on point on dkg behaviour in normal drive!!

[CameronRDavis]

Awesome video man. Very well spoken and great information!

[JohnSmithCars]

I have an M2 Competition (automatic) and when I first got it, I often had the issue of the car rolling backwards whilst in drive or - in some cases even worse - rolling forwards whilst in reverse. You get into the car, turn it on, you're parked on a decline with you foot on the brake and select reverse to pull out, you release the brake and before you have a chance to accelerate out the car starts to roll forwards... Almost hitting the neighbours car in front. Nightmare. In order to reverse out safely I had to keep my left foot down on the brake whilst squeezing the accelerator, "counting to 2" whilst the car wakes up and releasing the brake only then. Quite dangerous for this to be the required input especially for people buying this type of car for this first time, or from a dealer that is unaware of this consideration when safely pulling out from stationary. The Hill Start Assist seems only to work with reliability when you come to a stop after driving and you're about to set off again. If you reverse however, then put the car back into drive whilst on an incline/decline the Hill Start Assist does "not" work and again, you have to left brake brake whilst applying 1.5 seconds of acceleration, releasing the brake only after 2 seconds before moving off. Having forgotten to do this a number of times I went ahead and developed a solution with code, plugged it into the M2 and now the hill start assist "always" works, whether I'm pulling out of a parking space or driving forwards after a reverse. No more rolling or left foot braking for me. Not sure why they don't set it this way by default.

[rubbermoetroken]

I think people need to realise that this is a robotised manual gearbox with dual clutch technology. The pro's from torque converter automatic gearboxes (crawling etc) are not really benefits but things we got used to and drive around. The DCT (and DKG from Porsche) are the best boxes around that are as close to manual boxes as you can get. I have 300.000km experience now in M5's, M3's and since a year in a M2comp, the fact that BMW dumped the DCT for a booring TC automatic gearbox really hesitates me going for another ///M in the future, so maybe Porsche it will be :)

[HNDevelopments]

I have an M2 DCT and you missed the biggest reason to go for the DCT. Fuel economy on the motorway in 7th gear. I'm 5000miles in to a Europe road trip and averaged 32.6 mpg 🤯.

[bojangles]

You should try the smg in the e46 m3. This is like butter in comparison. That thing you couldn’t drive slowly it would jerk you around. Like this but imagine tech from 20 years ago.

[nessuno]

As it's been noted, there is a crawl function, just tap the accelerator. Comparing to a ZF auto is wrong, because this is a semi-auto. Some complain the car hops at low speed - this is no different to a manual being fed too little or too much power. Best options are to set one of the M steering buttons to comfort/level 1 and the other to full attack. Set off the lights with easy mode and quickly switch to other for no hopping. Lastly, the box doesn't need a P position because like a manual there isn't one. The box will lock once the engine is off.