B7 3.0TDI suited to a manual?

B7 3.0TDI suited to a manual?

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HenzPowell

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6 posts

82 months

Saturday 25th March 2023
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Hey guys,

I'm currently in a mk5 GTI manual. Previously I've owned a B6 1.9TDI avant manual alongside an MX5 turbo which was the perfect budget 2 car garage.

More recently I've been finding myself missing an estate and looked at a few options, mostly E90 and B7, in the end however, I think I'm preferring the B7 avant shape. (I love the RS4 Avant of this era)

One thing I did notice when looking at the 330D varients is that some people thought the N57 diesel suited the auto box over the manual.
Do you think this is true for the B7 3.0TDI?

I've been looking around and pinpointed a few high-mile manual 233ps ones and a few lower-mile autos... I'm stuck.

Which one is more suited? I also can't work out if I'd miss the manual... I will be mapping the car and adding some suspension parts to make is a slow RS4..

HenzPowell

Original Poster:

6 posts

82 months

Saturday 25th March 2023
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Yeah the B7 all had tiptronic in the quattros.

If I could get it in DSG that would be amazing. You don't see many manual A6 2.7TDI's...