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    Rare 5 speed manual

    I've been looking into buying a 330i or 330ci and one of the cars I stumbled upon has troubled me. The seller claims to have a 2004 330ci with a "rare" 5-speed transmission. Surely that has to be a mistake or a swap. Once the coupes received their facelift mid-2003 (so by 04 for sure) I thought you could only get a 6-speed manual? Am I tripping or is something off about this?

    https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/...799764556.html

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    Maybe the owner doesn’t know that the car has a 6 speed transmission! Or maybe the shifter knob sez its a 5 speed. You are correct when you wrote that a 2004 E46 has a 6 speed manual transmission.

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    Rare 5 speed manual

    Never heard of a 5 speed trans for this car.

    I would try to use the "non-existent 6th gear".

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    Might have the wrong year. My 2001 is a 5 speed.

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    LOL. I drove an S4 audi one year with a 5 speed as indicated on the shift knob.

    Quote Originally Posted by MarcoZandrini View Post
    Maybe the owner doesn’t know that the car has a 6 speed transmission! Or maybe the shifter knob sez its a 5 speed. You are correct when you wrote that a 2004 E46 has a 6 speed manual transmission.
    Turned out it was a 6m with a 5m knob😂.
    Never occurred to me to try for a sixth gear.....

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    Thank you for the feedback I knew something was off. Just goes to show craigslist sellers don't always know what they have.

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    You can buy the 5 speed M decal however not the 6.

    So maybe an owner put on a new 5 speed decal as it is significantly cheaper than a new shift knob.

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