Hi Rene,
I've an auto +8, done 1,000 miles. I was told the +8 chassis comes in two shapes, auto and manual are different. (The auto box requires more room, so I guess, stress guess, that it may be possible to switch from auto to manual but not to go from manual to auto in the same chassis.)
But that's irrelevant, sounds like the problem is with your dealer.
For what its worth, the torque is utterly amazing, so in auto it revs very slowly - so manual should be an easy drive, very flexible. My problem is that when I use mine in manual mode its just tooo tempting to go very very quickly indeed.
