2007 550i vs 2008 550i
03-29-2011, 05:03 PM
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Are you willing to accept this as fact yet? Let me know if you ever find something that actually says otherwise.
03-29-2011, 09:02 PM
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IMO it's pointless to even continue this debate, people will always find a reason to say that something that is clearly better in all respects, is equal to something else. Clearly SMG was taken out of production in place of SAT for a reason. I have owned both and I loved my SMG and I thought it was the end all to the auto vs. man debate. That is until I got my SAT. The SAT is quicker on the draw and more reliable than SMG. Anyone that says any different or tries to argue that they are the same or that they can't tell the difference is in denial, can't drive, or just hasn't spent enough time in both options. Here's the deal: SAT>SMG>MAN>AUTO. And this is wrt sheer quickness and ease of use. Some will place a manual tranny in a different spot, but usually those people are 'old school' and like to row their own gears. But a SAT will out shift a MAN every day of the week, so we're not talking personal preferences. I can blow thru the gears in my SAT so quick and smooth you can be drinking a hot cup of coffee and wouldn't even know I shifted. Try that with a SMG or MAN and I bet you'll have hot coffee in your lap.
03-30-2011, 09:16 AM
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Well being that I drove a manual most of my life, that feeling was natural in my SMG, but when I had a passenger, they used to look at me funny. "you're in the big expensive 4 door luxury car, why is it jerking me back and fourth like that", that kinda look. Or maybe they just thought I couldn't drive. And I also got tired of having to instruct everyone that drove my car (gf/valet. etc.) "remember to put the parking brake on before you get out"...."don't take your foot off the brake at the light or on a hill or you'll roll backwards"
03-30-2011, 07:33 PM
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yeah i don't blame u on that, i mean its not like i let anyone drive it except the valet or the staff at the car wash but the fact that you have to pull the emergency break every time u park it could be annoying. i remember the first day i got the car, after parking i pulled the e-break halfway up, left the car and closed it and all of a sudden the car started moving backwards. since than i always make sure to lift that thing all the way up until its about to break
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