I drive in 6 all the time.

 

I don't even drive. I just upgrade it a lot and sit outside to watch it. Ever seen Gran Tourino? Thats me, Clint.

 

I drove today and I out it in 3rd gear and the RPM was below 1000. Does this actually harm the engine with the Automatic Tranny?

 

Trust us, if the car thought it would cause harm or damage it won't let you do it. You can't over-rev or under-rev a steptronic-equipped car. You'll see as you come to a stop or slow that even in manual mode the car will switch down a gear or so, and if you were driving at speed and tried to change down to a gear that would cause the car to rev beyond the limiter, it will ignore the request. I used to drive my 545 and 550 in manual mode all the time, much like you do, and I never had any issues.

 

I have been wondering about damage too. Does it harm the transmission if you shift too much or shift very agressively in DS? I'm afraid I'm gonna break something, I've never driven a stickshift so this is my only experience with shifting.

 

the most harm you could do is a stint smell of burnt clutch when pushing the cars rpms a tad much thats the most if felt of overdoing on my steptronic

 

Ok thanks for the replies people!