pinguhk

not at all.
I like the big 19" like running on rails

Small Tomato

Did you check whether the car was equipped with adaptive drive (aka dynamic drive)?

pinguhk

no DD
it did have the new 8 speed gearbox

ricky1329

Are you serious? I wonder six-speed automatic transmission only.

kcleung

what does the sport+ button do exactly then?

pinguhk

535 has the 8 speed as standard
this is the gear box that I what for my next BMW

kcleung

is it that important or relevant on hk roads?

pinguhk

yes very
save on fuel and much smoother change than our 6 speed.
this is why my 2.4l stepwgn can do $1.6 to a km on v power with 7 people in it all the time, it has 7 speed instend of 4 speed

kcleung

given the traffic condition in hk and v little usage of highway for most of us, I just dont see how 8 speed gearbox can give much better fuel economy than 6 speed unless the engine has been tuned to have a v narrow band of efficiency (which I doubt) but I am an open minded kind and interested on the actual technical reasons on this.

why would a 8 speed give smoother change than 6 speed? the smoothest gearbpx ought to be CVT, it has no gear change at all.

kcleung

wnshie - how was the test drive in the panamera? do share..