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Old 10-18-2008, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='696714' date='Oct 18 2008, 08:47 PM
You should get a girlfriend before you go blind.
Ziiiiinnnnngggg!
Old 10-18-2008, 06:33 PM
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its rly fun, but you dun wonna get in traffic...
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Originally Posted by bimmerlust' post='696549' date='Oct 18 2008, 04:07 PM
Just used it for the first time since getting the car and all I can say is ! I literally could not sleep last night because I was thinking of what fun I would have driving it today! I can't drive it during the week so I'm living for the weekends!
Do you have the paddles with the manual mode? They're made for roads like the TOD (Tail of the Dragon) on the NC/TN border, 318 curves in 11 miles. I bet I downshifted and upshifted 200 times each run, many times being in a gear no more than a few seconds before shifting again. There's no way I could have done that with a manual trans.
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Originally Posted by chhay24' post='696746' date='Oct 18 2008, 10:33 PM
its rly fun, but you dun wonna get in traffic...
Manual mode with paddles in the sport automatic is a breeze in traffic. You just have to remember to use the gear shift to upshift while in a turn.
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='696714' date='Oct 18 2008, 08:47 PM
You should get a girlfriend before you go blind.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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glad your enjoying it
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Originally Posted by bimmerlust' post='696549' date='Oct 18 2008, 09:07 PM
Just used it for the first time since getting the car and all I can say is ! I literally could not sleep last night because I was thinking of what fun I would have driving it today! I can't drive it during the week so I'm living for the weekends!
Why not get a Manual car then?
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Originally Posted by euro2nv' post='696585' date='Oct 18 2008, 10:46 PM
for me??! i love everything about my car, "my baby"
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Originally Posted by bimmerlust' post='696549' date='Oct 18 2008, 02:07 PM
Just used it for the first time since getting the car and all I can say is ! I literally could not sleep last night because I was thinking of what fun I would have driving it today! I can't drive it during the week so I'm living for the weekends!
SMG baby......thats how we roll everyday!!! I know my car has an auto-matic mode, but Ive never used it.
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