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12-10-2004, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Guest' date='Dec 10 2004, 08:46 AM
Isn't kickdown also applicable to mannual tranny's?? The mannual seems to imply this.
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12-10-2004, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by firewired' date='Dec 10 2004, 05:41 AM
Weird thing is the onwer's manual recommends using kickdown during the intial break-in period, but also recommends not fully accelerating.? How can you do one without the other?
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Originally Posted by Guest' date='Dec 10 2004, 04:46 PM
Isn't kickdown also applicable to mannual tranny's?? The mannual seems to imply this.
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NO......... 
12-10-2004, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by zippers525' date='Dec 10 2004, 12:26 PM
The manual has a kickdown to use it you push iun clutch, downshift, give a little gas let up clutch
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12-11-2004, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimbo' date='Dec 10 2004, 08:11 PM
[quote name='zippers525' date='Dec 10 2004, 12:26 PM']The manual has a kickdown to use it you push iun clutch, downshift, give a little gas let up clutch
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[/quote]No, I think it was called sarcasm.
12-11-2004, 10:10 AM
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I continue to learn more and more from this site. I never new manual tranny's had a kickdown feature. Silly me, I always downshifted. When I get my new E60 next week I guess I'll have to see if the SMG has the kickdown feature too!