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Originally Posted by mp0i' date='Dec 11 2004, 08:10 PM
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!
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Kickdown only on auto tranny.
No kickdown on manual!
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Dec 11 2004, 01:27 PM
[quote name='mp0i' date='Dec 11 2004, 08:10 PM']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!
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Kickdown only on auto tranny.
No kickdown on manual!
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[/quote]Do you mean no kickdown described in the Manual because they call it downshifting?
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Dec 11 2004, 03:27 PM
[quote name='mp0i' date='Dec 11 2004, 08:10 PM']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!
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Kickdown only on auto tranny.
No kickdown on manual!
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[/quote]There is a kickdown in SMG, but only works in auto mode.
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Basically, kickdown = maximum acceleration. There's a little button behind the gas pedal (for those with auto trannies) Go see for yourself.
Try pushing the pedal all the way down with the engine off (obviously) You'll feel a little resistance, so push it all the way down. This is how kickdown engages when you want to accelerate.
BTW, when you initiate kickdown the computer assumes that you want maximum power and acceleration so any manual upshifts through steptronic will be overriden. The car will upshift automatically at redline.
Try pushing the pedal all the way down with the engine off (obviously) You'll feel a little resistance, so push it all the way down. This is how kickdown engages when you want to accelerate.
BTW, when you initiate kickdown the computer assumes that you want maximum power and acceleration so any manual upshifts through steptronic will be overriden. The car will upshift automatically at redline.
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During kickdown does it downshift one gear or is it capable of skipping gears and jump to the gear which gives max accel?
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Dec 12 2004, 12:36 AM
During kickdown does it downshift one gear or is it capable of skipping gears and jump to the gear which gives max accel?
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Dec 12 2004, 07:36 AM
During kickdown does it downshift one gear or is it capable of skipping gears and jump to the gear which gives max accel?
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Is it normal when you hit the kickdown, it needs a response time of a half to a full second?!! It is just so annoying that it doesn't respond as fast as i want on my 525xi.