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Old 03-23-2005, 10:36 PM
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can the smg tranny be driven like an automatic or d you have to use the paddle shifters??
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Like an auto.


Originally Posted by DRIVER' date='Mar 24 2005, 01:36 AM
can the smg tranny be driven like an automatic or d you have to use the paddle shifters??
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Originally Posted by DRIVER' date='Mar 24 2005, 02:36 AM
can the smg tranny be driven like an automatic or d you have to use the paddle shifters??
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You can do it either ways..
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Driver,

Yes, the SMG has an automatic mode but there's a bit more to the story...

If you haven't already, you owe it to yourself to read the following thread and the links contained in it:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=2106
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I hate to think what google would find if you searched for "SMG tranny"
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Originally Posted by Mart' date='Mar 24 2005, 07:17 AM
I hate to think what google would find if you searched for "SMG tranny"
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Well if you do it, the first hit brings you right back to this site...
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So it does! I'll be buggered! I'd have thought it'd come up with all kinda trans-gendered sites...

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Now I see what you meant Mart! I wasn't using the sick part of my mind earlier...
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Mar 24 2005, 10:04 AM
Now I see what you meant Mart!? I wasn't using the sick part of my mind earlier...
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Rudy,

You have to turn the "safe search" function off of your brain to think that way.
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