5Series.net - Forums - SMG, manual or auto mode?

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Originally Posted by subterFUSE' date='Jan 16 2005, 09:02 AM

The shifts on the SMG take practice to make smooth.? Unless your wife can drive a stick shift manual, it is unlikely she will get the hang of the SMG without giving the kids mild whiplash in the back seat each time the car shifts.? You can't just drive this car like an auto.? You must feather the accelerator to maintain speed while slowing down....? because there is no? Overdrive feature like an automatic car has.? (Where your car gently coasts when you let go of the accelerator)

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I own a 545 smg and I have no idea what you mean by the statement above. the car will drive as good and agressive as a manual or as sophisticated and automatic as an automatic (albeit not as smooth). There is no whiplash, just may be some slight head bobbing, is you are not smooth. In automatic mode, it is very slow shifting, but nothing as described above.