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02-21-2006, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Gizmo' post='243677' date='Feb 21 2006, 07:17 AM
Esteemed SMG owners:
A question.
It appears that most attention has been focused on upshifting. What about downshifting?
And for that matter what happens when you make a panic stop? I assume the SMG auto-clutch engages and places you in neutral, but have no experience here.
I am assuming as well that there are two user selectable settings: pseudo-Automatic and Manual shifting.
If one is in the Manual setting and one makes a hard stop then want to accelerate, do you merely upshift (putting you in first geat) with the paddle ?
I like the SMG concept and am considering it with my MY 2007 purchase (550 vs M5).
Thanks.
A question.
It appears that most attention has been focused on upshifting. What about downshifting?
And for that matter what happens when you make a panic stop? I assume the SMG auto-clutch engages and places you in neutral, but have no experience here.
I am assuming as well that there are two user selectable settings: pseudo-Automatic and Manual shifting.
If one is in the Manual setting and one makes a hard stop then want to accelerate, do you merely upshift (putting you in first geat) with the paddle ?
I like the SMG concept and am considering it with my MY 2007 purchase (550 vs M5).
Thanks.
Here is a really good write-up of the SMGII used in the M3. While the SMGII is different in certain respects from the SMG setup used in the E60, the basic philosophy and details are very similar. That should answer most (if not all) of your questions.
02-21-2006, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ipse dixit' post='243707' date='Feb 21 2006, 01:26 PM
Gizmo,
Here is a really good write-up of the SMGII used in the M3. While the SMGII is different in certain respects from the SMG setup used in the E60, the basic philosophy and details are very similar. That should answer most (if not all) of your questions.
Here is a really good write-up of the SMGII used in the M3. While the SMGII is different in certain respects from the SMG setup used in the E60, the basic philosophy and details are very similar. That should answer most (if not all) of your questions.
Thanks. That answered my questions and a few I hadn't yet thought of. I'll try to test drive an SMG equipt 5er before jumping-in but I like the concept. I don't quite understand why there seemed to be a clammoring for a 6-speed equipt M5 with some waiting until '07 for its arrival. It seems to me that the SMG & M are meant for one another ???
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