Steptronic Transmission - Talk to your wives!
01-16-2005, 05:18 PM
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When I first decided sale my Benz for a Bimmer (read up Dhaimler Dodge Benz or whatever you guys namedthat company), I wanted to played it conservative. No extras, just NAV and Steptronic. Wife told me to max it out. I didn't listen and paid for it by wanting when car arrived.
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace. Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun. I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed... Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed! I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal... I'm like, did you put a different gas in here. Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with... She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth... I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace. Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun. I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed... Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed! I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal... I'm like, did you put a different gas in here. Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with... She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth... I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
01-16-2005, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruf930' date='Jan 16 2005, 09:18 PM
When I first decided sale my Benz for a Bimmer (read up Dhaimler Dodge Benz or whatever you guys namedthat company), I wanted to played it conservative.? No extras, just NAV and Steptronic.? Wife told me to max it out.? I didn't listen and paid for it by wanting when car arrived.
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
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01-16-2005, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruf930' date='Jan 16 2005, 10:18 PM
When I first decided sale my Benz for a Bimmer (read up Dhaimler Dodge Benz or whatever you guys namedthat company), I wanted to played it conservative.? No extras, just NAV and Steptronic.? Wife told me to max it out.? I didn't listen and paid for it by wanting when car arrived.
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
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01-16-2005, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruf930' date='Jan 16 2005, 07:18 PM
When I first decided sale my Benz for a Bimmer (read up Dhaimler Dodge Benz or whatever you guys namedthat company), I wanted to played it conservative.? No extras, just NAV and Steptronic.? Wife told me to max it out.? I didn't listen and paid for it by wanting when car arrived.
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
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Luckily 545 manual was a slam dunk for me. My wife loves driving it especially now that I have had the CDV modified.
01-16-2005, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' date='Jan 16 2005, 10:23 PM
[quote name='Ruf930' date='Jan 16 2005, 07:18 PM']When I first decided sale my Benz for a Bimmer (read up Dhaimler Dodge Benz or whatever you guys namedthat company), I wanted to played it conservative.? No extras, just NAV and Steptronic.? Wife told me to max it out.? I didn't listen and paid for it by wanting when car arrived.
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
Second, after a friend let me roll a day in his 545, and had to hear her nag on the way home, "we should have gotten that one."?
THEN when I wanted a manual, I figured hey, this is a family car, get an automatic so the wife and kid can ride in peace.? Ordered steptronic...
TODAY, we are driving around doing errands, and I'm shootgun.? I notice we had alot of power I nevered noticed...? Wifey is zooming through traffic and took a few turns at speed!? I'm hearing the engine and exhaust high revving, F1 type of deal...? I'm like, did you put a different gas in here.? Then I see her working the Steptronic, which I have never messed with...? She's got this evil grin as she works the gears back and forth...? I'm like WTF.
Finally, to add insult to injury, she pulls off from a redlight, and redlines first gear, turns to me and says "Why didn't you get a stick?"
To all you guys about to order... have a family meeting first, and don't just discuss finance!
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Luckily 545 manual was a slam dunk for me. My wife loves driving it especially now that I have had the CDV modified.
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[/quote]Don't kill yourself Ruf. It's cheaper to get another car.
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01-17-2005, 05:22 AM
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Don't worry, Ruf. Considering the fact that she's apparently redlining that engine in every gear, everywhere she goes, you'll likely be getting a new car before you know it!!!!!!!!!
01-17-2005, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Evenflow545' date='Jan 17 2005, 09:22 AM
Don't worry, Ruf.? Considering the fact that she's apparently redlining that engine in every gear, everywhere she goes, you'll likely be getting a new car before you know it!!!!!!!!!
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Yup... you'll be looking for a new one in May!!
