What no more SMG???
01-11-2007, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='376867' date='Jan 11 2007, 11:40 AM
But SMG is better than me.
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Well, and DSG is better than SMG from a speed standpoint. So...
At any rate, these new transmission options are becoming clearer and clearer, and it doesn't appear that we're getting anything new - pretty much what came out with the 3 series. Not bad, but not groundbreaking. I'd be willing to bet BMW will have a DSG in 2 years or so. That's the technology to have.
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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='376870' date='Jan 11 2007, 04:46 PM
I'd be willing to bet BMW will have a DSG in 2 years or so. That's the technology to have.
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01-11-2007, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='376867' date='Jan 11 2007, 11:40 AM
But SMG is better than me.
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Seems like your the type that can dish it out, but cant take it back. You initially stated that "Was SMG better than me"?...Oh well, no big deal...As far as the SMG being crap on a regular 5 is really to be determined by the people that drive them...One reason that they probably discontinued it is because most people didn't give it a fair chance along with the dealers discouraging it. i happen to like the quick shifts and the ability to have it in auto mode in traffic.
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Originally Posted by katheikia' post='376883' date='Jan 11 2007, 06:00 PM
Seems like your the type that can dish it out, but cant take it back. You initially stated that "Was SMG better than me"?...Oh well, no big deal...As far as the SMG being crap on a regular 5 is really to be determined by the people that drive them...One reason that they probably discontinued it is because most people didn't give it a fair chance along with the dealers discouraging it. i happen to like the quick shifts and the ability to have it in auto mode in traffic.
Do you have paddles in you car?
01-11-2007, 08:17 AM
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I'm thinking I could live with this and believe it might shift quicker than my current manual SMG -- available in June.
From the BMWUSA site:
"As an additional alternative, the optional six-speed Sport Automatic Transmission will be available in the BMW 550i and 535i equipped with the optional Sport Package. This new transmission offers the high standard of motoring comfort so typical of the latest generation of automatic transmissions and at the same time allows the driver to shift gears in even more sporting style in the manual mode, the driver choosing gears sequentially either by means of the gear selector lever introduced exclusively for this special transmission or by means of gearshift paddles on the steering wheel. The Sport Automatic will be available beginning with June 2007 production."
From the BMWUSA site:
"As an additional alternative, the optional six-speed Sport Automatic Transmission will be available in the BMW 550i and 535i equipped with the optional Sport Package. This new transmission offers the high standard of motoring comfort so typical of the latest generation of automatic transmissions and at the same time allows the driver to shift gears in even more sporting style in the manual mode, the driver choosing gears sequentially either by means of the gear selector lever introduced exclusively for this special transmission or by means of gearshift paddles on the steering wheel. The Sport Automatic will be available beginning with June 2007 production."
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Originally Posted by igor' post='376886' date='Jan 11 2007, 12:03 PM
BTW, Katheikia, sorry slightly off topic...
Do you have paddles in you car?
Do you have paddles in you car?
01-11-2007, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by igor' post='376886' date='Jan 11 2007, 12:03 PM
BTW, Katheikia, sorry slightly off topic...
Do you have paddles in you car?
Do you have paddles in you car?
Yes, paddles are standard with SMG.
01-11-2007, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by JDN' post='376891' date='Jan 11 2007, 12:17 PM
I'm thinking I could live with this and believe it might shift quicker than my current manual SMG -- available in June.
From the BMWUSA site:
"As an additional alternative, the optional six-speed Sport Automatic Transmission will be available in the BMW 550i and 535i equipped with the optional Sport Package. This new transmission offers the high standard of motoring comfort so typical of the latest generation of automatic transmissions and at the same time allows the driver to shift gears in even more sporting style in the manual mode, the driver choosing gears sequentially either by means of the gear selector lever introduced exclusively for this special transmission or by means of gearshift paddles on the steering wheel. The Sport Automatic will be available beginning with June 2007 production."
From the BMWUSA site:
"As an additional alternative, the optional six-speed Sport Automatic Transmission will be available in the BMW 550i and 535i equipped with the optional Sport Package. This new transmission offers the high standard of motoring comfort so typical of the latest generation of automatic transmissions and at the same time allows the driver to shift gears in even more sporting style in the manual mode, the driver choosing gears sequentially either by means of the gear selector lever introduced exclusively for this special transmission or by means of gearshift paddles on the steering wheel. The Sport Automatic will be available beginning with June 2007 production."
I am hoping your right...We will have to wait and see and give IT a FAIR chance...
01-11-2007, 08:25 AM
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Perhaps cost, complexity and reliability ("red cog of death" on M5) may also have something to do with it?
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Originally Posted by dlevi67' post='376896' date='Jan 11 2007, 12:25 PM
Perhaps cost, complexity and reliability ("red cog of death" on M5) may also have something to do with it?