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Originally Posted by MysticLlama
Did you shift the SMG as if it were a manual, or like it was an auto/tiptronic? Unless you drive it with the throttle adjustments as you would a manual, it'll be funky, and in "auto" mode, they are all garbage.
Maybe try another one to see if it's the same, and play with adjusting your driving of it a little bit. Also only use it in S5, every other mode is pretty pointless. There is a button below the shifter to move the mode up and down, you can see what it's in next to the gear indicator.
When I got mine out of the shop it felt totally weird the other day until I realized it was in S1 or S2, it does make a noticeable difference.
And did you drive a coupe or a vert? The verts can be dogs, something like .5 sec slower to 60.
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Mystic,
I really think this particular car had just really been beat on and abused. The interior looked terrible and the paint had some dings and scrapes. The salesman who is an "expert" drove it after me and said something was off about it and it wasn't shifting right--of course their expert tech would get right on it. He supposedly had an SMG for 3 years and he couldn't do any better. I will try again when I get more serious as I really like the fact it does have an auto mode for the fiance if she ever had to drive it. Personally, I like clutches and the car would be for me 99% of the time. I shifted the manual one smooth as silk and haven't worked a clutch in over 2 yrs. Again, I was really impressed with the M3 and will keep it on the short list.