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<blockquote data-quote="AmpTree" data-source="post: 332132" data-attributes="member: 16138"><p>Hi guys,</p><p></p><p>I've been driving my '04 M3 SMG version for awhile now. I can agree with you guys who said that SMG will make your car choke as it changes gears and make it uncomfortable for passengers as well as driver. To overcome this problem is that you have to set the drivelogic to the proper settings.</p><p></p><p>For anyone who is not sure of what is drivelogic, its actually the small rectangular bar jz beneath the gearknob.</p><p></p><p>The purpose of this drivelogic is to control the gear shift speeds with respective to the speed of the car. The lower settings you set, the faster the gear shifts (as in shifts in lower RPM). The higher settings you set, the slower the gear shifts (shifts in higher RPM). Means that, the higher the settings, the more sportier your car will be (changing gears in higher revs). Thats why they have this 'secret mode' called LAUNCH CONTROL. You will have to switch off your DSC to activate this mode. Instead of the normal 5 bar icon, a 6th bar icon will appear. This is the ultimate settings where normal gearbox (with clutch) can not match.</p><p></p><p>Its really very comfortable driving in SMG if you master it. For me, i'm setting my auto mode to 2 bars, and 3 bars in the manual mode. </p><p></p><p>The only draw back for SMG is that the car will roll back at slopes. And because that there is no clutch to avoid the car from rolling back, you simply need to jz tap once on the downshift paddle, and the engine will automatically rev up to stop the car from rolling back.</p><p></p><p>I can only say that, once you get used to the SMG, others or incomparable :top:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AmpTree, post: 332132, member: 16138"] Hi guys, I've been driving my '04 M3 SMG version for awhile now. I can agree with you guys who said that SMG will make your car choke as it changes gears and make it uncomfortable for passengers as well as driver. To overcome this problem is that you have to set the drivelogic to the proper settings. For anyone who is not sure of what is drivelogic, its actually the small rectangular bar jz beneath the gearknob. The purpose of this drivelogic is to control the gear shift speeds with respective to the speed of the car. The lower settings you set, the faster the gear shifts (as in shifts in lower RPM). The higher settings you set, the slower the gear shifts (shifts in higher RPM). Means that, the higher the settings, the more sportier your car will be (changing gears in higher revs). Thats why they have this 'secret mode' called LAUNCH CONTROL. You will have to switch off your DSC to activate this mode. Instead of the normal 5 bar icon, a 6th bar icon will appear. This is the ultimate settings where normal gearbox (with clutch) can not match. Its really very comfortable driving in SMG if you master it. For me, i'm setting my auto mode to 2 bars, and 3 bars in the manual mode. The only draw back for SMG is that the car will roll back at slopes. And because that there is no clutch to avoid the car from rolling back, you simply need to jz tap once on the downshift paddle, and the engine will automatically rev up to stop the car from rolling back. I can only say that, once you get used to the SMG, others or incomparable :top: [/QUOTE]
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