Bit late for ToTD but will run into tomorrow also, So basically for anyone who has driven either what would you prefer and why. For anyone that hasn't driven SMG would you consider one and why?
Will add a poll, see the result :idea:
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Bit late for ToTD but will run into tomorrow also, So basically for anyone who has driven either what would you prefer and why. For anyone that hasn't driven SMG would you consider one and why?
Will add a poll, see the result :idea:
If I ever buy an e46 m3 it will be SMG. There's a reason the csl never came in manual that's all I'm saying
SMG for me also, expensive when it fucks up though....
Never had the experience of SMG but from what I've heard,even with the expense of repairs when things go bang,it's still the one to have!!
I found the SMG (SMG2) at home on the track but a complete ball ache around town - so much so, it made me look like a learner driver. Jerky and agricultural :D However I'd still choose it over manual if buying the likes of an M tomorrow cause lets face it, I wouldn't be spending time in traffic in it regularly!
Trick is to pretend your always on track:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ciars
Agreed, the M5 being especially bad around town. I remember a group of lads outside a pub roaring something about L plates at me in traffic one day :blush: I never found the M3 too bad, once you got used to the throttle.Quote:
Originally Posted by ciars
Manual for me. I think SMG is brilliant in the right car, but manual is very rarely wrong in any car, if that makes sense
Please hand over the keys to your CSL this is the Petrol Police calling....Quote:
Originally Posted by Leins
Totally makes sense. I would hate if my m5 was SMG and would probably never have bought it if it was but as said if I was buying an m3 it would be SMGQuote:
Originally Posted by Leins
Never drove an SMG, I will need to borrow one for a few days to make a decision:dodgy:
SMG.
Was a bit sceptical at first but then God whispered something in my ear that made it all make sense :)
Manual for me also. I'd say if the csl was available in manual they would have sold loads of them also. Saying that I prefer smg to these double clutch gearboxes. Way too smooth and no sense of occasion to me.
SMG made the cars faster and easier to drive fast no doubt about and therefore superior to manuals for when you're on maxmimum attack.
But SMG was too compromised for daily use.
I personally think it was totally wrong to fit the E60 M5 with SMG due to the nature of an M5 and what it stands for - that being a very fast, comfortable saloon car.
But that was the limit of the technology at the time to allow them to meet thier performance targets.
For the older cars manual wins. But thankfully SMG is long extinct! :D
If my latest fantasy of a CSL Compact ever happened to come into being, I still think it'd have to be SMG. There's just something about the thump you get in the higher shift speeds that's addictive!
I bet your chiropractor drives an F10 M5 with DCT! :P
No DCT option? Or is that for another thread :)
Nah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enda
Next will be DCT vs 8 speed Auto :D
Well SMG just about has it