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 I got her! + step question



Picked up my Jet Black 325i on Saturday. It is sweet!
The only bad thing right now is I am suffering from the "break-in blues" .

So far I am loving everything about it, and the transmission really seems more sophisticated than ever. It seems to me, that when you're slowing down it actually downshifts through the gears rather than just staying in the current gear and shifting down into 1 around 5mph.

If I am correct about this it means that there will be a lot less lag time when coming out of a corner or hitting the gas after breaking suddenly. I've noticed on several occasions that while slowing to a stop the rpm needle shoots up and I can feel the gears engaging. The step in my x5 certainly doesn't do this. So either this is something new and really cool or my tranny is fubar

BTW, sorry about not posting pics, I gotta wait till this weekend.
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Sounds like a cool one . Can't wait to see the pics

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Picked up my Jet Black 325i on Saturday. It is sweet!
The only bad thing right now is I am suffering from the "break-in blues" .

So far I am loving everything about it, and the transmission really seems more sophisticated than ever. It seems to me, that when you're slowing down it actually downshifts through the gears rather than just staying in the current gear and shifting down into 1 around 5mph.

If I am correct about this it means that there will be a lot less lag time when coming out of a corner or hitting the gas after breaking suddenly. I've noticed on several occasions that while slowing to a stop the rpm needle shoots up and I can feel the gears engaging. The step in my x5 certainly doesn't do this. So either this is something new and really cool or my tranny is fubar

BTW, sorry about not posting pics, I gotta wait till this weekend.
I do hope you are right. I had a Tiptronic 911, and when it was given a caning, it would agressively downshift under brakes. If the 330i SP is similar, I'd be delighted.

I wonder if the Sports Pack affects the programming of the Steptronic? Anyone know?

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If you put your step in sport mode, you will really notice the downshifting.

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Quote:
Picked up my Jet Black 325i on Saturday. It is sweet!
The only bad thing right now is I am suffering from the "break-in blues" .

So far I am loving everything about it, and the transmission really seems more sophisticated than ever. It seems to me, that when you're slowing down it actually downshifts through the gears rather than just staying in the current gear and shifting down into 1 around 5mph.

If I am correct about this it means that there will be a lot less lag time when coming out of a corner or hitting the gas after breaking suddenly. I've noticed on several occasions that while slowing to a stop the rpm needle shoots up and I can feel the gears engaging. The step in my x5 certainly doesn't do this. So either this is something new and really cool or my tranny is fubar

BTW, sorry about not posting pics, I gotta wait till this weekend.

my 03' 330ci step downshifts one gear at a time so what you're seeing is not a new feature.

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I test-drove a steptronic E90 and it definitely downshifts in sports mode (did most of my driving that way). I was delighted to see that! But not enough to make me get that instead of a manual transmission.


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