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It shouldn't. If going from D to S it just changes the shift pattern and holds gears longer. Once you are in S and grab a paddle, it switches to manual control and stays that way. To return it to automated shifting you have to return it to D. (If you're in D and grab a paddle, it will eventually...

Congrats & welcome to the DIB club :D

Out of curiosity, if you set your driving position to how you like it, reach out with your arm and let your arm/wrist/hand rest on the top of the wheel. Where does the wheel lay? I was taught by the instructors at the BMW Performance Center that the optimal driving position is one that allows...

That's a shame, it must be programming, because the BMW calibration is unbelievable. It's DCT performance with the smoothness of a slushbox.

Having driven them back to back, the V6 was significantly better sounding to my ears than the 4-cyl. Shocking, I know. :shrug:

From what I can tell it's this. It sharpens throttle response and will force the steering into "sport" weighting. I don't think the loosening of ESP limits occur until you hit Track mode.

If it's hot, it'll turn on the seat coolers to max and get the A/C chilling, so I'd say it'd be pretty damn useful in Texas (it is here in Florida for sure) :D

Reliability. Far from it. The ZF8 in the Challenger will run circles around the 6R80.

I have an automatic GT premium and tried mine out a few days ago, it worked just fine. (but at $400 a tire, I didn't do it very long)

Mine is kind of weak, but the one in my 3 series was too. I pretty much have to be pulling into the driveway for it to register. Meanwhile the 50 cent remote that came with the opener can trigger it from 5 houses away... go figure.

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Thanks Ian I bought a set of these and they look great. Really have to be looking for it to notice: I've never had a problem with anyone trying to steal my wheels (and my car is parked in the garage most of the time anyway) but I figured it was cheap insurance. Edit: just noticed you are in...

I spent 3 hours detailing the car in the garage and took it out into the driveway for about 5 minutes to make sure I didn't miss any wax residue and upon pulling it back in, noticed bird shit on the roof. FIVE!!! MINUTES!!! :rant:

Congrats!!!

I had a parking spot at the grocery store the other day between two SUVs. As I was backing out the car sounded a rapid chime... looking at the center display it read "Vehicle approaching from the right"... sure enough someone flys by behind me. Stuff like this is why I went 401A... but this is a...

Okay, but just so you know, that's a pretty shaky reason to avoid 401A because you can toggle it on/off :)

It's okay. Not very loud, like one of the other posters said with the windows down I'm finding myself at Maximum Volume a lot. And I found I had to crank the bass all the way to 10 and tweak the fader toward the rear to get it to my liking. It's got an odd default calibration, the Harman Kardon...

I'm sorry that you had to learn this the hard way, but I think you are the only driver on the planet who doesn't know that if you mis-shift you can destroy your engine and/or transmission and that you will have to pay for the repairs. Hell, Ford doesn't even mention it in the owner's manual. And...

Thanks :) Also Borla posted a video of the EcoBoost version of their exhaust (Touring vs. S-Type vs. Atak) on YouTube recently... the first comment is from them saying there is a similar GT video coming soon, I'm looking forward to that. Still won't answer which is louder, FRPP Touring or Borla...

Something is still not right with this statement. The parts diagram for the Borla Touring and S-Type shows the axle-back exhaust portions are the same, the only difference in the systems is the resonator vs. x-pipe. But the FRPP versions both have x-pipes, so the differences there must be from...