I turned in my 5 speed 1999 M3 for the new 2002 M3 with the SMG in March..
The SMG is awesome, once you get used to it you will not want go back to a normal stick, here is one reason why.
I raced a Turbo 911 the other day, and I blew his doors in, here is why.
With the SMG you cannot fail, put it to the floor watch the tach and just bang all six speeds it is flawless, now the Porsche had more HP but after I took him we talked for a while, he said he overreved the shift from 1st to 2nd and could not make up the time lost.
This SMG is great this is why F1 drivers use it you can concentrate on other things its great flying through a winding road and not having to take your hand off of the wheel to shift.
I will never go back, the closet thing I can compare this to is shifting a Jap bike with out the clutch.
Regards,
Kevin
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