Thread: Sport+ WHERE!!!
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      07-21-2012, 10:24 PM   #19
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Drives: 340i M-sport AT
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Originally Posted by dd1981 View Post
It just takes off traction. I havent noticed any difference in performance in sport vs sport+ only tractions gets turned off. They shift the same, wich if I may say this trans hits pretty hard in gear changes when shifted manually. I love it. Its as close to a DCT as it gets. Honestly besides the looks of the f30 this is what really sold me on the car. The trans is just awesome IMO.
This sport AT really is a revelation in auto trans.
If this AT didn't exist I would have taken MT.
Sport AT amazed me too much to not try it.

Now that you've had your 3 for a bit, do you use the paddles in manual mode or the lever?

In all the test drives I've taken I'm always using the lever, and have to remind myself to try the paddles. But when I do it doesn't feel natural.
Coming from decades of MT use it just feels natural to use the lever, and it works great. I hope over time it doesn't get loose and sloppy.
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