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      06-30-2019, 10:19 AM   #1
Icarium81
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Drives: 2018, 330i xdrive
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Nova Scotia

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Slow or no upshift if left to it's own choice

2018 330i xdrive, doesn't matter what settings I use, eco, comfort,sport or sport+, even if I put it in sportshifting.
Floor it, and keep your foot in it, no problems at all, it'll shift about 5 or 6 grand no problem.
Floor it and take your foot off, it's as dull and winter witted as any other automatic I've driven. It sits at 5 to 7k and just let's it wind down.
I wouldn't mind one bit IF there was any sort of engine drag caused by doing so, but it just seems to coast along and let the rpm go down as it will. (For comparison I drive an 18 wheeler and engine braking is almost as good as using the brake pedal, and I ride a bike which you can almost feel like you're shoved forward when down shifting aggressively and letting it wind down)
Please tell me this isn't normal. I'd hate to think that this is the best one of the performance auto makers can do.
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