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If you have driven a motorcycle (more) (archive)
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Posted by California on September 30, 1999 at 22:52:04:

In Reply to: How is SMG different form steptronic on the 540i? posted by Caesar on September 30, 1999 at 22:04:12:

you can better understand. If the SMG is the same or similar to a sequential gear box, you use the clutch only for getting into 1st gear. The paddle shifter is similar to how the gear shift operates on a motorcycle. I simple pull puts it in the next gear up or down. The revs are matched by the engine management system to smoothly go into the next gear (up or down) smoothly. Optional on a few cars including the Ferrari 360 Modena. A fantastic device. Quicker than either the traditional manual gearbox or the psuedo Steptronic, Tiptronic, etc., etc. Just very, very expensive.

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