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08-15-2012, 10:46 PM | #1 |
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Stupid question due to a stupid mistake
Hello there everyone, I had a quick question (and before I ask, please forgive me in advance because this was very very very stupid). In any case, I was on the freeway and wanted to give the car a little go. As a result, I waited for some clearing, I was going between 70 and 80 mph and stupidly I shifted down too many times and hit 2nd gear on accident (this was the dumb thing). As a result, my car quickly jumped to 7000 rpm and it completely scared me. I then quickly shifted back up to 7th gear and just drove home normally. My question here is, did I cause any permanent damage to my transmission? Should I be paranoid about anything? I never push my car, I usually drive it grandma-ish, but I wanted to have a little bit of fun and that completely failed.
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As long as you don't exceed 8,700 RPM (which is impossible with DCT), you're fine.
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DCT insurance, lol. I like that.
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08-16-2012, 03:27 AM | #8 |
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I often shift down very fast for two reasons: to hear the bark and speeeeedddd. Btw, pushing the car hard every now and then (or more often than not) is actually good for it. Don't want your car to get lazy now
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08-16-2012, 11:18 AM | #13 |
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OP just curious why you chose an m3 if you never push the car? Not trying to be a jerk but seems strange to buy an expensive sports car and drive like a grandma and freak out when your rpm hits 7k when that isn't even near redline.
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I didn't know it would do that for you in manual mode, obviously in automatic mode but I thought you had to downshift through every single gear when you had it manual. So this works even if your in S6 with traction off or does that not even matter?
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08-16-2012, 05:01 PM | #15 |
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You are not kidding..the car has a tendency to "adapt" to the way its driven..push it harder, its more responsive..lug it and it defintely feels sluggish..
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first, with dct, you cant even downshift into second at 70-80. the fastest ive been able to downshift into 2nd was at around 65 mph second, who cares. if you arent redlining it daily then go get a 328 or something third, how is this even a thread hahahaha |
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08-16-2012, 06:28 PM | #19 |
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My Mama always said .."Stupid is..as Stupid does"..Forest, Forest..is that you? LOL
seriously think about if OP had down shifted an MT from 6th to 2nd..this thread would have a much different vibe..Just be glad that there is the idiot proof transmission that will forgive these errors.. MT.. its what separates the men from the boys |
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08-16-2012, 07:26 PM | #22 |
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Yeah, he wants you to turn in your keys...riff raff. Barbarian! Lol!
On a serious note....it is sad to see my car during daily driving in slow traffic. It only starts to become alive at 5K+. Otherwise my car is depressed and sad, like a Tiger stuck in a cage (think cruel menagerie). I need help
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