Stupid question due to a stupid mistake

[GIdriver]

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

Why are you such a dick about it?

+1

[Longboarder]

Originally Posted by MRSSIIM3

second, who cares. if you arent redlining it daily then go get a 328 or something

I wonder who would win in a roll-on race (ignore off the line traction), a 328 driven at it's limit or an M3 shifting at 7,000 RPM?

[Parkanzky]

Originally Posted by Longboarder

I wonder who would win in a roll-on race (ignore off the line traction), a 328 driven at it's limit or an M3 shifting at 7,000 RPM?

M3 by a mile. You lose some potential short-shifting, but the M3 has loads more torque, even when you're not at the sharp end of the power band.

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

Why are you such a dick about it?

lol my favorite part of the post was "what a pussy, no offense." yup, because when you say something blatantly offensive, saying "no offense" makes it all ok.

but yeah, OP should

[tibra1]

Those who don’t drive their cars hard enough make me soooo mad ..dang riff raff

[eksigned]

anything aside from letting your car sit in the garage does "damage" to the car. it's an M, drive as you please no significant damage.

[MysticBlue]

Originally Posted by THE-FN-MAN

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?

Yes, it will do it, but unless you really know what you're doing, have some track experienc, etc, I wouldn't recommend doing this with DSC off. If you want to try it, make sure there is no other traffic anywhere near you, you are going straight with good traction conditions and you are ready to catch it when the rear breaks loose. And lots of room to catch it before you end up in the ditch, guard rail or wrapped around a tree.

[C|3R1C]

Originally Posted by tibra1

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..

That was exactly what I was referring to..

[skoot3r]

Originally Posted by bluekn8286

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.

Thanks everyone

where in san jose do you live?

[docsdoc]

Originally Posted by amirz1000

^ this. DCT won't let you downshift too an unsafe gear. Next time floor it till you feel the click, then hit the left paddle once and it will take you to lowest safe gear . Best feature ever!!

OK - I saw this in other threads and it works great. Any other "secret" features of the DCT?

[amirz1000]

Originally Posted by THE-FN-MAN

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?

From page 29 of the Supplementary owners manual that came with your car:
"Rapid downshifting: to accelerate rapidly, e.g. when passing, you can skip several gears in sequential mode. To do so, press the accelera- tor past the resistance point and pull the left shift paddle once or press the selector lever for- ward once. This provides maximum accelera- tion."

I would assume this would work in S1-6. I personally have used in S4-6. Read the manuals. You'd be surprised what else this car has that you can do. Launch control is explained on page 32.

[amirz1000]

Originally Posted by docsdoc

OK - I saw this in other threads and it works great. Any other "secret" features of the DCT?

Just Launch Control which isn't really a secret. You can adjust the RPM's for Launch Control as well. Check out the Supplementary Owners Manual. Lots of good stuff in there.

[GIdriver]

Originally Posted by amirz1000

From page 29 of the Supplementary owners manual that came with your car:
"Rapid downshifting: to accelerate rapidly, e.g. when passing, you can skip several gears in sequential mode. To do so, press the accelera- tor past the resistance point and pull the left shift paddle once or press the selector lever for- ward once. This provides maximum accelera- tion."

I would assume this would work in S1-6. I personally have used in S4-6. Read the manuals. You'd be surprised what else this car has that you can do. Launch control is explained on page 32.

Sir, I admire how polite you are. Here's a smilie some of us like to use occasionally:

[amirz1000]

Originally Posted by GIdriver

Sir, I admire how polite you are. Here's a smilie some of us like to use occasionally:

[bluekn8286]

Sorry about this paranoid post everyone, I realize that I need to push the car in order to have fun with it; its the entire purpose of having an M3. I am slowly transitioning myself from driving grandma-ish to driving it more aggressively!! I spent more money on this car than I have on any other car so its taking me a while to get adjusted and have a little fun.

My other car is a 2004 Subaru WRX (modded with a 2.5 Liter built motor, new turbo, suspension, 5 speed manual, etc etc) that I autocross and track with; as a result, I know how much fun a car can be once you mash through the gears

Thanks for the replies everyone