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Originally Posted by fsandys
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Originally Posted by Shinigami
Nahh, it possibly can't do that... the M5/M6 is even able to beat a Gallardo... :roll:
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We already had this discussion where an M6 supposedly beat many other cars including the Gallardo.
In all honestly, the M6 is not that fast. 1/4 speeds are good, but there's cars with over a hundred hp less that do it just as fast.
Besides, SMG is "not" difficult to drive. Flicking a pedal on an F1 style automatic clutch gearbox is just that, flicking it and off it goes changing the gear. It's much harder to time it well on an automatic gearbox since the autobox needs to find the right timing to be able to do such a change.
I think, seeing as I've now had the change to experience a few vehicles, including an M5 last weekend and a 360 with an F1 box in the summer, I might just be able to speak about it a little bit. The M5 (or even an M3 which I drove earlier on) is just about the same thing. Smoother then the Ferrari F1 box, but still essentially the same thing in that it changes gears pretty much instantly, no matter what rpm you're in.
Whoever says that "the M6 lost because the driver didn't know how to change the gear on the SMG gearbox" is just a BMW fan trying to play down the reason why the M didn't win. C'mon, I like MB's, yet I'm able to differentiate what they can, and can't do. How many of the BMW fans here have actually driven most of the higher end models in the first place? Liking one car and being completely utterly a mad raving lunatic about them is another thing...
In comparison, an automatic gearbox in a car like my SLK, or in an E63, requires being in a certain powerband with the right amount of pedal travel for the gear changes to be near instantaneous.
It's just my personal experience, but I have to side with RC on one discussion, that BMW, whilst good cars in their own right, are NOT the be it all, end it all, "as fast as a top end Italian sports car". No, sorry, BMW's are unfortunately begin a bit bloaty with their latest models.
Just my personal opinion of course, and one can disagree...
(I still wouldn't mind having one, of course... weight is not such a big problem for me when choosing cars. Granted, it helps, but 99% of my driving does not involve powerdrifting into corners and being able to flick the backend at will while gracefully landing the car with precise control through the apex of a curve)
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