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Old 06-08-2008, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by calix5fan
I hate that the pick up on the 3.0... It's really hard for me to make a quick lane change. This is solved when I'm in manual mode, but then the Miles Per Gallon goes down and that's no fun. That REALLLLY annoys me about the X5 but maybe that isn't so with the 4.8. Other than that, the fact that I have to be so close to my gate to open it with the garage opener annoys me.
Anyone know if driving it in manual-shift mode is the same gas consumption as DS mode (without the manual shifting)?

I've been doing some manual shifting and obviously the acceleration is a ton better with the allowable late-shifting. Is this exactly the same on gas as DS mode? I ask because DS still feels more powerful.
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