Nahhh, you wont damage the tranny. The logic within the software shifts out of danger so will rarely almost never reach a danger point. There are 3 modes (And someone correct me if I am wrong because this is how I understand "SportMode") So you first have Automatic; throwing it in drive will react the same way as an auto tranny should. Slap the stick to the left, it initializes Sport mode. It changes the shift points of the tranny and engine reaction. Not shifting out until all the power has been sucked out of that power band. Then Manual mode is you control the shifts. Well fugazzi control. If you don't shift, you are sport mode and the car will shift for you.

Now can you feel the car? It depends. If you just drive regular in manual mode, you can use the same shift pattern as in auto. For example, in auto 1st gear, you reach 2800-3100 rpm then it shifts. You can do the same thing in manual mode. Or you can just take it to just before redline and do it that way.

Now does this put more stress on the tranny? If you drive to redline all the time yes, but normal? No.

Give it a shot, you won't break anything.

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2011 E70 50i M Sport