Hello.
I will be going to test drive an m5, the first saturday that my wife has off, which will be in October. I am hoping the 07,s will be in, and they will let me test drive one of them, even though I realize an 06 should feel exactly the same.
There is a less then 50 percent chance I might get a manual transmission but I have a few questions to ask, since the m5 sales brochure doesnt answer it, or maybee I am out of the loop.
1) As per the manual transmission. I have never had a manual that has an overdrive. Do I understand it correctly to mean, that you are really running with four forward gears, and the fifth gear, just puts it into overdrive as a fuel saving procedure?, or is it a real fifth gear?
I hope I am saying this correctly.
2) As far as the auto transmission, it looks like from the photo in the catalog, that there is an option to shift it yourself using the bottom rung of the paddle, where there is a + and a -. I have this in my acura, and was wondering if this is true in this vehicle as well.
If it is, does it let you shift between 1st and second also, or it automatically does first and second, and you can only use third to upshift or perhaps downshift into second, with fourth gear being strickly an overdrive, or does it use a torque converter?
My acura, does not let you use 1st and second as an upshift, but after second, you can upshift to third, fourth and fifth(no overdrive) and down to second.
One reason I am asking, is there is a fair amount of hills and climbs where I live, especially going in the 30 to 40 miles per hour range, and wanted to know the flexibility of the transmission, to get the most out of the sparcity of horsepower the m5 has.
Is the manual trannie, smooth shifting? Is it very particular of the rpm,s you shift at?
How is it in stop and go traffic, which I encounter an awful lot.
Thanks to one and all, for taking the time to read my posts and to shoot back information to me.
Stay safe
I will be going to test drive an m5, the first saturday that my wife has off, which will be in October. I am hoping the 07,s will be in, and they will let me test drive one of them, even though I realize an 06 should feel exactly the same.
There is a less then 50 percent chance I might get a manual transmission but I have a few questions to ask, since the m5 sales brochure doesnt answer it, or maybee I am out of the loop.
1) As per the manual transmission. I have never had a manual that has an overdrive. Do I understand it correctly to mean, that you are really running with four forward gears, and the fifth gear, just puts it into overdrive as a fuel saving procedure?, or is it a real fifth gear?
I hope I am saying this correctly.
2) As far as the auto transmission, it looks like from the photo in the catalog, that there is an option to shift it yourself using the bottom rung of the paddle, where there is a + and a -. I have this in my acura, and was wondering if this is true in this vehicle as well.
If it is, does it let you shift between 1st and second also, or it automatically does first and second, and you can only use third to upshift or perhaps downshift into second, with fourth gear being strickly an overdrive, or does it use a torque converter?
My acura, does not let you use 1st and second as an upshift, but after second, you can upshift to third, fourth and fifth(no overdrive) and down to second.
One reason I am asking, is there is a fair amount of hills and climbs where I live, especially going in the 30 to 40 miles per hour range, and wanted to know the flexibility of the transmission, to get the most out of the sparcity of horsepower the m5 has.
Is the manual trannie, smooth shifting? Is it very particular of the rpm,s you shift at?
How is it in stop and go traffic, which I encounter an awful lot.
Thanks to one and all, for taking the time to read my posts and to shoot back information to me.
Stay safe
