So last night on my way home from Hempstead, i stop off at a hangout spot in my town and i see my friend with his 02 M3 with that gay little SMG transmission. So i was like allright you wanna go, for the hell of it. I figured he was gonna kill me but what the hell. So we go to a 7-800 foot strip and line up. He had 2 kids in his car and it was just me. So our friend flags us off and we go, i get the jump being i have a stick and then he fucks up in shifting his little smg(its a fake stick) so i won that one. He's like lets go again i was like ok, we go again and he doesn't fuck up....but yet i still win.....so i'm all excited now i just smoked a brand new m3 twice all our boys are like shocked....so he gets his 2 friends out of his car and we go one last time. He gets the better start with no spinning and i spin unlike the other two runs and i kid you not my front bumper was at the front of his door. this story sounds far-fetched but i swear on my car and whatever else possible to swear on. I was just as shocked as he was that i got him twice and he got me once.....just sharing my stories

 

Good Kill!! And on an M3 nonetheless!

I wonder if he broke in the car yet. Also, do you know if he used the SMGII's "accelerometer" feature? For those of you that don't know, when engaged, it automatically rev limits the car up to 3500rpm and drops its clutch for a quick take off. But yea, according to BMW, you're only allowed one of these an hour and 30 within the lifespan of the tranny. I think that's weaksauce.

But yea, over on the M3 forums, quite a few people have had problems with their SMGII system. BTW, its not "fake stick"; just a different form. A clutchless manual system.

 

You beat the driver...Not the car. A properly driven M3 would walk a CL-S hard.

 

I thought that it was understood when someone says they beat a car, that they beat the driver as well. I didn't feel the need to point out the obvious.

 

From what I read, there is a bunch of different modes on the SMG. It ranges from smooth slow shifts to neck snapping power shifts. I would assume the driver would have it in the quickest shifting mode if he was racing. BTW, I believe US spec SMG's dont have that launch feature you were talking about above.

 

Oh thats right! I totally forgot. Yup youre right, only the Euro M3 has that feature.

 

all i'm saying is that i lucked out either way driver or car. Under normal circumstances i'd get my ass handed to me but its all good either way, a win is a win

 

how do u fuck up with a SMG?

 

thats what i wanna know, you just push up....or pull down.....its not really that hard

 

Nice kill!

 

You have to have the BMW SMG in the right mode for it to shift quickly. There is something wrong driver wise, look at the stats for a M3 vs CL-S.

 

oh i know the m3 is what 0-60 in 4.8 or somethin and quarter in low 13's where from what i heard i'm like 5.9-6 and low-mid 14's

 

Yea the Manual version of the M3 runs something like 13.1. My friend has an 02 M3 with a Supersprint Catback. Supposedly it adds 10 whp, so he might be running high 12s on a cold day at the track. A 6 speed CL-S is a mid 14s car definetly. I read some guy ran a 14.1 stock. Thats pretty damn good, but I am almost positive this guy is a ringer. Most drivers couldnt do what he did!!

 

a kill is a kill! Good job Rob!

Counterpoint: Let me drive the M3 smgII for a day and I guarantee that the results will be a whole lot different!

 

most likely, but then again this douchebag also had an automatic mustang which i've beaten before numerous times. So he just can't drive in general.

 

Strange, my friends M3 SMG ran a 14.0 @ 100mph at 3000+ ft elevation. That translates to about roughly mid to low 13's. BONE Stock.

With the SMG it makes misshifting a thing of the past. With that said, how exactly did he fucked up a shift? What did he do? Downshift instead of upshifting? Which would be impossible because the SMG wont allow a redline downshift.

Not to doubt you but your friend has to be the worst driver in the world to loose to a mid 14 sec car.

In any event, nice kill

 

No. That is not available in the U.S. it's a Euro option only.

 

Lots of SMG's already out in the U.S. Yes, he would have to be quite the bad driver for that result. Then again, whenever a car like the M3 comes out, lots of bad drivers with money buy them.

I have been in an M3 on the track and they are just beasts. Way more lowend than people think they have and a huge powerband.

 

If your referring to the "pefect launch" feature, then its available in the US. I know, I test drove one, and I know someone with the SMG II M3.

However, it only revs up to 2k in the US and 3500 in the euro.

 

seriously i dont know how the hell he fucked up, but whatever man, a win is a win

 

For info on the SMG get the August issue of Motor Trend. The SMG has 6 different shifting modes ranging from A1-A6. A6 is the sportiest mode.