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Ah... Thanks for the info. I have a test drive in a few weeks so will make note of that. Is it easy to develop a sense of how far to push the accelerator before engaging kick down ? If so this sounds ideal.

Thanks for the reply. The ZF in the m135i would not shift up at all in manual sports mode. It would bounce of the rev limiter as I accidentally found out, but as you say, it will shift down in full manual sports mode if you were in too high a gear for the revs/speed. Having said that if you...

For those that drive in manual paddle mode, will the gearbox override you either changing up or down apart from when your at the redline or standstill? I have been an enthusiastic manual driver all my life, but for various reasons need to move to auto. Im trying to decide between a s tronic S3...