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Old 12-21-2020, 05:18 PM   #3378
Nick M3
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Originally Posted by equ View Post
More than a decade ago, I said on these pages I was going to test out an X5 manual. Fil stated in advance the manual sucks on the e53 and he was 1000% right.. I drove it; indeed the gearing was not acceptable with that super stump-puller 1st gear. Not like the e46 at all, not a good drive in city traffic.
I'm still puzzled by the "super stump puller" comment. Yeah, it's short. But it's not that short.

Maybe this is more of a throttle pedal calibration issue?
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