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Originally Posted by JST
Ugh I hate BMW automatics so much for precisely this reason. It's bizarre, because frigging Land Rover figured out their auto tuning much better than BMW has; the Disco Sport I had wasn't perfect, but it actually held gears where you would want to hold them and didn't lock out the top gears in sport mode (WHY DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?).
There are days I miss the E61. It was such a competent all around car (except that it was built with bailing wire, used twine, and papier mache, reliability-wise). That car with a *slightly* firmer suspension would have been just perfect.
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It's just the new transmissions. Both the e61 and e46 automatics were very smooth from launch. Sport mode in the e46 still allows for all gears, in the e61 it did block out 6 (totally agree, why the F would I want that). The 8sp shifts better once underway, but the ability to start from a stop is appalling. It's the single biggest reason we're considering replacing it.