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SMG vs. manual. Need help.
After looking at several cars, I have decided to upgrade my 2000 540i to a new 545 or 550.
I need help with advice on SMG. I have a stick now, which my wife can drive. What is the consensus opinion regarding SMG vs. standard.
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There is no consensus.
I have SMG II in my M3, and I'm ambivalent. A lot of that ambivalence has to do with the reliability problems that I've had with it. Basically, it can be one hell of a lot of fun, but if it's even the slightest bit off, you'll hate it.
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Get a regular old stick. It is proven with decades of implementation.
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Quote: After looking at several cars, I have decided to upgrade my 2000 540i to a new 545 or 550.
I need help with advice on SMG. I have a stick now, which my wife can drive. What is the consensus opinion regarding SMG vs. standard. | If you want performance, unless you are a professional driver, I think the Steptronic is the way to go. Very close in optimum performance times, and you don't need to fool with the clutch or stick, which means your real-world accel times are likely to be shorter.
If you want to brag about how you don't drive a slushbox, of course, then you must get the manual 6-speed. 
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Quote: If you want performance, unless you are a professional driver, I think the Steptronic is the way to go. Very close in optimum performance times, and you don't need to fool with the clutch or stick, which means your real-world accel times are likely to be shorter.
If you want to brag about how you don't drive a slushbox, of course, then you must get the manual 6-speed. | SMG is not steptronic.
And you don't have to be a very good driver to get more out of a manual than a slushbox.
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Quote: After looking at several cars, I have decided to upgrade my 2000 540i to a new 545 or 550.
I need help with advice on SMG. I have a stick now, which my wife can drive. What is the consensus opinion regarding SMG vs. standard. | Given a choice, I will never pick stick. But then i don't live at Avon Lake, Population: 20 
If you like stick and the surrounding enviroment allows it, "stick" with it .
I love stick, but like the SMG even BETTER!! I alos like the fact that BMW is paying for the SMG upgrade on the 545/550. At somepoint in th future, that will stop. 
cheers,
beewang
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SMG vs. manual. Need help.