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      11-15-2006, 08:46 PM   #11
GregW / Oregon
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SMG issues?

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Originally Posted by Monsta View Post
I personally know about 15 E60 M5 guys in the NY/NJ area none have had any issues w/ SMG, this being stated I would take my chances w/ SMG (I'm #2 at my dealer but I'm still really on the fence on getting stick/SMG, leaning towards stick since it won't be my daily driver) btw I'm also a member of M5 board (DucatiBMW) & have read every post regarding this issue since I was in the market for an M5...IMHO mostly a problem w/ the early builds, so yeah basically they may have been a bit of guinea pigs for the future M3 w/ SMGIII modified or whatever, they should have it right for our early build hopefully (if I go SMG)

Bill
I have a manual E46 M3, but have not heard about too many SMG problems on the multiple E46 M3 boards I frequent. There are bound to be more problems than with a full manual, but they don't seem to be inordinate. That being said, I'm not sure which way I'll go when the time comes.
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