Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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Lookin for an E46 330D coupe in the next couple weeks before i go back to work but finding a manual is proving hard...not many around what so ever with the mileage im wanting.
There seems to be a lot more choice of the steptronic versions around, just wondering what they are like to live with? If you google for SMG all you get is horror stories, wondering if the steptronic uses anything like the mechanisms that go wrong in smg?
or should i just get a manual 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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SMG is a manual gearbox with a mechanism which sits on the outside and changes gears.
Steptronic is a proper torque converter auto box.
What year car will it be? The auto boxes don't have a massive torque rating, something like 250lbft for the early ones and 310 for the later models.
If you remap a 330d you'll have 330 or 350lb/ft so they're on the ragged edge by then.
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Ludacris Turbo
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Registered: 28th May 04
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I had step tropic on my 330ci. Used it about 3 times! Just left it in auto or Sport mode!
It's nothing like smg as robin said.
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Wrighty
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wanting an 05/06 330d and it will be getting mapped
manual it is
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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And you cant pin it in gear. It knocks up for you when you redline it which is a little annoying when your mid sideways action.
Kickdown put me in 2nd at nearly 70mph once, shit myself! 
As a box in general i loved it. If i was to have another E46 it'd have to be auto.
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Tiger
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Registered: 12th Jun 01
Location: Leicestershire Drives:Astra VXR
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My 330Ci is steptronic, I use it a lot if I'm out for a 'drive' but mostly it's in either D or Sports.
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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i got it but never use it, just normal d or sport also
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nathy_87
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step tronic? that's a new terminology (Unless I've just not heard it before). Not taking the piss or anything.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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Its basicly an auto but you knock the lever to the left to go into sport but you can shift up and down but knocking the lever up and down like in DSG.
A bit pointless as it wont let you shift unless your over/under a certian RPM
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Its basicly an auto but you knock the lever to the left to go into sport but you can shift up and down but knocking the lever up and down like in DSG.
A bit pointless as it wont let you shift unless your over/under a certian RPM
Why would you want to try and pull away from standstill in 2nd though or try
to downshift at the redline 
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nathy_87
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Yeah thought it would be that, got it on mine as you've mentioned. I've called it easy-tronic/tip-tronic.
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Gary
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quote:
Originally posted by Tiger
Why would you want to try and pull away from standstill in 2nd though or try
to downshift at the redline
Obviously you don't, but i felt it wouldn't let you really drive it hard.
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