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Originally Posted by fam
One thing I noticed immediately is that the regular (non-sport) DCT mode upshifts incredibly quickly--seems like at the first sniff of 2000 rpm. Makes the car feel like it has about 180 hp, which means I'm pretty much always either in sport or manual mode.
Is that just BMW playing with the ECU so that it can report vaguely respectable fuel economy ratings (ie how BMW claims the PPK2 doesn't impact fuel efficiency)?
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Yes, all to do with fuel economy/emissions ratings.
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Originally Posted by fam
but not sure if that's because all DCTs are that way or if it's because of how they set it up for the DCT + PPK2?
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All DCT are the same, DCT settings are not altered with PPK install.
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