What Gear Am I In?

[BMWRX]

I drove a mate's 335i the other day and noticed his display showed what gear the car was in when in auto. Sadly, mine doesn't do this, but would be mighty handy if it did. Is there any setting to change the display from showing just D, to showing D1/D2/etc?

[bobbynoway]

Drive in manual mode.

[BMWRX]

Yes, I'm aware it'll show the gear in manual mode, but is it possible to show the gear while in auto?

[E92325i]

Was your mates 335i a DCT? i believe they show D1, D2, D3, etc during normal driving as well.

[BMWRX]

Yeah, it has the fancy gear selector and seven gears.

[E92325i]

Yeah then its a DCT. You won't be able to get the D1, D2, D3, etc on the 6 speed steptronic auto's, it only works/comes with a DCT equipped car.

[Totti]

That sucks I want to know what gear im in, when in DS also.

[amk2912]

Originally Posted by bobbynoway

Drive in manual mode.

+100

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by amk2912

+100

Drive manual

Driving dad's X6, even that has the current gear displayed when in DS mode. It says S1, S2, S3 etc. when it's shifting automatically and M1, M2, M3 when in 'manual'.

[BBK]

Just curious, but why would you want to know what gear it is in in complete auto mode? You could just guess which gear it is by what rev it is but I guess more convenient to just look?

[RadiuM]

Originally Posted by Totti

That sucks I want to know what gear im in, when in DS also.

you have an auto, you don't care about driving so who ares what gear your in? :P

ps. im taking the piss.

maybe 20%

[BBK]

You're just jealous we're faster.... :-D

[Brissie]

Drive a stick, then you don't need to look a the display and you just know

[RadiuM]

haha, damn your funny.

Everyone's a pro on here and everyone else is an amateur. god I love the internet!

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by BSM 335I

nah it's not that. We just love pulling away as we laugh while watching you struggle to find the next gear that won't get you any closer to my steptronic a$$ then the last gear you were in. So while you take your piss be sure to take that shift knob which was shoved so far up your a$$ when you got the whoopen of your life.

P.s. This coming from a true manual enthusiast that had an e90 335i 6mt prior to the 1. Its just you amatuers get under my skin.



Guess they'll never learn lol.

Haha...wow...

Radium mate, I'm with you on this one

[Zuzu]

[Originally Posted by BSM 335I View Post
nah it's not that. We just love pulling away as we laugh while watching you struggle to find the next gear that won't get you any closer to my steptronic a$$ then the last gear you were in. So while you take your piss be sure to take that shift knob which was shoved so far up your a$$ when you got the whoopen of your life.

P.s. This coming from a true manual enthusiast that had an e90 335i 6mt prior to the 1. Its just you amatuers get under my skin.]




WOW aint the word..."amatuers"....Where does this guy get off..Hiding behind his PC..

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by BSM 335I

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Last edited by BSM 335I; Today at 07:01 PM.

Well he seems to have edited away the problems. Too bad we're all too 'amateur' to notice.

[Totti]

Manual fanboys started this petty argument (As tends to happen 99% on this forum). *lame*

[BSM 335I]

Originally Posted by Totti

Manual fanboys started this petty argument (As tends to happen 99% on this forum). *lame*

My point exactly. We say one thing then we look like the bad people even though we try to keep our mouths shut but when someone with a manual hops in a conversation they shouldn't be in and stirs up retarded and false crap who the heck are they? You know when I owned my 6mt e90 I was never cocky or so mislead as some of the 6mt members found on this board. Yes I say amatuers because the majority of the members here that even battle the situation are people who just got into the n54 tuning world. While a few and I mean a few of them actually owned a 335i or something relitively close to that before the 135i they own now and then come talk smack about what hey read on paper. Well hey buddy I got news for you. I know the real world scenario experience and first hand know what works better for the car as far as perfomance goes. So I will say this once more and if you have any objection then do not reply back unless you have some evidence to back up your theory. Until then the steptronic will nonetheless be the faster option (may not be the most fun out of the 2 but it ain't far behind) I will say that. So you see once again I DO NOT HATE the manual version of the 135i as to tell you the truth I originally would have chosen it juntil I test drove one with steptronic and it just seemed to perform better, faster, and in something different then having a third pedal. I'm just stating that I knew the steptronic equiped 1's and 3's were always the faster ones when I owned my e90 6mt and that is partially why it was a hard move to make when choosing steptronic. Well there you have it. I'm sure their is one in the crowd that will still have a hard time understanding.

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by BSM 335I

My point exactly. We say one thing then we look like the bad people even though we try to keep our mouths shut but when someone with a manual hops in a conversation they shouldn't be in and stirs up retarded and false crap who the heck are they? You know when I owned my 6mt e90 I was never cocky or so mislead as some of the 6mt members found on this board. Yes I say amatuers because the majority of the members here that even battle the situation are people who just got into the n54 tuning world. While a few and I mean a few of them actually owned a 335i or something relitively close to that before the 135i they own now and then come talk smack about what hey read on paper. Well hey buddy I got news for you. I know the real world scenario experience and first hand know what works better for the car as far as perfomance goes. So I will say this once more and if you have any objection then do not reply back unless you have some evidence to back up your theory. Until then the steptronic will nonetheless be the faster option (may not be the most fun out of the 2 but it ain't far behind) I will say that. So you see once again I DO NOT HATE the manual version of the 135i as to tell you the truth I originally would have chosen it juntil I test drove one with steptronic and it just seemed to perform better, faster, and in something different then having a third pedal. I'm just stating that I knew the steptronic equiped 1's and 3's were always the faster ones when I owned my e90 6mt and that is partially why it was a hard move to make when choosing steptronic. Well there you have it. I'm sure their is one in the crowd that will still have a hard time understanding.

Hold on there mate, no one ever said the 6MT was faster than the step. There was never an argument. And I don't think it was ever the plan to get into such an argument.

What RadiuM said originally:

you have an auto, you don't care about driving so who ares what gear your in? :P

ps. im taking the piss.

He was merely making a passing joke on the fact that autos are usually driven by "non-enthusiasts". We all know that's definitely not true, especially on 1addicts, but it was A JOKE based on a stereotype.

Note the tongue-in-cheek emoticon ':P'. I mean, he even made it extremely clear with the comment "p.s. I'm taking the piss". He was not being serious, nor was he trying to provoke a response.

Then, BBK said:

You're just jealous we're faster.... :-D

He seems to get the joke. We Aussies here all love to engage in some harmless bashing which is all in good fun.
"Only grandma's drive autos..";
"oh too bad my grandma can go faster than your manual..." etc. etc.

Nothing was ever intended to be 'fanboy' or provoke a heated argument. We chastise the hell out of each other and we bloody love it.

Sorry if there is a misunderstanding, but please, let's keep it civil.

[BMWRX]

I'm so glad I ask my original question. I didn't intend on starting an argument, but boy is it entertaining.

[amk2912]

As my 9-year old says - "Chillax (contraction of chill and relax) Dad, take a ChillPill!"