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Originally Posted by SteveC
Desire.
And yes, it is futile. I still can't quite swallow that with all the performance and everything the M5 has to offer, that in certain circumstances, the M135i was more fun to drive and felt the more capable car. Especially when the shortcoming is down to transmission programming and I need workarounds to make the M5 perform.....in certain circumstances.
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There will always be cars that are more fun to drive in a particular set of circumstances. But you will never be able to get the "limo mode" ride out of that same M135. No one car is perfect in all scenarios.
You need to consider what the different settings do. Among other things, the different D settings will adjust the throttle sensitivity much the same way a SprintBooster will. A one inch depression of the go pedal will create more of a throttle reaction in D3 than D2 and more in D2 than D1.
In D1, you want the car to be smooth and power addition to be smooth without too easily downshifting. Take a scenario where you are cruising at 75 on the highway and come upon a car in the left lane doing 65. You slow to 65 and they move over. Now you want to gently roll back up to 75, so you depress the go pedal by about an inch and get exactly what you want.
Now, take that same scenario and the bozo in the left stays put, so you want to zip by him on the right in the middle lane. You seem to want to be able to press down the same inch and get a different response in that situation. How do you expect the car to know which situation it is facing? There is no electronic feature that currently can connect the transmission to your intention. And you wouldn't (or shouldn't) want one even if it existed. It certainly would add cost, weight and/or complexity to the car and you already have the perfect mechanism to connect your intentions with the transmission - your right foot!
Simply push an inch when you want a gentle roll on of speed, 2 inches when you want to speed up quickly and 3+ when you want to accelerate with max power.