I noticed while driving home from work that when I am going above 70 and floor the gas my car downshifts (its an auto) into 3rd. Why?
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Are you pressing the pedal down pretty far? There is a kick down switch under the gas pedal which will downshift the car if your press the pedal down far enough.85 325e 2.7 ITB'd stroker
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Yeah, that's normal.
It's called a "passing gear" by BMW. :roll: whatever. All it does it downshift the car to a gear where it's in teh top 1/3rd of the torque band.
If you're cruising at any speed about 35 and floor it it should do this, really.My mountains are better than yours.Comment
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gotta love the 5spd :). Greatest feeling to downshift and floor it yourself, then pass everyone next to youComment
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Yeah, I can fel the switch kick in, is it supposed to do it at any speed? Going 80 in 3rd gear is no fun...Comment
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That's the kick down switch yeah or passing gear like Bimmerphile said
if you floor the pedal the engine will rev up till the redline
if you want pass a car with a speed of 60 in 5th with a manual you will also downshift that's the same story
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then don't floor it at 80... when you floor it, it'll downshift to accel faster... if you're just cruising, you'll upshift to keep the engine at a lower and more conservative rpm.Originally posted by Matto
it's like any and all automatic cars made today...Comment
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