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      11-27-2012, 09:50 AM   #36
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Drives: 2016 M4 Comvertible(F83)
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Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335 View Post
A fellow vert owner- awesome! Us vert folks gotta stick together
yeah, we do, I love my vert, specialy in FL this time of the yr, 75* sunny. Then again, any sunny day is a great day in a vert.

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Originally Posted by NoTempoLimitN54 View Post
Steptronic trans uses torque converter slip as part of DSC intervention. That generates extra heat in the transmission that gets transferred to the engine cooling system. Guys that track their auto 335i have noticed this. Turning DSC off might help. Yet another reason the ATF should get changed regularly.
I turned the DSC off yesterday and it seem to do better under hard accelaration, as far as slipage. Need to do a bit more testing. Again, thank you for the info. This is my 1st BMW and I'm still learning the pros and cons of tuning. What works and what doesn't. This is why I did the PPK.
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