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      03-30-2013, 09:38 PM   #1
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Drives: 2008 E90 335xi
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Alpina B3 TCU flashed today

HUGE thanks to AWil335i (a fellow Indy member) who took time to show me his 335i and helping me flash the TCU.

Refer to the thread here: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...7#post13568707

I was curious to see what "grandma mode" meant and sure enough, if you're not stepping on it, the car will shift promptly at 2K RPM in D mode, but I'm finding that I'm OK with it in city driving.

S mode & M mode are AWESOME. Are the shifts quicker? Yes, absolutely. Is it Porsche PDK quick? No, but close enough on upshifts. Downshifts are great - the car already did rev matching before but now it seems to rev match quicker (as soon as I pull on my "-" paddle), but it's of course not PDK/DCT quick. Still, I'm extremely happy and would recommend this to anyone whose transmission is compatible with the software.

The slight change in display too is nice: "D" now shows "D1 ~ D6", "DS" is now "S1 ~ S6", and M1 ~ M6 as before.
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