"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"RG" wrote in message
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I'm not surprised that the car has such a shift mode, but your
description and what I heard don't quite match. Watch it again, paying
attention to the sound of the shifts and tell me what you hear.


I watched the video again a couple of times and I have to agree . the
shifts seem too easy compared to my own experience of trying S6 mode a few
times. In fact, it sounds like he is shifting too soon .somewhere well
short of 8000 RPM. However, you also have to consider the following:

Both drivers are experienced performance car drivers.

Both cars have the same hp rating (500)

The BMW is heavier, plus has 2 people in it.

On paper, the BMW should have lost.

The only advantage it had was the 7 speed SMG versus a 6 speed
conventional manual.

Since they both started in second gear and I doubt the BMW ever got into
7th .

The SMG must have made the difference.


There were only three shifts, which would have left the M6 in 5th at the end
of the race. And the shifts sound as I said earlier, very clean and
precise, but also quite leisurely for a competitive race. Apparently, the
driver of the M6 was never terribly worried about seeing the Lambo's
taillights. No need to thrash the car if you've got the race won, I
suppose. A cool video of two very cool cars, but I was surprised at how the
M6 made the race look like nothing more than a somewhat spirited departure
from a red light. I guess that's what it's all about, making the difficult
look easy and the amazing look ordinary.