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      06-02-2014, 08:13 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by catpat8000 View Post
I think we'll find this is just more press idiocy. Recent M cars with the DCT transmission have always had "smokey burnout feature". You disable traction control and floor the gas pedal from a standing start.

On the E9x M3 it revved to about 5000 rpm then dropped the clutch. On the F10 M5, it revs to about 3000 rpm and drops the clutch. That's it.
^ Exactly this.

I don't understand what all the fuss is about. As catpat8000 says, on the E9X, just mashing the gas from a standstill with DSC off results in a hell of a "smokey burnout". I expect the same will be true with the F8X.
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