[davidykhor]

well , on every gear drop, the throttle blips, hence u will see the car rev itself.

its fine. no worries.

 

[khyber]

well , on every gear drop, the throttle blips, hence u will see the car rev itself.

its fine. no worries.

exactly, my passenger is making me doubt my knowledge, just concerned lol

 

[potassium]

I downshift on purpose (on whatever revs) just to hear that sound...and unless the commenter had an M5/6 I don't see how they would know what the correct range/rev/driving style was?

 

[khyber]

"commenter" doesn't have a BMW, his passion is Mercedes!

 

[AFC1]

Many uneducated drivers hold the belief that downshifting too much/too early will put excessive wear on the car. However, they do not realize that when a downshift is rev-matched (whether on a SMG or three pedal car) there is little to no wear on the clutch/drivetrain. Keep doing what you are doing....I'm afraid your friend is wrong!



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[sephiroth529]

When your redline is at 6000rpm (most mercedes) then down shifting to 4k is kinda high for normal driving. he probably doesn't know our cars rev to 8k. your friend is right in some respect that more rev = more friction = more wear. but it's unavoidable in our car. otherwise, we'd all be driving AMG's

 

[davidykhor]

nice 1 . haha.

 

[Hasan Shaikh]

I also downshift between 3000 and 4000 rpm.

 

[ideliver]

"commenter" doesn't have a BMW, his passion is Mercedes!

herein lies the problem....