This must be close to the biggest admission I've ever made !!

[jonnyivy]

Do I  dare tell you ????  Hmmmmm,... okay here goes,....maybe somebody else didn't know either ::::;;;;

I just realised that on the 6-speed automatic gearbox on my x5 that there is actually 3 positions on the gearstick for driving the car !!
First you have the basic "D" for normal auto driving...
then push it over to the left and it goes into automatic 'sports mode' ( I never knew this ) !!!
I always thought that once it was over there you had to push it back or forward to up gear or down gear,... I didn't realise that the ' sports mode' was an automatic mode and you dont touch the gear lever to select the gears ( thats the manual mode)
What a buffoon !!!
Now I realised (bringing it home last night) that 'sports' is for holding onto the gears longer for quicker accelaration..... and when you push or pull the stick it switches to 'M' for manual !!

There you go,.....  there's more than one dipstick in the car when I'm driving it !!!

[Colin]

Jonny  you have much to learn grasshopper ,

[Nat]

Hi,

The gearbox god demands you repent and your penance is  5 sport changes and  and 10 manual ones................

Seriously , don't beat yourself up. Unless you read the handbook ( assuming you have one ) or someone shows you or  you read about it, there are many things these cars can do and you can go years without finding out let alone making use of them .

[grumpywurzel]

Apparently there is also adjustments on the throttle pedal 

Funny, mine doesnt have it, must be a digital one. Throttle close it fully open  )

Never mind Jonny !

[X5Sport]

Something else for you too.  In 'Sport' you won't get 6th until doing 100+ and the anti-draft thing at the front of the sunroof retracts at near that speed.

Tested on a proper track of course Officer.......