anyone here have one? any good?

My wife is selling her '02' reg 330i sport saloon with SSG gearbox .... Orient Blue metallic, Harmon Kardon upgraded sound system, 6 CD changer, BMW foldaway towbar etc.

 

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I have the 330D and it is a very good well built car. plenty of power but i soon got bored of it, there dosnt seem to be much fun??

Sorry, can't do the ci but do have an '02' reg 330i sport saloon with SSG gearbox for sale....

 

a what gearbox? is it an auto?

Sports sequential gearbox. Manual 5 speed box but no clutch - has gearlever and paddles. Good fun, properly quick car.

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You need an M3!

Sports sequential gearbox. Manual 5 speed box but no clutch - has gearlever and paddles. Good fun, properly quick car.

 

So its a semi with a 5 speed box?

Kinda. I'ts definitely a manual in that you change gear manually either with gearstick or paddles. Also has auto mode. The M3 has a 6 speed version available called the SMG.

no clutch? what sort of car dont have a clutch, not going down that road again lol

Kinda. I'ts definitely a manual in that you change gear manually either with gearstick or paddles. Also has auto mode. The M3 has a 6 speed version available called the SMG.

 

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I'm pretty certain that it has a clutch which auto actuates when you change gear - same as a truck or bus!!! I think it's something like a 200 milli-second gearchange in sport mode.

Kinda. I'ts definitely a manual in that you change gear manually either with gearstick or paddles. Also has auto mode. The M3 has a 6 speed version available called the SMG.

 

So is it like the mitsubishi triptroinc then.

see number above, what colour?

Its a manual gearbox but with a little man inside it changung gear for you..

 

Or a computer thingy. 100% manual box tho..

Ive got an M3 SMG.

So is it like the mitsubishi triptroinc then.

 

Sorry, don't know. Nice box though.

yeah i use to like the triptroinc. was like a rally car. quick flick up or down depening on what gear you want

 

dosnt have flappy padles though lol!!

SSG is a more basic version of SMG, basically the same idea but a cheaper varient for the 325i and 330i models rather than the full fat SMG II 6 speed which was in the M3 of that age.

 

Basically its a manual gearbox, of which the clutch is automatic. The gearbox is robotised and so changes gear for you, they are normally used manually, i.e you tell it when to change gear for you but there is an automatic mode.

 

Totally different to an automatic gearbox, this tiptronic shite that people harp on about on mitsis is nothing new and was on BMW's at a similar age, known as steptronic (they also have AGS progressive driving learning as well which notices continuous braking and realises your on a hill to save the brakes, jolly nice of it. (Again been around since 94..) Be wary of people trying to tell you an automatic version (some have buttons, my dads 745i does) is an SMG/SSG.

 

Personally I would have a proper automatic (nice and smooth and very reliable in a BMW I have to say) or a proper manual. Problem with the SSG/SMG cool as it is, it does feel like maureen has got hold of the gearbox at times, especially around town!

Remember thougj, you cant turn the traction off in a 330, you caj in an m3 though:)

anyone here have one? any good?

 

The wife has a factory AC Schnitzer converted 330ci cabriolet which is very well balanced car with superb road holding and with the 6 speed manual gearbox ( highly reccomended) has the torque range to push it along very nicely around the twisty country lanes where we live, easily accomodates 4 adults and typical of factory upgrade suspension never feels overly harsh and the tyres some how never come in to contact with the wheel arches!!

 

Jeff TT

 

 

 

 

Remember thougj, you cant turn the traction off in a 330, you caj in an m3 though:)

 

 

Yes you can, press the dsc button when you first start up and it is 50% disconnected, press and hold when running for the full 100% disengagement. ( dont tell Lynda though!)

 

Jeff TT

very nice, is it really slow compared to a tt?

Drive one. That way you can tell if you want one!

Drive one. That way you can tell if you want one!

 

dont know anyone with one, and dont want to be a timewaster to someone selling one, my dad has an e46 328i but no 2 drive the same