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      05-01-2012, 05:49 PM   #1
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Does the Transmission have a brain of its own?

OK, I've read in a few different threads that our X3's transmissions can learn how we drive.

I've found no reference of that in the manual.

Can anyone confirm including reference?

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OK, I've read in a few different threads that our X3's transmissions can learn how we drive.

I've found no reference of that in the manual.

Can anyone confirm including reference?
Yep. Our 8 speeds have an adaptive transmission that adapts to your driving style. See bmw's website
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Thanks fiddy... it truly is amazing the technology on these cars!

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Yep. Our 8 speeds have an adaptive transmission that adapts to your driving style. See bmw's website
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Thanks fiddy... it truly is amazing the technology on these cars!
Told ya! Ha! [in a different thread ]
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Question I must confuse My ATM

So if it adapts to my style what happens if I have more than on style. One when I have the 16 year old lab trying to balance in the back and one when I'm alone and getting there fast. I suppose it adapts and then re-adapts.
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It does readapt. But there was a "trick" with the 6 gear gearbox I had in my E91, this might work also with the F25.

If you switch on the car (without switching on the engine!!!) press the accelerator until you hear the click of the switch, keep it pressed for 30 seconds. Then switch on the engine normally, the parameters should have been set to the default values as if the car just came from the factory.
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So if it adapts to my style what happens if I have more than on style. One when I have the 16 year old lab trying to balance in the back and one when I'm alone and getting there fast. I suppose it adapts and then re-adapts.
It will adapt, there is no memory as such, it adapts to inputs as you drive. It is adapting all the time, just drive fast for a couple of miles and see the difference in how the gearbox is working, then drive slow and with slow inputs and see it change again. Also it restarts its adaption every time you start the vehicle, according to how you drive. Flip to sport and it breaks the adaption anyway.

BMW autos have been doing this for years and how it all works is well documented and understood.

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