Originally Posted by Buggin
Finally pulled my car out of hibernation this week... liking the paddle shifters. Although I never really manually shifted my car before, it makes me want to now. Plus there's the added 'cool factor' of them.
Thanks again Chris!
Glad the weather is letting you get your car out to have some fun.
The slk32 and srt6 have enough poop to get you going at a crazy fast rate in "D" ... so we can tend to get a little lazy relative to shifting. (I had)
I have found that in the twisty mountain roads (particularly going downhill) the shifting makes it a different car AND, around town (and of course around the track) when you shift to the lowest gear entering a turn you will get exit performance that the ESP will otherwise deny you.
I am flying to Arizona day after tomorrow to pick up another (my third : ) SLK32 ... and while the drive home promises to be nice, I will definitely be missing the paddle shifting the whole 350+ miles coming up the pacific coast highway
Chris