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      04-08-2013, 10:55 AM   #5
copperplate
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Drives: 4 Wheels and an Engine
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I did the Smarttop first, then this about a year later. The paddle shifters make a much bigger difference in the car than the Smarttop did. The shifters are part of your interface to driving it, and these really do change the whole personality of the car. The Smarttop really only is being used during those ten seconds you're putting the top down or parking the car.

I'm used to driving manual transmissions. I've driven this car mostly in automatic mode since I got it, occasionally using the console shifter but rarely the old paddles. With these I'm in manual mode most of the time. It's probably worth going to the dealership and taking a test drive in one that has them to see if they're worth it to you, but they were to me.
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