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Originally Posted by jerome951
I assume you're looking at a manual transmission. If not, be wary of the SMG boxes from that era.
A student I had a VIR was on his 3rd transmission in 15k miles.  Felt like that one was going out based on how hard it shifted. |
SMG is the same exact getrag gearbox as the standard only faster with hydraulic assistance. The speed at which it shifts is directly related to throttle input and shift speed settings (1_5).The biggest reason they break is from doing launch control and bad shifting judgements. The SMG will shift much faster than a standard and some people will abuse that feature because it is there, you cant expect any transmission to last under constant abuse.I suspect your student would have gone thru just as many transmissions either way.