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    Evening, Gentleman.

    I just grabbed a 2013 328i Sedan xDrive Sportline Autotragic.

    I'm a current owner of 2 E46s.

    The transmission feels a little soft. Not as if it's slipping(revving out of gear). It's as though it's just "taking it's time". Is there anything I can do outside of the normal maintenance to make sure this ZF doesn't fail on me?

    Looking at putting 150 soft miles each week on it as a daily driver.

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    Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new ride! I completely understand what you're saying and I think that's just the 'feel' that they were going for to make it appealing to non-enthusiast. Let us know if you have any other questions and we'll be happy to help out.
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    Did you try it in Sport mode?

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    Get it coded to Sports Automatic if it didn't come with that option. It will be much better.

    The 8HP automatic transmission is one of the best I have seen. It's definitely not an autotragic.
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    In fact, the ZF 8HP with sport auto program is said to shift as quick as a Ferrari 458 - less than 150ms when WOT in Sport+

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