Driving SMG is like learning how to drive a new transmission. It's a hybrid of auto and manual. There will be frustrations. I had those with auto, manual, and now SMG.
Tonight I was running in the mountains and canyons with my car in below zero for two hours. The bad thing with the winter tires are they can be squirmy. It was actually nice to not worry about a bad unsettling shift that could throw off the car in such condition. I know I shouldn't be driving to that limit and I am completely aware of how this car behaves with winters. The ZHP is so much easier to drive with winters than this beast. Moving at 60mph in 6th and accelerating through a corner at mild-moderate lateral G's threw the tail out a bit. I corrected with throttle and slow minor steering input just as it occurred. SMG was smooth enough to bring me down a gear quickly without even thinking to correct that. It was all about getting the weight transferred and loaded onto the rear tires for added traction.
Respect this beast a ton more when summer rubber is not mounted to it for the ///M could turn into a monster faster than you can say "oops!"
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