I dont use them at all. The sports transmission option provides more then just the shifter paddles and have been discussed in great detail on this forum.
I find "slapping" the shifter over to the left, engaging S mode, turns my 550i into a rabid beast. Why shift when the S gets it. Quite frankly when running at high speeds I dont want my hands off the steering wheel to shift, the S mode should stand for simplified not sport.
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2014 550i M-sport
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