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The replacement transmission is in the 500E, and I was able to put some miles on the car this weekend. The good news is, we've resolved the biggest issues the car had, which was a near non-existent reverse gear and very lazy forward shifting. One thing that stands out right away is how urgently this car upshifts. I've read it's adaptive, meaning you need to manually shift it to set the preferred shift points; I've also read that the Bowden cable can sometimes need adjustment. Regardless, it drives down the road nicely, but the lack of rapid downshifting requires further investigation.