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      12-23-2017, 04:48 PM   #98
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Originally Posted by 19bis View Post
^ I've done this a couple of times with my 6MT. Requiring a more positive action by the driver seems like it would have been a good design decision. Chalk another one up to cost cutting?
BMW have had the same reverse detent system for at least 20 years. One assumption is that the driver knows what they are doing when they select a given gear. Much the same philosophy that European manufacturers have for other operational aspects of the car, for example in Europe there is no clutch pedal interlock with the starter - there is an assumption that you will check that you are not in gear before starting the car.
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