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Originally Posted by Wheelwright
I never "slammed" the shift, I merely waited less than I usually do between 1st and 2nd while my revs hovered around 5000rpm. Any car should be able to take it with ease, in fact my brother's old rusty Mazda never had problems with dynamic 1st-2nd shifts. Shouldn't we expect the same from an M-car ?
Let's stop making apologies for those fragile and under-engineered BMW transmission and clutch components. BMW is not stupid: it is done on purpose because not only are those components designed fragile BMW dealers later charge Ferrari prices to fix them. See the pattern here ? Sorry for not drinking BMW coolaid but I expect more from a car with M-letter in its name.
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Not making apologies, that's just what they chose to do -- its a design defect, not a manufacturing defect. Would it be nice if the transmission could handle that kind of shift. Of course. Does it? No.