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Originally Posted by swampfox94
That's great but I wish they improved it a little. It's such a step down from both the Porsche and Honda manuals in feel. I know there's a few mods buyers can make to improve it but would be nice if it was perfect out of the box
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Ironic, because those other two are remote actuated shifters and BMWs are linkages going straight to the transmission.
The nicest shifter I have ever experienced is on the Porsche Cayman, but it's basically a remote shifter mechanism with cables running to the transmission. Modern FWD Hondas are similar. Cable shifters are generally looked down upon as cheap/generic but these guys know how to do it right.
Honda S2000 was probably Honda's last direct mechanism shifter and 2nd best shifter to the Cayman in my opinion.
With direct linkages into the gearbox, BWM could make an extremely nice feeling shifter, but I don't think they try very hard. The shifter on my last-gen Z4 was absolute garbage. The shifter on my 2020 M2C is quite a bit better but not great.