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Originally Posted by JWG80M3
But…I grew up driving manual transmissions (I’m 45 now) and found that the MT in my G80 was a bit of a pain in the ass at times. The clutch had a very long release point and the gears on the shifter seemed a bit squishy to me at times.
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I agree with this, and I've also been driving MTs for decades.
BMW shifters are little rubbery but I never had trouble getting into the proper gate. They are... ok? Workable, but lack the aesthetic pleasure of the snickty-snickt short throw gearboxes. S2000s, Miatas, etc. it's OK, only OK.
The clutch is less good. The release point is weird, the travel is long, the CDVs that BMW insists on using do no favors.
Aftermarket fixes exist of course, but if we are talking about stock, there's nothing to brag about here.