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      01-14-2010, 11:27 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by mac135i View Post
Sounds like the same approach used in the GTI and VW DSG products.

I'd be comfortable going back to that approach after only a couple of months with the new 135. I just haven't spent enough time really driving the 135 to be absolutely fluent with the BMW approach. i.e I still on the rare occasion flick the left paddle (behind the wheel) in an attempt to change down a gear (a la the GTI) only to find I've changed up a gear and you just don't get the same thrust out of sixth as you do in fourth. Embarrassing really!
No big deal. You can easily change the standard shifting arrangement via swapping a couple of wires around in the steering wheel. Problem solved.

I have already done this so that it works like the GTI above only after the second day I got my car. I hated how BMW had it arsed wrong way around, wasnt natural.

There is a great DIY on this.
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