I do want to comment on the whole "no stall in 1st gear" feature.
I never had a car that had something like this, and I think it's really cool. The clutch stop helps with faster shifting, but it would also help with not staling if said feature was unavailable. The automatic rev-matching feature is pretty cool too. I think I might actually let my wife, who hasn't driven a manual transmission car in 10 years, take a shot at driving the ///M2
