06-11-2017, 07:37 PM | #1 |
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Trouble downshifting into 2nd
During enthusiastic road driving, I sometimes have difficulty downshifting into 2nd gear. I fully depress the clutch, well below the ~60 mph redline, but can't engage 2nd gear. It does rev match as I barely enter 2nd's gate. The car has 4000 miles on the clock.
Again, this occurs only sometimes during aggressive driving. Thoughts?
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None taken but, I've certainly applied both of those obvious actions.
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That crossed my mind but again, under normal driving, downshifting into 2nd is no problem.
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I discovered the problem. I'm a complete idiot...
I was pulling too far left to engage 2nd. Extreme left (and up) is the safety feature to engage reverse. This is my first manual BMW. All my others were 5MT where reverse was directly below 5th on the gate pattern.
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