[Robin_NL]

I had to do this post, sorry

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Cheers
Robin

[Davil]

Originally Posted by RYUi3

It's got about 5k miles now. A taller knob is a great idea. Let me look into those.

From what I can ascertain here I think that your wife will not be disappointed with a taller knob.

[Davil]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

I had to do this post, sorry

From 1:59 on:-)))))

Cheers
Robin

That is magnificent Robin.

[stefan]

Originally Posted by Davil

From what I can ascertain here I think that your wife will not be disappointed with a taller knob.

Depends how she is working the knob as well. She needs to use the right angles and grip.

In all seriousness the M2 isn't as bad as BMWs of old. For those my wife used two hands. It's probably her best bet.

[.Slug]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

I had to do this post, sorry

From 1:59 on:-)))))

The dude destroyed the 1 - 2 shift. Anyone hear that crazy synchro grind? Holy cow, the way that guy is ripping through gears.

[pz619]

I do believe it gets softer over time. A few months back I accidentally grabbed reverse at a light. Nearly backed into the person behind me.

I do agree, wish there was some sort of lockout ring or similar.

[3t3p]

When I was new to the car I nearly reversed into a truck behind me at the lights as I went to move off!

Momentum/inertia is your friend, though I can see what you mean it is a weird motion using weird small muscles that are otherwise happy chilling day to day hehe

[Moflow]

I once drove my stock 350Z back to back with a friend's nearly identical car (one year off) with the only real difference being that he'd installed a ridiculously tall bubble shift knob.

I was shocked by how different it felt. Way less effort but also quite a bit sloppier. I think you should explore this option with her.

[6speed_M2]

It's not about strength but about the placement. Palm the shifter and push it sideways, not up or down. Once it's reached it's max location being pushed to the side give it some force and keep it in the same direction. Maybe it's a confidence thing? Don't be afraid to give it some muscle.

Hope this helps. I feel like if you're pushing it towards the wrong direction or uncertain it'll throw you off

[M2Nel]

I have fitted a weighted shifter by CATuned much better feel and much easier to get into reverse

[KevinC]

Originally Posted by stefan

Depends how she is working the knob as well. She needs to use the right angles and grip.

[team_car]

This was my first BMW. We picked it up, pulled into a highway service station and parked up against a wall, went to leave and i spent an embarrassing 3 minutes trying to find reverse. I had to open the glovebox.

The user manual describes it as a "dynamic movement" or something. I thought that was ridiculous, but that's really what it is.

It's not strength or force but it does require a certain amount of velocity directly sideways to get the lever across.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by VisualEcho

Man, I have just the opposite problem; my car is so easy to get into reverse that I've selected it several times trying to get to 1st gear.

20K miles on my car though.

Try reverse first and then try first

It's a Synchro trick

Give it a try