e92 M3 Notchy First Gear
e92 M3 Notchy First Gear
Author
Discussion

s99ane

Original Poster:

1,262 posts

257 months

Thursday 6th August 2009
quotequote all
Just a quickie. Does anyone else find that selecting first is a little tricky/ notchy? Car is a manual 57 plater 15k miles.

Many thanks
S99ANE

MC99

426 posts

209 months

Thursday 6th August 2009
quotequote all
17k miles - 57 plate. Agree, mine does feel notchy. I've got used to it and I'm a while away from the next service, unsure it's a problem on the horizon or a "characteristic".


GameOverMan!

432 posts

220 months

Thursday 6th August 2009
quotequote all
14K - 57 Plate. Yup, mines the same and thought something was wrong at first. You just get used to it after a while. When they first came out a few magazine journos siad the box was a bit notchy when cold.

Zod

35,295 posts

281 months

Thursday 6th August 2009
quotequote all
Same with the E46. It's the same box, I think.

Webber3

1,228 posts

242 months

Thursday 6th August 2009
quotequote all
I had a manual 06 330i M sport, the gearbox was notchy in 1st and 2nd from new. I took it back to the dealer when it was 6 months old and they fitted a new gearbox. This improved things a bit, but it was never right.

I didn't realise how bad it was until after I hired some crappy Citroen in Europe. I got back into mine at the airport and would have preferred to be in the Citroen. This has put me right of manual beemers.


ASR1

198 posts

247 months

Thursday 6th August 2009
quotequote all
Z4M has the same issue

s99ane

Original Poster:

1,262 posts

257 months

Friday 7th August 2009
quotequote all
Pheeeewwwwww.........

Thought I had an issuse on the horizon.
Have to say Im loving the car alot more than I expected.

Only thing else that bugs me is the 6FL ipod connection. It keeps jumping back to fm radio. Anyone had this fixed?