I got a manual 228i in stock

"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura) 06/02/2017 at 19:04 • Filed to: None

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It’s pretty cool to drive, but I will say that the stock shifter is a little rubbery for my taste. Then again, my Beetle had a Spulen short shifter kit that was as right as it would let me make it.

TheHondaBro > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 06/02/2017 at 19:16

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Looks like you’ll bump into the center console every time you pull the handbrake.

Aremmes > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 06/02/2017 at 19:17

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Manual parking brake and all. I thought they all had gone with electric parking brakes, although I don’t keep up to date with BMWs.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > TheHondaBro 06/02/2017 at 19:24

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Nah. You rest your arm there when you pull it.

For Sweden > TheHondaBro 06/02/2017 at 19:25

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S T U B B Y B R A K E

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Aremmes 06/02/2017 at 19:28

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5 Series has an electric parking break.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Aremmes 06/02/2017 at 19:29

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Nah, 2-4 are all still handbrake.

404 - User No Longer Available > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 06/02/2017 at 20:06

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...but I will say that the stock shifter is a little rubbery for my taste.

Exact same comment I have with my 3-series shifter. I was told switching it to the M-Sport one makes a huge difference:

Seriously considering it, but it’s not exactly cheap... like $150.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > 404 - User No Longer Available 06/02/2017 at 21:55

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A knob won’t fix it. It would have to be the assembly.

404 - User No Longer Available > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 06/02/2017 at 23:26

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Well one difference is the M-Sport knob is weighted vs the standard knob, which some people claim it makes a difference already. Definitely replacing it with a short shifter would feel much more different.