2008 550i SP 6MT
06-11-2007, 06:09 AM
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How is the throw on the shifter?
Is it significantly shorter than previous years?
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Is it significantly shorter than previous years?
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06-11-2007, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Bedford530i' post='434516' date='Jun 11 2007, 10:09 AM
How is the throw on the shifter?
Is it significantly shorter than previous years?
Thanks!
Is it significantly shorter than previous years?
Thanks!
I wish I could send you a link to the "feel" of the shifter, but there's a picture of it in this post:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=39782&hl=
06-11-2007, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by hinckley' post='434547' date='Jun 11 2007, 10:26 AM
I don't know what you mean by "previous years", but the 550's short-throw shifter is A LOT shorter than the regular shifter from MY04 on. It is much, much closer to the old E39's shifter.
I wish I could send you a link to the "feel" of the shifter, but there's a picture of it in this post:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=39782&hl=
I wish I could send you a link to the "feel" of the shifter, but there's a picture of it in this post:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=39782&hl=
06-11-2007, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Heloha' post='434563' date='Jun 11 2007, 11:46 AM
That short throw shifter looks like it's fun to drive and looks a lot like the awesome shifter that was in my Perf pack 330i!
In theory, you can shorten any shifter by using that knob.
As a challenge, can anyone conclusively prove that I'm wrong?
06-11-2007, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by iversonm' post='434720' date='Jun 11 2007, 05:32 PM
I have an unproven theory that it *is* the same shifter. More to the point, it is actually a shorter knob that goes on the shifter.
In theory, you can shorten any shifter by using that knob.
As a challenge, can anyone conclusively prove that I'm wrong?
In theory, you can shorten any shifter by using that knob.
As a challenge, can anyone conclusively prove that I'm wrong?
Obviously, the shorter shift lever makes for a shorter throw. However, that's only part of the story. The new shifter has a much more precise linkage. As I've said in other posts, it is now much closer to the "click-click" linkage of my Porsche.
06-11-2007, 03:29 PM
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06-11-2007, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by iversonm' post='434720' date='Jun 11 2007, 05:32 PM
I have an unproven theory that it *is* the same shifter. More to the point, it is actually a shorter knob that goes on the shifter.
In theory, you can shorten any shifter by using that knob.
As a challenge, can anyone conclusively prove that I'm wrong?
In theory, you can shorten any shifter by using that knob.
As a challenge, can anyone conclusively prove that I'm wrong?
06-11-2007, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Bedford530i' post='434792' date='Jun 11 2007, 08:27 PM
This is how my car is now... I exchanged my shift knob with the E46 ZHP shift knob. The shifter is shorter by 3/4" but the throws are still long. I have driven a friends Z4 and that has a shorter throw to it.
That's science, I guess.
06-11-2007, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by iversonm' post='434794' date='Jun 11 2007, 05:30 PM
While not completely conclusive, it is starting to look like I'm wrong.
That's science, I guess.
That's science, I guess.
06-12-2007, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' post='434858' date='Jun 12 2007, 12:31 AM
I trust BMW does not make a selling point of knocking off an inch of metal on the stem.
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