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Originally Posted by CIWS
But the point being those are BMW wide, not some fault the X1 has some exclusivity to. "The X1 sucks because it uses BMW shifter. Damn BMW for using their own equipment on the X1"
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The pull to shift up is not BMW exclusive either (Saab, Mazda, newer Fords, and pretty much every race car from before the paddle shifter era), and I fail to see how some people see it as counter-intuitive.
- If you brake, inertia helps push your hand forward, into lower gear.
- If you accelerate, inertia helps pull your hand backwards, into higher gear.
- For most manual gear shifters, pulling straight down will, when possible, shift up, and pushing straight up will, when possible, shift down.
What, exactly, is intuitive about the opposite?