[ajeffrey]

Whereas it's clearly not "normal" it seems to be endemic to many of our MT cars. Getting the grinding checked out isn't a realistic course of action, unfortunately, as it's nearly impossible to reproduce the experience. Further, until a tranny actually fails, the dealer/BMW will do nothing.

My theory is that b/c so many more cars are being produced w/DCT these days the focus on MT build quality simply isn't there any more. It's a shame and it will almost certainly prevent from buying another BMW....