[boris]

I too was troubled with this when I first picked up my 335i.

After driving around in a STi with every shift bushing available for it, I thought that shifting the 335i would be cake.

After the first couple cold mornings on the 1-2 grind, I'd get pissed.
Did some reading, did a couple experiments and testing of my own.


The first shift is crucial and is the only shift that will grind.

What I do now, is I shift slow when first getting the car rolling after it being warmed up. Just enough so the rpms don't drop too low when you engage into 2nd gear.

If you try to banzai shift immediately, it's going to grind, and grind REAL bad.

I'm going to do a test of my own by switching the gear oil and my drain plug with Magnetic ones. Perhaps it is just the age of the fluid (no fluid in my opinion is lifetime) or perhaps the temps+viscosity really just fuck with it at first.