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Originally Posted by joelk01
My question relates to upshifting: I am having issues shifting smoothly from 1st to 2nd and sometimes 2nd to 3rd when I don't stretch out the gears. With my mom in the car, I don't want to drive too assertively, but shifting to a higher gear when driving somewhat modestly results in jerky transitions. Any advice?
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When I just got the car I also had a lot of trouble shifting smoothly from 1st to 2nd. What I've found is that there's a large RPM drop to match up going from 1st to 2nd. On my 330i it's about 1.5k. So if shifting around 3k, let the RPM needle drop to around 1.5k before you let the clutch back out. The timing has to be perfect to get a smooth shift from 1st to 2nd. So you just gotta have patience. Slow shifting
I don't know why it takes so long for the RPM to drop in 1st gear.