Surprisingly, the Shifter Is Intuitive To Use - 2014 BMW i3 Long-Term Road Test

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• adamb1 Member Posts: 122

  March 2015

  Up would be twisting toward the front of the car, down would be twisting toward the rear of the car. Seems correct to me.

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• yellowbal Member Posts: 234

  March 2015

  Neutral in the middle, that actually makes more sense than normal automatics. Manuals always have neutral in the middle.

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• voshinski Member Posts: 6

  March 2015

  I think the shifter befits the vehicle but one question, you said "while parallel parking" but I thought this car could park itself?

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• schen72 Member Posts: 433

  March 2015

  I also thought Benz's column shifter would be confusing to learn, but it's surprising intuitive and easy. Within just a few minutes of driving, it felt very natural to me. There's also the benefit of freeing up a lot of space in the center console.

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• allthingshonda Member Posts: 878

  March 2015

  schen72 said:

  I also thought Benz's column shifter would be confusing to learn, but it's surprising intuitive and easy. Within just a few minutes of driving, it felt very natural to me. There's also the benefit of freeing up a lot of space in the center console.

  Or you could just use the column shifter. Thankfully Ford and GM still stick with the tried and true. Never understood the need for the Germans to intentionally make simple things complex.
  
  

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• mcesarey Member Posts: 11

  March 2015

  This is much like a forklift. This would actually be perfect for parallel parking.
  

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• anotherdrunk Guest Posts: 30

  March 2015 edited March 2015

  i like to fly out of the driveway in reverse
  
  bang D forward
  
  and feel the smooth electric transition
  
  versus
  
  what would happen doing that in old school transmission

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