I too tend to go to the floor shifter in manual mode. It just feels more right to me. Go figure, it was that way with my previous E46 M3 with SMG. I just hate how they dumb'd down the shif pattern by making you push forward for upshift and back for downshift. The proper way is push forward for downshift and back for upshift.
On a side note, does anyone know whether there's a difference between "sport" on and manual and "sport" off? Does going to manual automatically put you into sport mode? Always wondered.
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