[satz]

Hi all

ran into this issue on my M40i recently where I was trying to go into the next lane when my car was almost stationary, but not stopped.

Despite pressing the accelerator fairly firmly, there was a scary delay when the engine revved but the car barely moved forward.

Is this likely to be the transmission just taking its time to drop gears? Should it not already have been at pretty low gear as the car was almost stopped? Or does it stay in a high gear (for economy) until the car has complete stopped?

It was scary and takes away some of my confidence in the car's response. Maybe using the paddle to downshift might have helped...

thanks