I turned it off before I left the delivery center.
I have driven all forms of vehicles in my life. Manuals, autos, cvt’s, etc...
They are all different. You just get used to each car.
I personally think it is a silly concept to artificially try to emulate a different kind of transmission (an auto transmission torque converter specifically). Seems wasteful.
I actually have come to really like a few things about my M3:
1. I can back up my driveway (to get in position to charge) and when I need to roll forward to adjust my angle I just let off the pedal and allow it to roll forward down the driveway without having to change into drive. Works great!
2. Hold is actually really cool. I don’t actively use it a ton, but it is nice when stopped at a light on a hill. I can see that on road trips this could allow a nice break for my foot if I come to a stop.
3. I have recently realized that there is no penalty to throwing the “transmission” into the opposite direction while still moving the wrong way. Since there is nothing mechanically that happens, this does not endanger breaking anything. I think as I get better at this it could allow for some much faster three point turns, etc... Could make for some interesting possible car chase maneuvers.
It does take some getting used to though. The lack of anything stopping the car from rolling the opposite direction when stopped is likely disconcerting for some. The car has less rolling resistance than my BRZ.