first of all guys, dont be retarded. what if his tranny is blown and he found one from a 95 m3? and seconldy, his engine is an M50 while the m3 is an S50, but since the m3 and the 3series manual trannies are the same, then the automatic probably would be the same as well. dont take my word for it, but you will most likely be able to
and btw, a manual swap isnt that easy, you still have to install the whole clutch assembly, differential, driveshaft.. etc etc