Originally Posted by pani_k

True.

My dad had a bmw 320d M sport as a courtesy car whilst waiting for BMW to prep his newly bought 5 series and he was rolling along and had it in 2nd gear at about 5-10 mph and the engine didnt like it ONE BIT. sounded like a tractor that just had a bunch of spanners shoved down its intake and needless to say stalled.

Trying to set off at an idle pace without giving it a lot of gas, diesels will struggle.