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Originally Posted by JAOz
For full disclosure, I did get an automatic. It felt a bit blasphemous but I'm just gettin too lazy in my middle age. I did enjoy the Genesis Coupe's AT. Plus this car has plenty of power to support an AT. The FR-S needed to be stick cause it was lacking power. So, aside from missing out on the sycro rev match upgrade, the other sport upgrades are still way worth it.
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I too drive a 7AT. 2015 is the first year they offered it on the Nismo trim, and I thought I would dislike it, but I tested the 6MT and 7AT and
really really liked the paddles while cornering. However, I never leave it in D because having a fully automated transmission will bore the pants off of you
Believe it or not, the manual mode paddle shifters also have synchro rev matching. It is actually not uncommon for automatic transmissions with a manual mode to have this feature. Basically, if you chose to manually downshift it is going to blip the throttle a little bit to keep the car from lurching after the shift.
I downshift sparingly, however, because if you do this while coming to a stop at a traffic light the sound the engine makes will draw a lot of attention - sometimes you just want to blend in
If you let the transmission downshift by itself (it does this at ~1500 RPM), it does not make the aggressive noise and it saves gas.