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Slynky · 03-10-2010, 10:08 PM

Well, I'm nearly 59 and I have only owned one AT in my life (Germany, of all places). I have a lot of experience driving MT. And, I think the MT in the Z could be better. I live in Georgia and I have about given up babying the shifter into 2nd gear when the car is cold. So much so that I now take off in 2nd gear for the first 5-7 minutes of driving. Even after warming up, I don't see how the car will ever perform a half-second shift to 2nd gear--needed to get somewhere near it's 0-60 speed specification. Actually, my Nissan pickup shifts better to 2nd gear.

Having said that, remember it only appears there are lots of problems with the MT and shifting because, as has been pointed out to me and as I understood already, when things work as they should, people rarely pop on and say, "My MT works good.".

Also, I've read (scanned over) some people having a few issues with the AT. Can't remember if it was with the paddle shifters or off the console shifting.

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Slynky Track Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: McDonough, GA Posts: 595 Drives: 2010 Red 370Z T/S/N Rep Power: 17	Well, I'm nearly 59 and I have only owned one AT in my life (Germany, of all places). I have a lot of experience driving MT. And, I think the MT in the Z could be better. I live in Georgia and I have about given up babying the shifter into 2nd gear when the car is cold. So much so that I now take off in 2nd gear for the first 5-7 minutes of driving. Even after warming up, I don't see how the car will ever perform a half-second shift to 2nd gear--needed to get somewhere near it's 0-60 speed specification. Actually, my Nissan pickup shifts better to 2nd gear. Having said that, remember it only appears there are lots of problems with the MT and shifting because, as has been pointed out to me and as I understood already, when things work as they should, people rarely pop on and say, "My MT works good.". Also, I've read (scanned over) some people having a few issues with the AT. Can't remember if it was with the paddle shifters or off the console shifting. __________________ A veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including my life."