How Many 7AT Drivers Have Done This...
 

I'm not even going to ask if this has happened to anyone because I know I can't be the only retard. Lol...

I switch between Auto and Manual mode sometimes throughout my daily commute (not like mid-driving, although I think that's fine too). I mean I'll be driving in auto, then at a light I'll switch to manual, etc. get bored 15 minutes later, switch back.

I was in manual, pulled up to a light, put it in auto, got a phone call (distracted) then forgot and thought I was still in stick. When I go to shift up (thinking I'm in 1st), I popped it into neutral. It was pretty embarrassing...

... please tell me I'm not the only one this has happened to.:confused:

yep, the only one.

I haven't done that yet, but now that I've read this, watch it happen to me today. I don't use my cell phone in the car all that often however, so I'm not all that distracted. Usually the distractions come from hot women, in which case that'd be terribly embarrassing for it occur in front of them.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. You're an individual: Do you enjoy doin' that? Knock yourself out, guy! Me? I'm 60, so I keep it on "D". No problemo.

I Don't talk on cell phones while driving to avoid careless behavior..

Join the club. in manual I have pulled back(into second on a stick)instead of forward. Redlined it too. Doh

i dont think age has much to do with it - im 22. i just like to shift it from time to time. it's more exciting and gives more control. i hate when im on D, coming to a stop and the car upshifts pushing me forward a bit. sometimes you have to make a sudden stop and that upshift boost is a little scary...

i dont know, it was just on my mind. sometimes people try to act like they dont make mistakes, so i felt like this was one of those things people do and never really talk about.

UNKNOWN_370, i dont use the cell while driving, but the call came in while i was at a red light. do you follow the speed limit at all times too?

:rofl2:

If you like the ecitement & control, why did you get an AT?

Cause if we want to feel old and drive like the blue hairs, we can!:happydance:

I did that in my A/T 350Z several times.

:iagree: ;)

I did..several time before.:ugh2:

IMO using the paddles is easier:icon14:

because (in no particular order):

1. i felt like it and can
2. i had the extra cash
3. higher resale value
4. i like having options (it's stick when i want, it's auto when i want)
5. it's faster than the manual (oh snap. relax guys, it's not that serious)
6. traffic (i'm a business guy, i take a lot of calls, drive clients around, i dont have time to fiddle with stick shift all the time - see #4)
7. i have a lifetime warranty. dont have to worry about clutches.

i had a stick car and im over that little "phase" (im not saying it's a phase for everyone, it just was for me). these are MY reasons and i dont care what anyone else thinks about it because they were my hard-earned $35000. everyone is different.