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I've never tried the multi-click downshift. I will have to check it out once it stops raining here.

Oh man you gotta try it! click, click, click and then wait, wait, wait, GO its wonderful

Should be more like: click, click, click, wa..GO!. You may have to play with the timing of stomping on the throttle. I suspect the mechanism in play here (and in a lot of situations with our trans where people report different results) is that the gas pedal (well, engine speed? torque convertor loading?) indirectly affects line pressure and shift speed. I've gotten into a groove where I know when to stomp the pedal, but I'd imagine there could be pretty big variance if you do it too early or too late.

I'm excited now :excited:

So click-click-click then stomp the gas?

I don't know the timing off-hand, it's kind of just done by memory. I think I push the gas down while clicking. I'll try to pay attention next time I drive :)

I just wish
our cars had "click" when you press the gas pedal all the way down.
I used to love that.. :(

This is the "Kick-Down switch",most German cars got it,our Gas pedal is made by Bosch[same Mfg as most German cars],why Nissan don't get those used by the German cars.???

Chan Chee Hoe- hey thx for the actual name of it :)
u know my dad's 2010 Altima 2.5 has that.
that "kick-down switch" is actually very useful!

The best German car that have the gas pedal kick down switch are the BMW's,the last 15% of the travel is the switch,making it very nice to drive.

Mechanical kick down is a thing of the past. Modern cars are all drive by wire, the ECU will look at throttle pedal position and throttle pedal movement (how quickly you stab the pedal) to determine whether to kick down a gear and how many gears to kick down.

Latest BMW[or most German cars] still got kick down switch in the gas pedal....of course they are all "Drive by wire"[Electronic Gas Pedal].

i can't recall usually i'm to busy watching the road....
but i believe it's click,click.click stomp. all four steps in around 1 to 2 seconds

It works beautifully :D

Haven't gotten a chance to try it on an open highway though.

Its weird but I never experiences this delay... even in highway! maybe because the highway in my country are shorts and the car doesn't "adapt" enough. it downshifts pretty quick...

i tried this 6th to 3rd downshift after reading this thread. There was a little lag the few times I tried it, but it seemed the important thing was to let the trans shift completly before flooring it. I felt like the trans downshifted just as quickly as I could have downshifted in a manual.