Sport mode question
 

If I am in the sport mode will the car still shift if I don't ? If I take it to redline and I don't shift will i hit the rev limiter or will the z shift on its own at this point ? I have a auto trans

You will get more responses if you put more info about your car, what is it MT or AT?

Obviously an MT car will not shift on its own so I assume you are AT...........

I don't have a AT so I can't help you :tiphat: :wtf2:

While we're on the subject...

7AT / Sport / Touring. If I use the paddle shifters, it only holds it for like 8 seconds before going back to Auto. Do I need use the lever & swap modes to get it to hold the gear? I've just never jacked with it... Using the paddle shifters seems pretty worthless since it won't hold the gear.

If you have it in the manual side on the AT7 it WILL NOT shift by itself. It will allow you take the car to the redline and that is it. It will bounce off the redline but it will not shift.

I remember doing this when I had my AT7 and was passing someone and forgot I was in the manual side.....:facepalm: .

The paddle shifters are really for the "manual" side of the AT7. Yeah you can use them in the auto side but I'm sure they are meant for that. It does take some getting use to in the manual side because you would assume that clicking it down would shift it up but it's the opposite. The down is down and the up is up.....gets a little interesting when you have above stock hp with the shifting.
Try it and drive it. I always had it in the manual side....seemed more fun.

Slide the shifter left. You will have uninterrupted control.

The 7AT will not upshift on its own when in Manual/Sport mode. In Manual mode, it will only downshift on its own. You will bump the engine's rev limiter if you don't manually upshift.

Thanks...that's what I need...uninterrupted control. :)

I'd just never played with it except for the paddles. Hold them until it goes to manual, but then you've got to keep shifting to keep it in manual.

You have that option if you want to quickly go into a manual mode while just cruising along in D. It can be useful. But I already keep my hand on the shifter anyway so it is just as easy to slide it over quick and pull down two or three times and bam!! Gone, b!tches! lol

Just get in the habit: every time you would normally move to D, slip it one to the left into M and leave it there. Keep both hands on the wheel and use the paddles full-time. It's the least-confusing mode, and gives you full control without worrying about the temporary-paddle-shifter timeout. You only have to go back to the shift knob to pop it into N at a stop, then back into M to go again. D is just an annoying spot on the shift controls you have to move through to get between M<->N :)

Why is pushing the stick forward for shifting up and pushing the stick back for shifting down confusing? I've heard this a few times now that this is confusing and it seems perfectly logical to me.

also why are you shifting an automatic into neutral when at a stop???

I read that too and was going huh, shift to neutral.... Why.... :confused:

The 7AT is the best.

It auto downshifts for you if you pull up to a stop sign, but will not shift into a higher gear.

If you want full access of the manual settings, the shifters gotta be pushed in manual.

If you want to pass someone on the freeway keep in automatic (D), downshift with the left paddle, and they will see your dust as you fly by. A few seconds later itll realize you aren't in manual on the shifter and will go back to auto (D).

Color me curious.

Yes do in lighten me and everyone why so you put it in N?

I believe you save some gas by throwing it into neutral when in auto and stopped.

I do it at long lights and when I am just sitting somewhere waiting for someone!

I was also told that throwing the car in neutral in an automatic going downhill to coast, isn't a good thing to do. I was doing it for awhile because the car would just coast forever and I never needed to use the gas pedal. Engine or something doesn't get properly lubricated.