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Originally Posted by burntz Anyone else get annoyed by the self shifting? I'll occasionally try to engine brake a bit when coming up to a red light, press the downshift

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Old 03-10-2016, 10:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Anyone else get annoyed by the self shifting? I'll occasionally try to engine brake a bit when coming up to a red light, press the downshift paddle D -> 5, down 5 -> 4 (this is at 35ish so not revving it too high or bogging it down) and it will go back to 5; please just do what I tell it to do... /mini rant

Next time you take it out just put it in M and drive the whole trip with the paddles, I try to do this every week or so to stay in practice, every now and then you'll be saying "what's wrong?" as you are traveling at 50mph over revving in 3rd but it won't let you blow it up at normal road pace , " oh yeah" *shift*...
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The paddles work in automatic mode (stick in D to the right ) so you can change gears when you want, the indicator in the dash goes from D to whatever # gear your in and reverts back to D if you don't use a paddle again after ~10-15 seconds BUT ( the annoying to me part) it still (not rarely enough) does some gear selection while it knows you are giving it directions thru the paddle shifters by re upshifting just after I tell it to downshift (when throttle off coasting to stop) or rarely (but extra annoyingly) if it and you both decide to upshift it will skip up 2 gears in one go

still, 90+% of the time I don't regret going MT 350Z to AT 370Z.
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The paddles work in automatic mode (stick in D to the right ) so you can change gears when you want, the indicator in the dash goes from D to whatever # gear your in and reverts back to D if you don't use a paddle again after ~10-15 seconds BUT ( the annoying to me part) it still (not rarely enough) does some gear selection while it knows you are giving it directions thru the paddle shifters by re upshifting just after I tell it to downshift (when throttle off coasting to stop) or rarely (but extra annoyingly) if it and you both decide to upshift it will skip up 2 gears in one go

still, 90+% of the time I don't regret going MT 350Z to AT 370Z.
It's just about as easy to click the shifter over to manual and select the gear you want for engine braking and then you don't have to worry about errant upshifts!
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It's just about as easy to click the shifter over to manual and select the gear you want for engine braking and then you don't have to worry about errant upshifts!



i only use manual mode on mine.
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It will also downshift more than one gear, if you are in drive and floor it to overtake , pulling the downshift paddle twice makes it jump to the lowest possible gear ie from 5th to 3rd
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It will also downshift more than one gear, if you are in drive and floor it to overtake , pulling the downshift paddle twice makes it jump to the lowest possible gear ie from 5th to 3rd
... I don't think so...

If you're going to hammer it to overtake, flooring the pedal will give you the quickest change from whatever gear you're in to the lowest gear possible.

If you're shifting down to prepare for the overtake mentioned above, I personally move the shifter over and downshift in anticipation...
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I coast in 2nd, before I stop/stall I toss into neutral and then let my front in crash into the person infront of me so I come to an abrupt stop.
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I coast in 2nd, before I stop/stall I toss into neutral and then let my front in crash into the person infront of me so I come to an abrupt stop.
You don't want to waste brakes, those things are expensive.
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I coast in 2nd, before I stop/stall I toss into neutral and then let my front in crash into the person infront of me so I come to an abrupt stop.
I try this in my wife's new subura with"eyesight" and it won't let me hit anything, very annoying, it also won't let me tailgate people who pull out in front of me and go slow, might as well get a self driving Google car and put a new ford movie screen windshield in...
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OK, now do you use ...
The console more
Or the paddles more?
I seem to prefer the console shifter a bit more

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OK, now do you use ...
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daily driving = stick
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If you are in Drive at highway speeds (6 or 7), switching to M will put you in 5th. I use this all the time for passing slowpokes.

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Mostly manual mode and i use the paddles. I feel slower and lethargic when i drive in D on the street and canyons
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I do a combination of leaving the car in D and use my paddles when I'm flogging. My transmission is El Slippy after running 100hp of nitrous from 4th to 5th. I pretty much expected my transmission to break but it hasn't yet. I'm getting a Level 10 1000hp transmission, TQ converter, and valve body upgrade coming up next week (possible tomorrow). I'm looking forward to pairing the new L10 goodies with my AAG flexplate.

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I do a combination of leaving the car in D and use my paddles when I'm flogging. My transmission is El Slippy after running 100hp of nitrous from 4th to 5th. I pretty much expected my transmission to break but it hasn't yet. I'm getting a Level 10 1000hp transmission, TQ converter, and valve body upgrade coming up next week (possible tomorrow). I'm looking forward to pairing the new L10 goodies with my AAG flexplate.

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It's been a long winter of buying.
Your car is on a lift?
And your gears are slipping? Or not slipping? Lol
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