Those with AT, what do you use for MT mode?
 

So this is for the people with the AT.

when you put it into MT what do you use to shift?


I personally use the stick itself. I guess its because of it being a stick instead of pedals on the steering wheel.

Just for fun the stick, but if Im "passing" ;)someone then the paddles as I think they shift faster. I cant confirm this but it just seems like it plus I can still have both hands on the wheel.

If I put it in Manual mode (which is, sadly, hardly ever..) I use the stick itself. I've only used the paddle shifters to show someone how they work.. For whatever reason I never drive with both hands on my wheel...even though I have tried. It seems like even when I'm just cruising around in Automatic, I have one hand on that gear shifter thing...I guess its a throwback to my stick shift days or maybe I "think" it makes me look faster when I'm driving it :)

yea I do the hand on the stick cruising thing too but anytime Im "Passing" somone I like boths hands on the wheel for control.

i prefer the stick shifter

I like the little click the stick makes when you shift. sounds kinda MTish.

I tend to drive with my right hand on the stick while steering with the left like I used to with the megane. good old days.

I would use the pedals if they were bigger. upshifting is no problem with downshifting with it feels odd. if they were bigger I could just use them with my steering position but I have to slightly drop my hands to use them. I know I can use my little finger but it just feel uncomfortable

I use the stick itself most times. I prefer the paddles but as a woman with smaller hands, it can be a reach to actually get to them.

Between this and the fact that the steering wheel doesn't telescope (women tend to have longer legs and shorter arms than men), I'm not sure it ever occured to Nissan that a woman might buy this car.

I love the exhaust sound when I downsift, especially from 4th to 3rd and 3rd to 2nd.

oh yes I love when im a traffic jam and I have to downshift from 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st. my friend always moans whenever the engine roars because of the downshift :roflpuke2:

I use both, but these days I primarily use the paddles.

Yeah me 2, I can count the amount of times on 1 hand that I have used the paddles.

I have used both from time to time, at the track at least the 1/4 mile part i use the paddles it just feels like it's faster. But just cruising i also do the one hand on the wheel and the other on the stick shifter. I like the fact that there is no need to put it in to MT mode to use to paddles just hit it and go shifting up or down.

Hate the stick, paddles only! With intakes, HFCs, and exhaust, downshifting with the AT in this car is the best consolation prize ever for not speeding!

Paddles Baby!!

I don't think I have mastered the art of the manual downshifting with this car yet..which is strange, because I've driven manuals off and on since the 80s'..but it seems like whenever I try to do the manual downshifting thing ..It ends up giving me this big ole engine roar and then the other people in the cars around me just turn around and look over at me and I feel like they probably think I accidentally mis-shifted into neutral. I assume I'm downshifting too soon (RPMS too high) but I try to watch that and it still does it. So now I just shift up and tend to forget about downshifting manually and just let the car do it for me. I'm getting old.

This is something I just learned about 2 weeks ago, reading on this forum. I like that too!

its odd.

if I want to downshift without it going ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

I have to slow down untill 1600-1800 rpms BUT

if I am too slow it automatically downshifts and then it does a double downshift so from 3rd to 1st

which is very ROAR.

Yes..I get that double downshift a LOT..which is why I think I'm just not very talented at "automatic" manual shifting LOL! I did better in the 6MT! ;)

When I do it, I use the paddles, Its also the only time both hands are on the wheel.

if i had the AT, i would use the paddles for downshifting while going straight, but use the shifter if i have to turn.

Thanks! i'd hate to know what your doing with the right hand while it's in D.. :bowrofl::roflpuke2:

Stick. Paddles I hardly ever use.

I like the paddles. Took a while to get used to them, but they are pretty damn fun.

I don't have the AT but I would probably use the paddles. I mostly drive with both hands on the wheel, I feel more connected that way :icon17:. And I pretend everyday is a circuit race so I sit and drive like I'm racing :driving: (without speeding of course).

Unlike everyone else, I like the paddles. It's a different feeling, and it seems quicker than the shifter. But I alternate them both. I mainly drive in D tho

you know it would be nice if we could see the gear numbers while in D like the GT-R does

I think the question I have for you is, You're european and drive an auto? your friends must have a field day with you.

ok Im probably weird but I carried this over from my 2008 GTI that had DSG. Gears 1, 3, 5, and 7 I shift with the paddles. Gears 2, 4, and 6 I shift with the stick. When at rest or cruising my hand rests on the shift knob. :)

now thats just confusing bud.

:iagree:

I use manual all the time with the paddles. Never used the stick in manual, I think if I did, I would use it like a stick shift and break it off trying to go through the H pattern.:bowrofl:

I should be so old!

I dont get that at all, I had the Audi TT with dsg and never thought of doing that. Does the GTI have the sport mode too? When I got the transmission chip sport mode was a blast and I hardly ever used the paddles or stick.

There really is no purpose in it, I just like to keep my hands switching positions. :P and Yes the GTI had a sport mode as well. The one thing I hate about the auto Z is that the shifter is so ugly, I think that's the other reason I rest my hand on it alot. So nobody can see how ugly it is.

For spirited straight line driving or highway overtaking I always use the paddles, it helps that you don't actually need to put it into manual mode to use them. Being able to have both hands on the wheel while paddle shifting is a plus.

On the rare occasion when I use manual mode around bending town streets I would use the shifter, only because the paddles are not actually connected to the steering wheel itself, therefore the paddles remain stationary when turning and you can't always comfortably reach them. Unless of course you always downshift to the appropriate gear before approaching a bend, so it wouldn't really matter.

When just cruising I'm always in "D"

no.. not really :roflpuke2:

lies, everyone knows europeans dont drive auto, those that do are exiled to ethiopia.

Back on Topic!

we don't hate AT but its just that you can hardly get a clio or ka in AT