Always ON for me.

lol for daily drive u try to heel and toe? lol?

I leave it on. I like how it revs if I downshift coming to a light next to people :) It's also good for when you are getting used to the shifter, you know right away if you're going into the wrong gear (i.e. from 5th to 2nd instead of 5th to 4th) because it will rev immediately as the sensors see you go into that gear.

You can turn it on or off by holding the button down. The button reads "S-MODE" and passengers will say "what's that!" and you have to tell them the boring truth that it doesn't automatically lower the car and turn rocket boosters on :shakes head:

Mine stays on all the time :tup:

Sync rev I leave on most of the time. I still like to heel toe it just to not get rusty. Surprisingly I can go from one mode to another without any problem.

VDC I prefer off, as I trigger it without any need in my opinion. I turn it off and it constantly lights up anyway, and I think what on earth it is trying to save me from. I am hoping the new sways fix this.

Mine's on all the time. It's a little weird at first but I think it's a great feature. It's trained me not to wiggle the shifter a lot, which I sometimes do when I put it in neutral to slow down or something. To keep it from revving when coming to stops at a light, I just leave it in gear with the clutch in until i'm slow enough that it doesn't really rev anymore. I gotta admit though, I like hearing the revs hehe

I heel toe everyday! Is that wrong:icon14:? Nothing like a good, loud blip to make me smile and wake up the drivers next to me, passers by, small woodland creatures, etc.

SRM is always on for me. Love that feature. Used to heel toe in my old car but I'm just too lazy now (getting older haha)

I am in agreement with the Professor. Why even have a manual transmission if you don't heel-toe?

Syncro-rev is interesting though. It is, however, more of a parlor trick than useful.

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i dont try, i do heel and toe my honda fit during the commute. like i mentioned earlier, if you cant heel and toe, you cant 'drive' MT.

SRM-always on for me
 

I have tried driving with and without the SRM. It kind of annoyed me at first, but then I learned to work with it and have just left it on. It seems to help smooth shifts up and down. I really find it useful when charging hard into a curve and need a quick downshift. Love it in the mountains!

Do you have SRM? Have you EVER driven your car near its potential? I can promise you that SRM on will yield better times for most drivers out there (except the 1% of pros who just make one turn and know EXACTLY how the car is going to react to all their inputs) - as in - picture this - brake from 120 -> 30 going into turn 11 @ infineon - one mis-blip on your end = into a wall or facing traffic --- now does that mean everyone w/out SRM is bound to be a shitty driver in these circumstances? No.

SRM is like Dual Clutch gear boxes - initially you have the folks who just refuse to try it just cus its "new" and "takes away from driving" ... but look today at how many cars are coming out w/ Low end dual clutch cars for 30k - Times are a-changing and those who refuse to evolve will have the pleasure of facing Darwin's wrath - or in this case the rear end of a faster car...

the only time i hate SRM is when i mis-shift during an up shift while gently pushing the gear into the wrong gate at an angle. the rpm blips anyway and so i need to pause for a moment before making my 2nd attempt where as my other MT would just lock me out of that gate.

its my fault that i dont drive the Z as much as i want, but that's the only downside ive felt about SRM.

Okay, ignorant question if you gents may entertain.

Downshifting to stop? to me it seems like it is just easier to pop into neutral and use the brakes... what are the advantages and disadvantages of downshifting to stop?

I pop into neutral and use the brakes also. Going downhill would be easier on the brakes to downshift and engine brake but you also run the risk of stupid people behind you that need to see your brake lights on to know that you're slowing down.

For regular stops I don't think it's worth it to put more wear on the engine but that's just my opinion.