No current gear indicator on non-sport?

edconline · 04-17-2014, 12:14 PM

So I was just on a 370Z FB page and I saw a picture of a 2010 6MT Touring 370Z gauge cluster and it didn't have the current gear indicator window. It blew me away, I'd never seen that before. Is it just the non-sport 6MT's that don't have this? I know the 6MT with SP all have it, as do the 7AT's cause in manual mode you would want to see the current gear.

Why would Nissan omit this on just non-sport 6MT's? Furthermore, they didn't advertise it as a feature of the sport package. All I remember being advertised was the bigger brakes, bigger/different Rays, tires, SRM, front chin spoiler and rear lip spoiler. I love the current gear indicator, never mind everything else. I would have spent the 4k for the sport package just for that indicator!

Just funny in 4 years of being on this forum, and seeing hundreds of Z photos, and thousands of posts, I didn't know this. NOW I must finally know everything about the Z! Lol

DR_ · 04-17-2014, 12:27 PM

The SRM has the sensors for the gear indicator on the manual Z. So with no SRM, no gear indicator.

kenchan · 04-17-2014, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DR_

The SRM has the sensors for the gear indicator on the manual Z. So with no SRM, no gear indicator.

lol yet another dummy cover.

edconline · 04-17-2014, 12:30 PM

That makes sense from a technical perspective now. I'm just surprised they didn't list it as something else you get, people wouldn't immediately know gaining SRM means you get that too. Cool.

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theDreamer · 04-17-2014, 12:32 PM

I think some of the early model 7AT did not have the gear indicator in manual mode, not 100% sure just remember seeing it somewhere.

SouthArk370Z · 04-17-2014, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

I think some of the early model 7AT did not have the gear indicator in manual mode, not 100% sure just remember seeing it somewhere.

You are correct. My '09 Touring 7AT just says "M" when in manual mode.

FPenvy · 04-17-2014, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

You are correct. My '09 Touring 7AT just says "M" when in manual mode.

my 7AT tells me what gear im in.

SouthArk370Z · 04-17-2014, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

my 7AT tells me what gear im in.

When was your '09 made (see sticker on left side door sill; top left corner of sticker)? Mine was born in June of '09.

FPenvy · 04-17-2014, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

When was your '09 made (see sticker on left side door sill; top left corner of sticker)? Mine was born in June of '09.

i can check when i'm done at work in a couple hours.

mine says "D" in drive

the gear # in when placed in manual mode.

and if i pull a paddle while in "D" it'll then change to the gear # with a little "M" next to it.

edconline · 04-17-2014, 12:34 PM

^Now that would be really weird, you'd be doing a lot of counting up and down while you drove lol.

Got_Z · 04-17-2014, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by edconline

^Now that would be really weird, you'd be doing a lot of counting up and down while you drove lol.

Not really... I never look at the gear indicator when I'm shifting. Right now I drive a 6MT. But in my old car I had DCT and I would never look at what gear I was on. I kind of judged down/up shifting based on Rpms. It's just a nice luxury feature for drivers IMHO

-M-

Elan · 04-18-2014, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Got_Z

Not really... I never look at the gear indicator when I'm shifting. Right now I drive a 6MT. But in my old car I had DCT and I would never look at what gear I was on. I kind of judged down/up shifting based on Rpms. It's just a nice luxury feature for drivers IMHO

-M-

That's kinda hard to with the 7AT which is what he was referring to, not the 6MT.

Haboob · 04-17-2014, 06:31 PM

We have a gear indicator on our 6MT?

TapaTalk for iPhone.

kenchan · 04-17-2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

We have a gear indicator on our 6MT?

TapaTalk for iPhone.

the last time i saw that like 5yrs ago, she did..

7speed · 04-18-2014, 11:16 AM

Yeah no gear indicator on non sychro rev manual, Nissan should have just thrown it in there. But yeah more of a novelty, I don't think I've ever not known what gear I was in.

But I'm curious why are you auto guys pretending to be manual..................

04-17-2014, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	No current gear indicator on non-sport? So I was just on a 370Z FB page and I saw a picture of a 2010 6MT Touring 370Z gauge cluster and it didn't have the current gear indicator window. It blew me away, I'd never seen that before. Is it just the non-sport 6MT's that don't have this? I know the 6MT with SP all have it, as do the 7AT's cause in manual mode you would want to see the current gear. Why would Nissan omit this on just non-sport 6MT's? Furthermore, they didn't advertise it as a feature of the sport package. All I remember being advertised was the bigger brakes, bigger/different Rays, tires, SRM, front chin spoiler and rear lip spoiler. I love the current gear indicator, never mind everything else. I would have spent the 4k for the sport package just for that indicator! Just funny in 4 years of being on this forum, and seeing hundreds of Z photos, and thousands of posts, I didn't know this. NOW I must finally know everything about the Z! Lol __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-17-2014, 12:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
DR_ Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 981 Drives: Touring/Sport M6 PG Rep Power: 17	The SRM has the sensors for the gear indicator on the manual Z. So with no SRM, no gear indicator. edconline and shadoquad like this.

04-17-2014, 12:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	That makes sense from a technical perspective now. I'm just surprised they didn't list it as something else you get, people wouldn't immediately know gaining SRM means you get that too. Cool. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-17-2014, 12:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4211	I think some of the early model 7AT did not have the gear indicator in manual mode, not 100% sure just remember seeing it somewhere. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

04-17-2014, 12:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	^Now that would be really weird, you'd be doing a lot of counting up and down while you drove lol. __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-17-2014, 06:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
Haboob A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Surface of the sun. Posts: 13,159 Drives: '18 GTI Autobahn DSG Rep Power: 1387	No current gear indicator on non-sport? We have a gear indicator on our 6MT? TapaTalk for iPhone.

04-18-2014, 11:16 AM	#15 (permalink)
7speed Track Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Dallas Posts: 697 Drives: 09 370 sports clone Rep Power: 14	Yeah no gear indicator on non sychro rev manual, Nissan should have just thrown it in there. But yeah more of a novelty, I don't think I've ever not known what gear I was in. But I'm curious why are you auto guys pretending to be manual.................. __________________ 09 370z 6spd traded 1/12/15 for 15 Challenger RT 6spd

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