Nissan could have avoided all of this if they just did what Honda did with the S2000.

stopped making it?........

There's a new Honda s2000 coming out... I'm sure you'll buy one in an automatic!

Thank you.

Oh you know I do!! :yum: :yum:

I drove Pintsize's 7AT a few months ago when I was picking it up from a shop for her. It was a reminder that the paddle shifters in the Z really are fantastic. What bothered me the most was the throttle lag (not shift lag), which can be fixed with a tune.

i'd rather have a mt but with my right shoulder condition i had to go with the auto... i'm really impressed with it

Why?

Riding a Harley-Davidson ruins the fun of motorcycling.:owned:

Always wanting to start ****.

This dead horse has been beaten so many times. :gtfo2:

While I got the 6mt in my Z, the AT paddles on the Z are great! They're large and in a fixed position.

Try finding the small paddles on my GTI when the steering wheel is slighty turned. :mad:

:iagree:

Riding a Harley is boring to begin with. Use a better metaphor next time

Analogy

New member here who has never owned a car with an AT... until I bought my '09 Touring several weeks ago.

Since I can only own one car (at least until my daughter graduates college), I thought I was "settling" on the 7-speed. I was wrong. The tranny changes gears plenty fast and, although, I do, at times, miss rowing gears manually, I have only one complaint - the paddle shifters don't rotate with the steering wheel. Other than that, it shifts hard and it shifts quickly. Does the AT shift at light speed? No, but for the money, I'll put it up against anything.

For twisty roads: you'll get used to finding the paddle shifters after a little seat time. For launches: turn VDC off, place your left foot on the brake, and find the right RPM for your Z.

Soon or late more and more cars will not come with MT, I think it is cool and great to drive a 70s or 80s classic like a Porsche 911 or whatever else people like and shift through the gears and all, but as cars get faster, heavier, and more complex is seems silly to be shifting gears, especially when some cars have some sick sequential transmission that can shift like F1 cars.

Porsche 911 Turbo and GT3 no longer come in Manual, Nissan GTR is a good example, and of course all the exotic cars only have sequential gear box as the only choice.

the lexus ones are absolute garbage compared to nissan's. it's not really the paddles it's the programming and the transmission

no exotics come with sequential boxes. those are only used for race cars. exotics come with dual clutch transmissions or very fast shifting automated single clutches.

Lol, troll makes a new account with 1 post to stir up some shift and it goes 4 pages. Classic.

If it shifted like the dual clutch on the Veloceter you might not say that... :eekdance:

What were we talking about? :icon17:

Simile, actually, I think... :tup:

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I agree but not a Harley lol

Well the autos will bark 2nd gear and chirp 3rd just like the manuals so paddle shifters are very fun to use once you figure them out. They shift instantly and hard while on the throttle just like the shift kits back in the day.

Using "like" or "as" = simile :tiphat:

I just found out today the new tlx has a 9 speed DCT. Honda is coming up in the world now. Also I would put money on the next gen Z will have either a sequential tranny or a DCT with no option for a man tranny. Another reason to keep my Z.

Yeah, it's an interesting transmission. It's a DCT with a torque converter (presumably to help at low speeds). Right now I think it's only paired to the 4cyl.

I can definitely say that I miss the 6 speed a lot. I bought the seven speed auto just because I thought I was tired of manual cars. But after a few weeks I did miss it. Dont get me wrong I track my auto and it is fast the paddle shifters work great and I can spin the wheels in 2 and 3rd gear no problem but I miss the third petal. I know that the stick shift days are numbered with the DCT being favored by many European, and Asian car manufactures. I guess we can still look forward to American Muscle.

My next car will probably be a flappy-paddle box, as long as it's DCT. None of this torque converter stuff.


I guess that leaves the C63 AMG out. :(

A sequential transmission with paddles on the steering wheel and a clutch pedal on the floor would be awesome.:tup: I've been wanting something like that in a car ever since I started riding motorcycles.

My bad.

is that tlx RWD or AWD or FWD (foot wheel drive)... :ugh:

Another reason I got the AT is the accelerator on the 370Z sucks. The 350Zs I had were much better and they were manual transmissions. When I test drove the 370Z I felt it was too much effort to drive smoothly. I don't know why they now have the accelerator pivot on the floor. This my biggest complaint with the 370Z. It is much better than the 350 in every other way.

I love the way it's floor mounted. I hate the more traditional way, feels so unnatural.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. It is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using either "like" or "as". It is not to be mistaken with a simile which does use "like" or "as" in comparisons. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.

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floor mounted is awesome for pretty much everything except a little harder to heel-toe.........but no need when you got the BETTER 7AT option.

:tiphat:

*No need when you have SRM.

Not a matter of AT/MT. Unless you went without the sport package on your MT.

you just use the side of your foot to heel toe organ pedals. no biggie.

So this is manual vs auto thread number ??,000,000,000. Right?