6MT vs. 7AT 370z

Alexus · 01-01-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

If half a second delay between shifts is acceptable to you because you spend 90% of the time putting around town, then get the 7AT. It's my opinion that people who get the 7AT Z would be happier with a G.... If you get the less comfy, less luxurious car, it's because you want to drive it like its meant to be driven. If Nissan had offered the GT-R's transmission in the Z, I would have gotten it hands down, but the fact of the matter is that the 7AT is just a slushbox automatic with "steptronic".

Actually it's something like a .1 second delay. Just face the hard, cold reality of things: that transmission will shift faster than any human being can possibly shift, ever. I live in an urban environment and I commute every day and I plan on making my 370Z a daily driver so I am definitely getting the 7AT.

RCZ · 01-01-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexus

Actually it's something like a .1 second delay. Just face the hard, cold reality of things: that transmission will shift faster than any human being can possibly shift, ever.

Look at what every single magazine review said. It is NOT .1s....thats would be 100ms. Ferrari F430 Scuderia shifts in 60ms. Formula one car shifts in 30ms. GT-R shifts in like 80ms. Youre telling me the 370Z automatic comes close to that haha, youre kidding me...

The cold reality of things is that this isnt a DCT or a PDK or a Sequential Ferrari transmission. Its a plain old automatic transmission.

If they had put a proper transmission on it like the DCT from the GT-R, then I'd say yes, its faster and I would no doubt get it.

I live in a big city as well, one with bad traffic every day of the week and this will be my daily driver as well.