Paddle Shifting Question

frost

There's no poon like "danger poon"

Trips

Your driving technique is reasonable if the Husbands chasing you down and is firing at you!

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frost

He's not chasing me to have a tickling contest, mate. The intentions are likely ill willed.

Trips

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theDreamer

Depends, you do teach that type of class.

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frost

At your school?

jakoye

My question about the paddles is "why have paddles at all"? Why don't these manual autos have regular manual stick shifts, just ones without a clutch pedal? It seems like it would be a more "natural" way to shift the car. Just doesn't seem like the steering stock paddles would feel right for shifting the tranny manually.

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rudi

You can use the stick to shift if that's what you prefer.

antman22

if you want the shift gates, why wouldnt you just get a manual car? you think a car company is going to make an automatic/manumatic with a six (or in this case seven) gate shifter plus reverse, neutral, and drive? a waste of time in my opinion. majority of folks that purchase an auto wont be using the paddles all the time either, so its not worth the extra effort. i for one have the auto and i usually have it in auto mode, engaging the manual mode when i want to downshift to get some extra revs for passing.

you also have to remember, this is an automatic/manumatic, not a manual. even when you're "manually" shifting it, its not like a DSG/ DCT/PDK dual clutch transmission on a gtr or porsche. when you flip a paddle on the Z, the computer and torque converter is still doing all the work, hence the lag you feel.