SRM: Nissan's View, Failure to Change the Industry

Red370

I dont really see a need for it, people, including myself, have been throttle blipping for years and its really a thoughtless maneuver, SRM is kind of unnecessary.

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theDreamer

But how is it unneccasry? It helps eliminate you from havinng to think about one thing, the system does it for you, and then you can improve on more important matters while driving/racing. Have you truly driven a Z with SRM for more than a test drive? When I test drove the 370z I thought, "Meh, probably will turn this off after awhile," but after a week or two it grew on me and I love it now.

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Red370

I dont think when I downshift, its muscle memory, clutch in, blip, release, that simple. I dont feel that I need a computer to blip the throttle for me and I think alot of people in the automotive world feel the same way. Cool feature? sure, necessary for people that have been driving manual transmissions their whole life without it? definitely not. This is why copycats havent emerged, its not imperative to have.

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theDreamer

Or because companies view the manual as "end of life" and feel they do not need to invest in new technology and are moving forward with trying to get better automatics. I could bet anything that if SRM was first put into a Porsche (manual) that companies would be scrambling like mad to copy it.

Why do I say that? Because if a company like Porsche views the need to push technology in manual farther then others will follow, but Porsche and others are working on double clutch and other automatic technologies.

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antennahead

Same here. I think it's a cool technology, but I have been driving manuals since the early 70's. I am so used to doing it myself that I keep mine turned off as well.

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370Zsteve

You don't think you can shift faster and more efficiently if you eliminate "blip" from this sequence: clutch in, blip, release?

You also don't feel the need for a computer to help you, yet computers are doing about 10000 things per second while you are driving.

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Red370

I never said that I didnt think it was a great technology, its just not for me.

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Dwight Frye

I agree. It's a cool feature and works as designed but for daily driving I leave mine off. And when I go for a spirited mountain drive and switch it on, I end up fighting it because my muscle memory and habits are so ingrained after driving a stick shift starting off road in a Meyers Manx dune buggy in 1968 that I have to consciously not blip the throttle or double clutch.