ditto. i rarely turn the ect power off. i do use the shifters to slow down when i don't want to hit the brakes, ie, when cops are around, and i was driving a bit too fast..

 

Exactly what I do daily during the traffic...slowing down, saving breaks, holding the rpm to cut through cars...

 

Yes, it is obvious. Why this seems to escape everyone else, I haven't a clue.

 

sort of like the F1 box in the ferrari f430. without the lucscious packaging.

 

the paddle shifters would be a lot more useful if they werent so slow on the upshifts. however in city driving they are as useless as a manual is. just very very annoying in traffic.

 

I think it's the delay to when it begins to shift that bothers people vs. the time it takes for the tranny to complete it. You just have to anticipate it.

The tranny shifts pretty fast. As fast as any street car though a racing manual tranny is faster to shift.

 

Technically, no. The F1 box in the F430 is similar in respects to an SMG equipped car like an M5/M6 where there is only one clutch, and the computer just does the shifting.

The DSG has two clutches and because of this unique fact, can shift faster than a SMG. However, Ferrari has come a long way with their F1 transmissions and you'd probably be hard pressed to tell a real difference.

So basically, similar. Technically, not.

 

Well, leaving it in 6th requires you to tap the stupid thing several times to get it to 3rd or 2nd, which are the gears you'd likely want if you're gunning it. At that point, it's easier just to push the gear shift over to the right and at least start in 4th.

 

use only in 2 occasions.. while starting the car and need some real accerleartion.. use it to lock at gear 1 since I feel some power loss during changing gear 1 to gear 2..

to down shift 2 gear... say from 4 to 2 to act as kick down of padel as i used in older automatic cars.

never used gear to slow down the car since down shifting 1 step gear is much useless than using the break while down shifting 2 gear will push the rpm to 4000. don't wanna screw the gearbox as tires and breakpad are much cheaper to replace.

 

Huh?!? In manual mode, with 6th gear selected, the tranmission behaves exactly as it would if it were in Drive, the only exception being you can manually for a downshift.

 

Do any of you guys use the shifters for racing? I know that most of you said you only use it for reducing speed. Also, Overall do you guys like using them or no?

 

I can't vote in this poll because my choice is not there: Never

IMHO, I wish the paddles were not there. Its a feature I will never use. However, that being said, I can see how other folks may want them, and I am not one to deny choices to people! Perhaps making the paddle shifters an option on the sport package would make sense.

 

Ya thats what I do. once I get up to speed on the freeway I move the lever back to D and when I do need to accelerate I slap it over to S and that puts me in 4th. and if I REALLY want to accelerate then I slap it to S and then tap the left paddle too so it puts it in 3rd as fast as possible... It seems to be working ok...

Anyone know if the transmission can actually skip gears? when you are in 6th and slap it to S it "says" it goes into 4th... but does it go 6th, 5th then 4th or does it go 6th then 4th... I didnt think any auto transmission was able to skip gears at the moment... I know BMWs NEW transmission can... the one thats going to go into the 335Ci but what about our IS?

 

During my test drive, manual mode was too rough and slow imo. I will probably use it when merging into freeway and that's probably it.

 

If I want to go some, but don't need to floor it, I'll just use them to hold the gear and stay in the upper RPM (above 4k). Around turns, if I'm looking to accelerate, I use them there as well. Otherwise, I think the car does just fine in pwr mode for straight line speed.