Inverted manual shift knob (+/-) : Does it annoy you?

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04-02-14, 07:34 AM

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redcupr

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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen

why does it even matter when the paddles (which are the correct configuration) are much better to use?

Correct! Keep your hands on the wheel, not on the shifter, not on your phone, not on your latte.

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04-02-14, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by keyframe13

If this is a standard from racing cars and was imported in the street cars why all the majority of manufactures did it the opposite.

Probably to keep it real simple for people who have never driven a transmission that was shiftable, to most people pushing it forward would mean "go faster" so "shift up" and vise versa. In all reality they probably should have just made it a straight auto with a paddle shift option because 99% of people buying these aren't doing anything but driving in D anyways.

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04-03-14, 06:48 AM

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Bass Mech

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doesn't bother me at all, as a private pilot every aircraft made has the throttle (or power setting) so that all the way forward is full power.
so upshifting by pushing forward seems natural to me, i don't even need to think about it.