It takes a few seconds for the auto to downshift to the proper gear?!?!?!

 

I understand that maybe you just got the IS to relax in. Its a great car for that as well but if you don't race your IS or don't even like to have it move on the roads then why add a LMS intake then?

 

Floor it in a straight line - and let me know if your paddle shifting is better than the auto....

 

I'm on my 9th car and this is only the 2nd automatic I've owned. The 1st one was a long time ago....
Basically, I think it's the closest thing to a manual without actually being a manual. It's certainly not the perfection of BMW's SMG but for now it'll have to do. I do think for acceleration it's actually better as the auto can't ever miss a shift. A bit of a breakstand and a manual's jump isn't that much better either....

 

The only reason why i would floor it in a stright line is if i am racing...but you don't do that..

 

another thing is when you are going fast and want to down shift and enter a corner hard. i don't care if you are in the IS or the bmw, you need to brake, and only if it's slower than certain speed, it will down shift. but using the padel shift you can force the car into 2nd gear and high rev and enter the corner with speed and able to exit in 2nd gear

the bmw can't do that (automatically). i have driven it, tis' just another automatic (unless you hard shift it)

 

Hey all:

I know I'm new here, so my opinions and questions mean exactly diddly, but could someone address the original question posited here? I'd love to be able to switch the shifter's "direction" too - meaning I want the downshift to occur with a forward motion of the shifter and vice versa for an upshift. Yes, just like on my wife's BMW. It's just more intuitive... I imagine that this would be modifiable by either an electric/electronic connection or a software modification.

Any ideas?

Dok Henz

 

on either the BMW or Mercedes you actually move the shifter to the right or left to shift instead of up and down

On F1 cars I believe they pull it down/back to shift up

 

You're right - I don't race others in this car - but I like to launch from a light! Telling me you never did that? c'mon....

 

You've driven the new M5? It DOES do that, especially in full power mode.

 

interesting--many car magazine reviewers criticize BMW for doing it the "other" way, opposite of other car makers.

 

The commonly accepted setup is foward for downshifts and back for upshifts. It's been that way on every sequential manual race car since they were invented. Why certain manufacturers feel the need to reverse that is beyond me.

 

if you remove the center console piece, you will find wire connectors--may be someone can try switching a couple of wires, if this is really that big a deal.

 

I don't think there is any rationale for doing it one way vs the other, just as some manufacturer put the manual 6th gear to the right/rear, while others left/forward--it's whatever the manufacturer feels like. Like all swithes, you eventually get used to it, unless it's WAY out of reach. Saab still puts ignition on the center console, and Porsche to the left of the steering wheel. To each its own...

 

Saab is just retarded. Porsche at least has some racing history behind the key being on the left