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Originally Posted by Fixer
The idea of having the shifter more to the left and up a bit is spot on! My last car was a slightly modded 2000 MX5. The shifter fell literally to hand when I moved right hand off the wheel to grab a gear up or down. Really miss that. I'm used to the shifter in the Si now however. Strangely, I made the shifter further to reach by replacing the shift knob with a Voodoo brushed alu knob. Comptech SS kit makes the shifts a bit quicker however. About 3 weeks ago I had the most fortunate opportunity to drive a 430, as in Ferrari, with paddle shifters. Whoa buddy. I have paddle shifters on my computer gaming rig for driving sims but nothing compares to the real thing! I hope the next revision of the Si includes proper paddle shifters. Doesn't the Fit even had an option for that?
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I think we are still a few years from a true seqential gearbox. VAG's DSG, BMW's SMG and of course Ferrari's are the only non-slushbox seqentials that come to mind. I think Alpha Romeo has one too, but anyway... oh, Toyota had one available for the MR spyders and the Celica GT-S's.
The problem with consumer sequential transmissions is that the car isn't able to decide whether you want a quick or a slow soft shift. An automated sequential is capable of very fast, jarring shifts, not exactly what you want when you are pulling out of the grocery store parkinglot with a seat full of groceries The SMG's (IIRC) were adjustable, but you'd still have to play with it all the time depending on your driving mood, and the Toyotas were not adjustable and too slow.
Anyway.