It's sad that my Outback rental has a far better manumatic mode than my G35 - Page 2 - G35Driver

Mar 9, 2005 | 03:07 PM

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Hyde

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Originally Posted by G35Alex

I 2nd that motion...I thought that G's shifting was a lot more "on-point" and didn't hesitate like the GT's....plus, ouch the pain of getting in and out of the Legacy, but that's a whole another thread on that subject...

its just the boost pushing the RPM so quickly that the computer is too slow to respond to the shifting. thats why the NA legacy responded so much better with the shifting as the engine dosnt go that fast.

i find it really hard to drive these large single turbo subarus with 5AT

Mar 9, 2005 | 04:27 PM

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lawboy05

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From: Houston

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Originally Posted by BobbyG123

Why is it sad that Subaru (may) have a better manu-matic than the Infiniti? Subaru has been a elite rally car performer, and top notch AWD manufacturer for decades. They may not have the "bling-bling" that Infiniti, BMW, Acura, Audi, ect. do, but their cars are well engineered.

Frankly, if I were in the market for an AWD car/small suv, Subaru is about the only make I would consider. Sorry G-35x drivers, but I would have saved the dough and purchased either a Legacy sedan or an Outback. Just my opinion.

YUK....then you have to drive a Subaru.

Mar 10, 2005 | 05:24 PM

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From: Philly

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The 2003 always starts
out in fourth gear, does not downshift at a stop and does not hold the
selected gear.

Yes the 05 loaner was nice but I am used to shifting down myself by now anyway so I was saying to myself that I can live without the 05 and the extra weight.

The tranny IS actually downshifting but the indicator is just showing you the highest gear selection. It sucks but if you do it yourself you get used to it. When I drive an 05 or my fiance's car I forget to upshift sometimes and overrev. At this point I sort of enjoy the fact that if I don't manually shift down to 1, then it will shift up for me from a stop without me letting the engine rev to 6000 before I remember to shift.