Thought I would share this article reviewing the 2006 Z.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Vehi...184.A9377.html

 

Has nayone seen these new paint shades?

 

Nice article, thanks. Check the thread by Jason @ Performance for pics of the new colors.

 

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

 

I thought this guy had a clue until I read his review of the 5AT. My 5AT is very crisp shifting in manual mode and never shifts when it wants to in full auto mode. It shifts according to my right foot and acceleration. It's obvious that he did not drive the 5at properly. And 6 seconds to 0-60 ? My 5at does 0-60 in 5.4 to 5.5 seconds all day long. I claim BS to this reviewer. Not a thoro and good review IMHO.

Oh yeah, F him for labeling me a "poser". He doesn't know me

 

Yeah, the automatic review was the only part I questioned. I too have an auto and I don't see it taking 6 secs to get to 60mph.

 

i had a 5AT Z before my 6MT and I did feel kinda like a wannabe when using manual shift mode and really decided that keeping it in Drive mode overall seemed the fastest anyway. It wasn't slow though. Hell in more ways than not probably in daily traffic, it's probably faster than the 6MT. The 5AT would always downshift everytime you floored it. With the 6MT, I sometimes don't bother to downshift and just stay in the current gear and floor it which isn't as fast as putting in the effort to downshift

 

I guess the review is alright. The only thing I question is the part about the 5AT. The poser comment wasn't very professional and where did he get his 6.0 time from? Even 5.6 is slow for a skilled driver in either the 6MT or 5AT. So far, the only people I've found that say the 5AT isn't a crisp shifter are the ones that don't shift it right in manual mode. Shifting the 5AT in manual mode is opposite of what you would normally do in the 6MT. Shifting the 5AT like the 6MT will result in slow, sloppy shifts.

 

I thought that was a great review.

 

Hello Aggro

What is the proper way to shift in manual mode? Please explain

THX
Cesar
350z 5AT

 

Maybe the cpu hadn't adjusted to his driving style yet.

 

How is 5at 0-60 5.4 when 6mt is 5.4?

 

On the 5AT, when you upshift you want to have a constant or accelerating throttle in most cases. On the 6MT, you generally want to ease off of the throttle while clutch is disengaged and start accelerating while you are engaging the clutch. In the 5AT, if you ease up too much on the throttle while shifting, you will get a slow or delayed shift. Learning not to lift off of the throttle takes a little bit of learning. It took me about a week or two to learn not to lift off the throttle. Believe me, you'll catch yourself doing it unconciously for the first few weeks especially if you just came off of a standard transmission.

Downshifts are a little different because they are semi-managed. The computer will not let you stall or significantly overrev. If you are going to stall, the 5AT will automatically downshift for you. If your shift will cause you to go way over the rev limiter it may delay or cancel your shift. When you are stopped or going very slow the 5AT will default to first. Other than those conditions you can downshift anytime you want.

The 5AT is also driver and environmental adaptive. It is a learning transmission. The more you use it the more it becomes attuned to you. In the 6MT the driver tries to control the transmission. In the 5AT, the transmission becomes an extension of the driver.

 

Do a search and you'll see that the 6MT and the 5AT post about the same 0-60 times. Several people have posted times faster than 5.4 in both the 6MT and 5AT when stock. I'll even go so far as to say in the hands of most drivers the 5AT is faster than the 6MT because very few people posses the skill to consistently drive the 6MT properly (myself included).

 

agreed