2004 Automatic Z's have that nice shifter you always wanted
 

it looks like it'd rest a lot more comfortably in my hand (ive driven my friends auto touring, and the shifter just feels awkward). is there a button on it to shift, or do you push the whole thing down or what?

edit: eh... the more i look at it i dont like it, it looks really unnecessarily tall and big like most other autos..... maybe it can be shortened?

there is a button in the front. the height seems about right and the knob fits nicely in the hand. my only complaint is that when you shift it into the manual mode it is angled uncomfortably to the right.

gary

Looks exactly like a g35 shifter.

I like my shifter better. Has more leather all around. It looks longer?

wat else did they change??

anyway..im sensing that the 2005's will have a body change

not tht they need it....maybe a factory front spoiler

or a diff wing

who knows


better not be nicer than the 2003s:D

thank god for mods

and by the way...the shifter isnt nicer

an a/t is an a/t....u want something diff go for m/t

i have an a/t so dont think im hating

I wonder if they've improved the Bose radio since it looks to be a darker color now.;)

the picture looks fake? look at the 3 guage pods

Are you saying it's fake? It looks right to me. The shifter looks just like the one on my 04 automatic.

No I am not saying its fake, but the picture looks weird. It may be the bright flash.

I like that a/t shifter. I still like the m/t one ALOT more, its looks, and feels great!

I like the 2004 A/T shifter. Would there be anyway that you can change from the 2003 to the 2004 shifter?Any idea on how much it would cost?

I sat in an '04 auto and felt the shifter.... it's quite a bit thinner and skinnier than the '03. It feels like a cheap POS in my opinion. I'm sticking with the '03 shifter.

So the bigger the better? And Dodge Caravan shifter is the best?
:D

I'll change without thinking to the '04. Where we can buy it?

where can you buy it?? umm..... I'm gonna go out on a limb here but.......probably Nissan

could somebody post a pic of an 03 shifter for comparison? i have a manual so I really have no clue what the fuss is about.

What I'll never understand is why all these manumatics have the shifting reversed from how it should intuitively be. What I mean is that the upshift should be a pull-back motion, since the car is squating with inertia. The down shift should be a push forward motion, since the body is thrown forward on braking anyway. Isn't that how the open wheel race car sequential shifters work?

average americans prolly wouldnt be able to comprehend "down" for upshift and "up" for downshift. it makes logical sense in terms of driving, but i can just picture lots and lots of people accidentally downshifting when they want to upshift and vice versa. if you look at any arcade racing game that uses a non-H shifter (meaning just up and down) its always ALWAYS towards you to upshift, and away to downshift.

I think it's quite possible to switch. One guy here on the forum installed buttons on the wheel and linked it to shifter mechanism. Just to switch switches will be much easier.

Also I wish I can get someday a nice aluminum brushed shift gate with *small* P,R,N,D + - itched in metal, instead of that ugly plastic with HUGE ugly letters so every grandma can see what she's doing.