i went to some dealerships around Vegas today. Saw a really nice fixed up z. the salesman opens the car with the remote without me saying anything. I told him i already have one, just browsing.

Thinking this nice piece of art had it all. I asked him i can start the engine and hear the exhaust he had (Injen) and i tried pressing in the clutch and there was none. Then i looked at the shifter a second time, and it was in an odd, straight 12 o clock position, and then i found out it was an auto. Sure fooled me. For some reason, the car wasn't as nice anymore (IMO, sorry auto guys). It's just the fact that the car looked so exotic and nice..and here it has an automatic. Can't get the great feel and shifting of an manual.

The funny thing is the salesman laughed it as well. He said the guy traded his car in for a porsche cayman S though. And said it was definitely manual. It was more of an upscale places that sold european cars. All the salesman drove either nice sports cars or luxury sedans. I think he even thought i didn't have a z.

My question is..why do people do that? Is there a reason behind it? I think the auto shifter and console peice looks great on the z. No reason why you should cover it up. I know automatics don't get respect but who cares. I think putting a shift boot around something nice is just being a poser. If there was something really messed up and you wanted to cover that piece up, that's fine. But to make it look like a manual is just retarded.

 

to make it look like they have stick.

i know some fool who did it in his Z.

 

That's sad. The auto shifter and piece looks classy in the z. Looks odd with the boot in park. It's like me leaving my car in third gear.

 

My auto will smoke your bolt-ons... Mash n go at that, lol...

 

As you can see from my sig, I have a 6mt, but IMO a shift boot looks cleaner even on an auto. As long as the owner isn't doing it to pretend they have a manual, and just like the cleaner look, then its okay in my book.

 

lol. It might but not saying i don't like automatics. I just don't get the shift boot thing.


i guess i have a different opinion it. I think the auto looks great. Much more clean look. There is a Meguairs advertisement in one of my magazine with the interior of auto z..looks really classy.

 

+1

 

I find the P-R-N-D + - to be ugly and cheap looking. Adding a boot covers that ugly cheap looking plastic. I didn't do it to "look" like a manual. I just thought it added to the interior.

 

this is ugly and cheap looking?


so you would cover it with a leather boot? If you ever take a look at what's underneath a z with a manual, you'll see what ugly is and why there is a boot there.

 

because they wanna look like they drive a manual...no lame excuse like they "don't like the look of the autoshift-gate" or because they like the "sporty leather look"...it's poseur all the way!

 

Stock EVO X MR auto:


Stock Infiniti M45 Series auto:


Stock G37 Seden auto:


Stock G37 Coupe auto:


Etc. Some people just think Leather is nice.

 

Umm no I dont pretend like I drive a manual. You sir are just another manual transmission power hungry dude. It's cool. Thats your opinion. I already justified mine

 

shiftboots in an automatic car=ghey!sorry but for real its ghey!

 

big deal

 

But if you look at that, it still showing all of the (P, R, N, D, 2, 1) and the boot is only around the shift stick. You can do this to the z as well but people rather cover up the WHOLE piece. get what i'm saying?

 

Even though I drive an auto, I have to side with the manual guys on this one. If I could fit a boot on and still see the letters like Superblack said I would def do it though. I hate my shift know though, 03's suck because the **** is on the side That will get replaced but I will not put a boot on. I think is kind of poser too but to each his own

 

Perpetrators!!!!

 

ehhh...whatever floats ur boat