Paddle Shifter? - Toyota Yaris Forums

spkrman · 01-26-2007, 03:42 PM

Auto is electronically controlled... perhaps an easy candidate for a paddle shifter?

Not sure how useful it would be, but it would be a fun mod :)

St_G · 01-26-2007, 04:25 PM

After test driving the Fit, the idea of paddle shifters became a lot less interesting to me.

Blenjar · 01-26-2007, 04:32 PM

So you are saying it gets boring fast?

-- Blen

spkrman · 01-26-2007, 04:44 PM

just wondering if this would be an "easy" mod, would be pretty cool.

St_G · 01-26-2007, 05:16 PM

It's no more exciting or useful than forcing downshifts for passing or turns with an automatic on the floor. You've got more control over when to upshift, but that's not really that big a deal unless you're trying to hold on to a gear for straight-line acceleration. And if you're doing that, you're driving the wrong car.

Just my opinion, obviously.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blenjar

So you are saying it gets boring fast?

-- Blen

ChinoCharles · 01-26-2007, 05:58 PM

Our 325xi has tiptronic, and I wasn't impressed. I had it in tip for 30 seconds before I got bored and threw it back to automatic.

Now if it had an actual manual... oh man.

mikeukrainetz · 01-26-2007, 07:12 PM

good luck with the electronics on that one.

pull the parts from a mini....

cleong · 01-26-2007, 08:02 PM

You may feel like an F1 driver, but when the car changes gears, it still slurs like a slushbox. This isn't one of those SMG gearboxes.

YarisGuy · 01-26-2007, 09:10 PM

I personally don't think it would be a fun thing in our cars.

soros151 · 03-09-2007, 04:41 PM

Waste of money IMO.

sqcomp · 03-09-2007, 05:17 PM

Yeah, an actual sequential paddle shifter would be nice. Too bad it isn't a instantaneous shift like the racecars are.

01-26-2007, 03:42 PM	#1
spkrman Banned View User's Garage Drives: 1 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 2 Posts: 1,476	Paddle Shifter? Auto is electronically controlled... perhaps an easy candidate for a paddle shifter? Not sure how useful it would be, but it would be a fun mod :)

01-26-2007, 04:32 PM	#3
Blenjar View User's Garage Drives: Black Yaris 07 HB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,548	So you are saying it gets boring fast? -- Blen __________________ http://www.360voice.com/tag/noobblenjar My Car http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4245 My DJ www.PainlessWolf.com

01-26-2007, 07:12 PM	#7
mikeukrainetz View User's Garage Drives: 2006 Toyota Yaris Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 564	good luck with the electronics on that one. pull the parts from a mini.... __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2336679

03-09-2007, 04:41 PM	#10
soros151 Another question... :D Drives: Scion tC 06 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 70	Waste of money IMO. __________________ One tire nearer to my goal

03-09-2007, 05:17 PM	#11
sqcomp Roadrunner Jr. View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Back at home Posts: 2,609	Yeah, an actual sequential paddle shifter would be nice. Too bad it isn't a instantaneous shift like the racecars are. __________________ “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” ― Thomas Paine

01-26-2007, 04:25 PM	#2
St_G Drives: Black 2007 Yaris Liftback 1.5 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Memphis, TN USA Posts: 252	After test driving the Fit, the idea of paddle shifters became a lot less interesting to me.

01-26-2007, 04:44 PM	#4
spkrman Banned View User's Garage Drives: 1 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 2 Posts: 1,476	just wondering if this would be an "easy" mod, would be pretty cool.

01-26-2007, 05:58 PM	#6
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	Our 325xi has tiptronic, and I wasn't impressed. I had it in tip for 30 seconds before I got bored and threw it back to automatic. Now if it had an actual manual... oh man.

01-26-2007, 08:02 PM	#8
cleong Parallel Parking Pro View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 1.5 Manual Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 590	You may feel like an F1 driver, but when the car changes gears, it still slurs like a slushbox. This isn't one of those SMG gearboxes.

01-26-2007, 09:10 PM	#9
YarisGuy Drives: 2006 Yaris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 203	I personally don't think it would be a fun thing in our cars.

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