Who decided to make sequentials so forward is down a gear and back is up a gear?
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Who decided to make sequentials so forward is down a gear and back is up a gear?
Its just has always confused me.........seems as if it should be the other way around.....
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Not confusing at all. When you are braking what is the natural motion of your arm? Forward = downshifting. When you are accelerating what is the natural motion of your arm? Rearward = upshift. What is annoying is that most of the street car manufacturers have it backwards!
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What Geoffrey said. It makes way more sense when you think about the dynamics of a car...especially in a single seater with aero where you may be braking at 2+ G's.
I believe some of the single seater sports racers that run motorcycle motors and transmissions actually have it "backwards" due to the layout of the gearbox.
I believe some of the single seater sports racers that run motorcycle motors and transmissions actually have it "backwards" due to the layout of the gearbox.
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When you look at it that way it makes perfect sense, but when you look at it from a perspective of going "up" and "down" its obviously opposite. I was just noticing this the other day driving a customers BMW and it had it "backwards" from racecars so I was confusing myself and trying to think which way made more sense.....
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Not confusing at all. When you are braking what is the natural motion of your arm? Forward = downshifting. When you are accelerating what is the natural motion of your arm? Rearward = upshift. What is annoying is that most of the street car manufacturers have it backwards!
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Well at least paddle shifters are consistant.....right is up.....left is down.....except the ones where you can flick the same paddle up and down, where pulling is up and flicking it with the back of your fingers is down....and the ones that work on both sides that way......okay im sick of stupid confusing sequentials I'll stick with my H pattern manuals, its easy for simple racers like me to understand......
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When you look at it that way it makes perfect sense, but when you look at it from a perspective of going "up" and "down" its obviously opposite. I was just noticing this the other day driving a customers BMW and it had it "backwards" from racecars so I was confusing myself and trying to think which way made more sense.....
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[QUOTE]I'll stick with my H pattern manuals, its easy for simple racers like me to understand....../QUOTE]
Except for dogleg boxes, then 2 is 1, 3 is 2, 4 is 3, 5 is 4 and reverse is 5...
Except for dogleg boxes, then 2 is 1, 3 is 2, 4 is 3, 5 is 4 and reverse is 5...
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BMW did it both ways in the 5-series...the first year it was one way, the next year they switched...confused some people...LOL...but all you had to do was pull it out and reverse it and it would work the old way....
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I kept repeating that in my mind- "pull back for upshifts" the 1st few times I drove my new car. Upshifts are foolproof in the sequential UNLESS you forget. I think someone did that at a test day I attended and it ended their day
My Mini and Touareg are opposite of each other so I forget which is which in those.
My Mini and Touareg are opposite of each other so I forget which is which in those.
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Except for dogleg boxes, then 2 is 1, 3 is 2, 4 is 3, 5 is 4 and reverse is 5...
ohhhh and just out of curiosity which S2 CS do you have?