ahhhh I see, said the blind lady. ^

 

Dude, it's in the car for a reason, why wouldn't you use it... if it didn't work why would Infiniti put the feature in all their A/Ts..

 

As long as I can remember, automatic transmissions have had the option to put the car in specific gears (usually 1 and 2), doesn't mean it's there to pretend you have a manual. It's usually there for the driver to use a specific gear, stay in that gear for a unique situation.

 

Mine does the same thing when I get in the mood to us the DS mode and down shift to a stop. When going from 2 to 1 there is a 3-5 second delay in slowing the car and then it comes on all at once and really slows.

 

I never shift 2 to 1 when I am going to stop. Let the computer does the shift to 1..DOMO

 

You are correct, cars have had the ability to hold out different gears for different situations for a long time. However, not every car includes tiptronic shifting abilities. If it came with my car, I use it.
I think its supposed to be that way. It delays to avoid high rev increase from the down shift. I think it similar to the syncro rev match in the manual 370z.

 

Same problem, but also when shifting from 3rd to 2nd.....very frustrating.

 

yea... i don't know why you would downshift from 2 to 1 when stopping.. Just leave it at 2nd gear. It does the same thing on my 08 G37s coupe. Only when i try to shift down to 1st gear. One of the technician at Infiniti dealer told me that downshifting it to 1st gear is very harsh on transmission. So i stopped downshifting it to first gear. problem solved!

 

I only do that when I'm driving a little hard like when I want to do a quick tire spin like a jackass or when I'm in an inpatient hurry to get somewhere.. It's not even annoying as much as it has become dangerous when I'm in an intersection.