Idea: Open up the center console and reverse the contacts for the shifter. So when you pull back it up shifts and push is down shift.

Reasoning:
1. From a quick take off, it makes no sense to me as to why anyone would want to push against the cars acceleration to get to second.
2. That's how all manual cars are.
3. Because race car

Looking for any info regarding if this is:
possible?
Had been done before?
What all is required?
Drawbacks from switching the direction?

I switched the gearing on my bike to 1-N-2-3-4-5-6 going down and it's the best thing ever.

Forgive me of this has been discussed, but my browser won't follow the search function.

 

probably not as easy as flipping the shift linkage on your bike haha. I never have left Moto GP style shifting or whatever on motorcycles...guess cause I've done it the other way all my life..

 

Good idea! But it's been done. If you search you will find the thread with the DIY.

https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...n-for-5at.html

Just get paddle shifters, IMO.

 

I did this for my '03 G35. Loved the change. it just felt much more natural pulling back to upshift.

Its just a matter of getting to the wiring harness on your shifter and swapping the connections that sends signal to the transmission/computer. It was fairly straightforward for the '03 and I don't think it's any more complicated for newer G's.

 

I've read threads on this topic for years....but have never understood the 'that's how manual cars are..' comment.

I drove manual cars for years....if I remember it correctly I used to pull back to upshift from 1-2 & 3-4...push forward & to the right to upshift from 2-3 & 4-5. And my most common down-shift was (5 or 3) to 2...which was a 'pull back' motion...so....

Note - I learned to drive and continued to drive manual trans cars with the basic H pattern - or double H. Some (Porsche or some Italian Exotics?) had 1st down on the far left....yes? That would confuse the up/down thing even more...

And this guy: he is pulling the shifter back...but is he upshifting or downshifting?

To me - the current set-up feels natural. Some feel different...

But regardless of your 'shift-direction want', the 'manual trans' comment still leaves me scratching my head....

Anyone want to opine?

 

It seems everyone is focused on the 1<->2 or 3<->4 transition where it's straight back to up shift and straight forward to down shift.

Makes no difference to me.

I am just glad ours is not like the Mercedes C-Class where it goes side to side to shift. That feels weird to me.

 

Wouldn't it be easier to just use the paddle shifters?

 

There is more of a delay with the paddle shifters than there is with the shifter, plus not everyone has them.

 

Wouldn't it be easier to have just gotten a 6MT instead of shifting an automatic "manually?

 

Wish the x'ers had that option.

 

There's no way Infiniti would allow people the ability to do 5K RPM clutch drops on an AWD car, it would be a ROCKET out of the hole but gawddam would the clutch take a beating

 

I have to disagree, i don't think there is more of a delay using the paddles over the shifter, they are both electronically controlled.
the paddle just has more travel so it feels like a longer delay.

 

I agree with you.

Also, there are benefits to shifting the auto manually. You control the shift points, can run any gear you want to redline for max power, and for example, can manually gear down to be ready for an upcoming pass on the highway, or can even be in third at 60. All things that the computer won't let you do.

Still I would have preferred a manual.

 

Sorry folks, didn't mean to cause a ruckus. I was under the assumption all AT's came with the paddle shifters. Time wise neither one directly controls the trans, just sends a request via canbus to up or downshift.

I do agree, up shift should be back, downshift forward.

 

There is a noticeable lag with the paddle shifters, I refer to it as processor lag. Its not as bad with the shifter though. I don't understand why there is so much lag with the paddles but here is what I am referring to. I took this video about a year ago, mainly to see if I could use my phone to record video on a suction cup mount instead of buying a GoPro. The only think I ended up taking away from it was that the paddle shifters have a fair amount of lag and they tend to be quite loud. A good example is at the 1:50 mark.