Zf Owners

[riptide]

Lol, true.

I drive my ZF in a different mode every 5 minutes. If I'm at the front at the lights I knock it into perf to beat the other lanes and once cruising in traffic I'm back to auto and if I want it to hold in a lower gear ready for rapid response I'm in manual

[1600dave]

Same, I make full use of all 3 options. Was thinking myself before I bought the car "manual for sure" then after looking into them, reading a bit and driving one, love the auto!!

With it in manual though, even in 6th, if I stomp on it, it'll drop back to 3rd, same in other gears. Squeeze it down slloooooowww though and its ok. This normal?

[efdohc]

With it in manual though, even in 6th, if I stomp on it, it'll drop back to 3rd, same in other gears. Squeeze it down slloooooowww though and its ok. This normal?

Yeh it's normal. If you put your foot flat you can feel a couple of notches this is a auto kickdown so for WOT without kickdown you don't need to hold it on the floor. Funny story. The idiot at the dyno day in mt gambier said my box was f*cked cause it wouldn't stay in the selected gear. Only cause he was trying to put his foot through the floor.

[discostig]

Just to add to the life of the trans concern...My gearbox has never been serviced, has 148,000km on it, and since 100,000 (Sep 2010) it's been running 317rwkw with zero issues. I drive in manual mode aka tiptronic aka sequential sports shift mode 95% of the time.

I only use full auto when it's stone cold, until I turn a road or 2... or for drinking from water bottle. I also hate the down-shift when planting the foot in auto mode, I'm so used to manual mode that the timing of the shift from start to finish feels unnatural and harder to predict/more likely to spin tyres when giving it herbs. I do coast to lights in neutral for a fair distance to save fuel a bit as well

[sexual harrassment panda]

I beliave the kickdown in manual mode when trying to bury the pedal in the firewall was touted as a saftey feature. For if you were in trouble and needed to boot it to avoid an accident but didn't have time to shift out of overdrive.

[CBXRT]

That's interesting, the old 4 speeder in manual mode only changes if you refuse to once its hit the limit - not how far the pedal is pushed.

I have driven a few Audis/BMWs recently and their "manual" modes are exactly NOT that - might as well just leave it auto as they do whatever they please regardless of gear selection!! ha ha

Edited 01/12/11 10:12 PM by CBXRT

[Benji_vs]

If I go down to the shops its usually in normal mode, In traffic or spirited driving I have it in Performance mode or manual mode when I want to be adventurous, but honestly its not too often, performance mode usually does a good enough job.

[Reidos]

I almost always drive in manual mode when taking off or slowing down but cruising it either perf or normal. The kick down in manual is due to pressing a little button when the pedal is pushed all the way in. You should be able to feel when you press the little button.

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[discostig]

Yeah the detent is noticeable. I like that feature, but am so used to manual mode now that D or Perf mode auto downshifts scare me under decent throttle!

[Timmy-XR6T]

Lol, true.

I drive my ZF in a different mode every 5 minutes. If I'm at the front at the lights I knock it into perf to beat the other lanes and once cruising in traffic I'm back to auto and if I want it to hold in a lower gear ready for rapid response I'm in manual

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