|
Why is it counter-intuitive?
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by RealShakaZulu
Is it me or is the Steptronic counterintuitive. What I mean is, why do you pull down to shift to a higher gear and push up to select a lower gear? I am sure it's just me, but what is the reason?
|
I have read this before on this board and others, and I don't understand why it would be counter-intuitive. Maybe it is just me, and in any case, I would say that I pull up to shift up, and push down to shift down. I understand wanting to switch it if an individual has another brand of vehicle that is reversed (or an early steptronic in the garage as well), then having them the same would make a lot of sense. But isn't the current factory setup exactly the same as a one-two shift with a stick? If you consider any manual transmission gate, forward is usually a lower gear, isn't it? My steptronic is the same as my SMG (pull for upshift), which seems to me to be the same as my wife's manual.
The precedent that I can think of for pulling back to shift down is a traditional US vehicle with a console/floor shift quadrant, which is usually just a transplanted column shifter. PRNDL like on a Ford C4 or GM Hydramatic doesn't seem like something worth preserving.
Any comments from someone who may have switched the wires?
__________________
2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White
Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue
|