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Originally Posted by asian_XL
added 25whp to the minivans (Toyota Alphard and Mazda 5)
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Just remembered that I couldn't even change the AT shift knob on my old Accord Coupe. I could only replace it with the shift knob from the Crosstour, which has a nicer texture with stitches but still has the same shape.
You can play around with the knobs for these zig-zag ATs. I recall AT RX-8 has a shift knob that looks like the MT ones(that look like a rotor) except it just has the stylized "RX-8" at the top instead of the shift pattern.
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Originally Posted by 320icar
I hate that there’s no industry standard for those auto trans with manual mode. Your photo shows Mazda is push forward for down, Toyota shows forward for up.
I mean... not that it matters, I drive a manual  |
Oh yeah, I remember renting a BMW X3 and tried to downshift on it to engine brake down a hill, and I kept going faster. Turns out, I was up shifting because I thought the manual shift direction is the same as the rental VW Jetta I drove a while ago...
MT is much more consistent with the forward gears(ignoring the rare dogleg pattern), but the reverse gear is a different story. It's all over the place and some of them require you to push/pull to get into it.