Automatic Shift Pleasure

[djct_watt]

Originally Posted by YarisSedan

I think if the car was designed that way it would have a tiptronic transmission where you could upshift and downshift at will or a paddle shift design.

Primarly those type of transmissions have a builtin failsafe that wont let you downshift a car accidentally beyond what the rev limiter would allow and would also upshift the transmission should you forget to do so to prevent damage to the motor or transmission.

I am not sure if the yaris transmission has something like that it could but i havent tried to find out.

Also depending on what speed you are in if you dont know what you are doing downshifting at high speed constantly is going to put premature wear on the transmission as well as its hard on the engine mounts. I would only reccomend shifting down such as going or downhill driving to utilize engine braking.

Which is primarly WHY they have those numbers there. Thats the what the engineers who put those options there had in mind. Thats why the shifter has that staircase design shifter. So you have to pause for a second between each gear shift and usually have to look down before you go into the gear that you want. Not a typical forward or backward motion.

If you enjoy shifting through the gears then purchase a manual transmission yaris or if you dont like using the clutch purchase a vehicle that has a tiptronic style transmission/shifter.

There is absolutely nothing mechanically different between a conventional automatic and "sport shift" auto with shift buttons, paddles, or a gear +/- selector.

Now if you are talking about a DSG, SMG, or any other type of automated manual transmission (which are far more rare and much more expensive to produce), then that's different. But 99% of the cars out there with a "manual" mode are just regular autos moving through the gears as you would a yaris. If you don't believe me do some research. The auto-manual you find in a Ferrari, Audi, or BMW has nothing in common with a Dodge Caravan "Autostick."

Oh yeah, almost forgot. . . there usually still is a fail safe, but I wouldn't test that theory. My friend's kid accidentally shifted his camry's gear selector from D (5spd) to L. . . on the highway. Nothing happened.