Neutral with paddle shifters

[Arthonon]

OK, my bad for just throwing out a quick example of where I thought this might be useful. I was just trying to keep the typing to a minimum. It's not like it's a big deal, or something I would do a lot, I was just thinking about things I've seen where engaging neutral might be handy. And the replies I've seen missed my second post about this not being for the track, so LSD/TCS and spins are not really concerns in the situations I'm talking about.

There are just times where I'm driving on a twisty road and have it in S+ and manually shifting, but then approach an occasional stop light, and in those circumstances with a manual I would just press in the clutch as I approached the stop and downshift, and it's smoother than manually downshifting the A10. I could put it back in D, or press and hold to put it back in auto, but I thought it might also be handy if there was a way to put it in neutral like the DCTs do.

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[Gregs24]

The OP question's answer is no because there is a physical lever to control the gears and if the paddles were capable of getting you into neutral the lever would then be in the wrong place. In my Lotus the box is controlled by buttons on the centre console, so in that pulling both paddle levers back puts you in neutral and holding the up paddle for a second will engage gear.

 

[w3rkn]

Arthonon, you get the point. And a major reason some cant get use to a automatic, because it doesn't fit their driving style.

I wish all autos worked like the dct... I wouldn't mind owning one then.

 

[Norm Peterson]

I'm pretty sure the Camaro puts a +/- gate on the shift lever for their version of the 10 speed automatic. That would put all manually-commanded shifting down where long-time MT drivers are accustomed to finding it. Hyundai's AT Velostar gives you both paddles and a +/- gate. So it can and has been done. I have no idea why Ford didn't as well, at least for the Mustang.

Hand movements would still be a bit different, and you'd lose the need to co-ordinate clutch engagement, but that's pretty much unavoidable.


Norm

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