Over the past decade manually shiftable automatics (and more recently, automated manuals) have become increasingly common. And yet there’s no standard way to operate the things. With BMW and Mazda pushing the lever forward downshifts, and pulling it backward upshifts. With other makes (and I believe even older BMWs), it’s the opposite. With paddles on the steering wheel, somtimes you… More →
Day: May 5, 2008
All goals for May results attained
When the initial emails for the April survey went out, I set some goals. I wanted a response rate of at least 40 percent. At the time, I estimated that, based on the rate at which the panel has been growing, this would require 6,300 responses. I also estimated that this would enable full results on 120 model / model… More →