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RE: anyone ever put a shifter boot over an auto stick??

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ORIGINAL: virgin1

Yes it will, and I'm quite curious about them myself. Makes me wonder if I'd go back on my long standing word to not give up shifting until I can't do it any longer.
It still seems kind of boring to me though for spirited driving. From a purely aesthetics view, hitting a paddle will never equal the physical thrill of clutching and moving the shifter around... though I'd gladly trade in my "H" pattern for a straight-line (ala WRC) shifter.

:D:DI totally agree nothing beats pulling on the shifter clutching and grabbing second gear rubber....:):)

But what gets me is some folks think that there Manual is all that when it come to better preformence and its just not true anymore.
Not that the auto's in our cars are that good , but the DSG's are sweeeeeet. I drove a friends GTI with one. It use to be if you wanted faster off the line performence you would buy a 5 spd but once these DSG's come into play they are much faster because they elimanate human error. Hell they use them in formula 1 cars right.
To each there own I say....:D

RE: anyone ever put a shifter boot over an auto stick??

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ORIGINAL: eurorx@msn.com

Thats cool - I understand - I see you are going to put the CAI on your ride. I just had the dealer install the factory system but didnt get the exhaust with it since they claim its not a must you can do 1 or both . My question to you is : have you put the CAI on a previous Mazda 3 and if not what research did you come up with that supports this being a good move. I did it on a whim because they had a sale on the system at my dealer . So far so good and V1 says its a good move -seems like a credible person but I rarely do things without prior research like this so now that I see this huge box in my garage full of plastic black boxes and tubes I wonder if I did the right thing ?? I just dont want to deterioriate the life of my engine and or damage it with bad air/fuel mix that the ecu cant handle . But it would seem Mazda would have all that under control since it is covered under my new car warranty ? what say you ??? any feedback that can re-assure me - Thanks K

It will not do any harm at all, plus you did the right thing in getting the one from the dealer, brecause know if anything should go wrong they own it....:):) Smart move I think.

RE: anyone ever put a shifter boot over an auto stick??

Indeed what is DSG ? Dealer _ _ ???

RE: anyone ever put a shifter boot over an auto stick??

Its basiclly the same type of tranny they put in the formula 1 race cars I believe
"Direct shift gearbox"

RE: anyone ever put a shifter boot over an auto stick??

sorry, i skipped a few pages to answer, but I owned a benz once with a leather boot for an auto trans, was really sweet and elegant.. on a mz3... looks like your trying too hard....