I don't personally think its the wrong directions to shift, maybe that's because I think of it as what direction do I want the torque or balance of the car to go when shifting and if you were driving a manual 1-3-5 are all lower gears compared to 2-4-6 rather than Shift Up to Shift Up and Shift Down for Shift Down.

Can't say I feel strongly about it either way, this is a neat hack though for those that do feel strongly about it or have multiple cars and they all shift differently and want some consistency between cars. lol

 

If you sell the car, take that mod out or make sure the buyer knows it's been reversed or the first time he uses manual shifting, he's in for a big surprise.

 

Dude I wish I saw this back when I first got the car. I used to miss shift all the time. I've trained myself for the stock configuration and afraid it will take time to retrain. So I probably won't do this but I love it.

 

Don't use the "manual" mode personally but would think they do it that way for intuition. Meaning, you press 'up' to go higher or 'down' to go lower...pretty much every car I've seen or owned that has a conventional automatic tranny operates like this. Not to say there are those that are backwards, only don't think that is common?

Regardless, nice you were able to figure out how to make it work as you'd like it to.

 

I use the paddle shifters when I want to manually shift. I prefer to have both hands on the wheel all the time when I give it the beans.

 

 

I don't have a problem with it, I only use manual in the canyons and twisties. I usually stay in 3rd, and drop to second if I need to pass a line of cars that are going 40 in the 55 zone.

 

I agree with the OP, it is "backwards" from the factory.

But I rarely manually shift...I'm old and lazy and just don't find it that fulfilling.

Make a "+" and a "-" with P-touch labeler and you're good to go. Use white print on black tape.

 

These are not sequential transmissions, not sure where this "backwards" is coming from? Can't say from a manual because you can go either up or down to either downshift or upshift, depending on what gear it's in and going to. These cars do not put out near enough power to worry about acceleration (g-force) working against you, if that's the issue with the direction.

 

I don't think there is an industry standard on this. I've had two Audi's and they work the same as the Infiniti. And Mazdas go the other way. Rental cars are all over the map on shifting paradigms.

I prefer higher gears forward using the general faster-forward construct. Same as a throttle on aircraft or those annoying ones used on non motorcycles. I always mis-shift my wife's Mazda

I have to admit you have a much more firm opinion than I do. My experience is that the human is the most easily re-programmed part of the system

 

I remeber the G35drvier days there was a a Thread posted that was the same. It was about the "proper way to shift your auto" and it was a DIY. Man I feel old and I'm only 35.

 

My kids are older than you.

 

So you essentially made a crossover cable? Can you detail the cut strip solder and seal process on the harness that you did?
I too think the shifting is backwards and have "over revved" by pushing the wrong way. Its enough to keep me from using the manual mode.

 

Can you detail the cut strip solder and seal process on the harness that you did?

Sure, try this.

 

lol yeah I get that. I should have asked, did you cut and solder to change the pinout on the 2 ends to make it a crossover cable?