Skip shift
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Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Charlotte, NC (formerly Endicott, NY)
Yep, it's a great idea to have the "skip shift" tuned out...but it breaks your warranty. This "skip shift eliminator" (CAGS) has been the source of discussion for years. I can remember when I got my previous 2016 Z06 that there were many threads and responses on it. Now Bill Dearborn, I have a lot of respect for your knowledge and driving capability of the Z06....it is well deserved, for sure. But, for you to say that buying an SS eliminator is a waste of money, come on now, it's $20-25! All you have to do is run through a few dozen postings on this Forum and see that many members are spending (or at least claim to be spending) thousands of dollars regularly, on their Z06. Give the person a break if he wants to blow a few bucks on a skip shift eliminator...maybe he doesn't like the car telling him how he wants to drive it!
Bill
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2016
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Now William, what is the matter with you? Some of us (whether it's a few or a majority) find the skip shift feature annoying. I seriously doubt that very many of us in that group are simple minded degenerates that just can't figure out how to drive the car without engaging the skip shift feature....it 's my belief that it is simply a feature that we find is a PIA from time to time. There is that ultra low cost device ($20-25) that cost me nothing to have installed (I had the dealer mechanic install it when he changed the oil...took him about 3 minutes when it was on the rack) and bingo, it works just the way my very old manual transmissions did. I guess maybe that doesn't make me or any of the others purists with the Z06, but I'm OK with that.
