Ruserious

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Usually at 3-3.5

Car is def strange to drive and not smooth at all coming out of first gear!

WARAT

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There are days I can shift smoothly from around 2500-3200 rpm. Personally, I think it has something to do on what type of shoes I am wearing. I can release the clutch more smoothly @ 1500 RPM going into second gear whenever I'm driving with my running shoes. When I use my casual sneakers, its harder for me to shift smoothly even @ 2500-3200 RPM.

mw09g37

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3500-4k if I'm lazy. 5k if I'm pushing it.

robxc80

3K give or take a few hundred RPM's most of the time when i'm not jumping onto a freeway onramp...them its more like 6K.

Blackjack

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Depends, driving normally or like a bat out of hell?

Infiniti93

Automatic

ricbel

I'm a new G37 owner, also this is my first manual transmission. I noticed that when I shift from 1st-2nd at 3k if i let the rpms drop to about 2k it connects smooth with no jerk. YMMV, and I'm a newbie, but thats what I've noticed.

Neal376

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i usually start in second.
if i start in first, i skip to third. these cars are drunken with torque

Atlanta_G37S

wow that's lame...hey it's your clutch...

volnedan

I used to start in 2nd all the time with my old mustang GT, but that had 305ft-lb, not the 270ft-lb in the G. Still not a good thing to do to your clutch.

But yes I agree with everyone here that this car is the most difficult to start smoothly during the 1-2 shift. Once it gets moving though I think its quite good.

G37Paul

I been driving manual cars for over 25+ years. Everything from Fiats, Alphas, VW, Hondas, Mazdas, Porsche, Mercedes, Corvairs, Fords, Ferraris, and I shift pretty much unconsciously. My 2010 G37S convertible is my first car that I even noticed some jerkiness going from 1st to 2nd about 50% of the time which for me is too much.

I have only owned my car a week, so I attributed it to just not used to the clutch in this car yet. All the other gears shifting is extremely smooth all over the spectrum, yet 1st to 2nd seems to be a little touchy.

I didn't think anything of it until others have pointed it out here. I found that if I ease the clutch out slower than I would do for other shifts, it smoothed out but I forget to do that most of the time since the other shifts are always smooth. I'm sure I'll get used to sooner or later though. I have never found a manual I could not master.

MyocyteX

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Everyone keeps saying this. I'm 26, I have been driving a manual trans since I was younger than 16, so, no offense, but I am inclined to think that you are all just a bunch of bad drivers. haha.

I hit second after reaching 2500 to 3500 for chill driving and higher for more fun driving.

eksigned

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i was informed today by my new service representative that i may be "lugging" my shifts, aka shifting too low of rpms. "bring the r's up" he says. i'm not shifting between 3k and 4k. never at 2k or lower. its definitely smoothed the ride out a bit. 1st to 2nd takes time to smoothen out. coming from an amateur, first time mt driver......well, you get my drift

htownboy

Shifting is no problem from 1-2, just get it done quickly, especially when just cruising or keeping steady with traffic. Just use 1st. to launch and get right into second. Also, when wanting to get moving really fast, never red-line 1st., it's just not necessary and only slows you down. Shift to second no higher than 5500RPM's (4200 will actually get it done also), then run all other gears all the way up as high as you want (until red-line of-course).
A very smooth shift can be achieved anywhere between 1800-2800 RPM's for most slow everyday economy type driving. I find 2200-2500 is the slow cruising 'sweet spot'. In a short time you just feel where to shift and don't need to watch the tach.
Also, shift quickly... The action from getting from one gear to the next should only take a fraction of a second. This too is where I notice many people driving Nissan's make the mistake. They take too long, RPM's fall and you get a rough, notchy shift...

htownboy

Your service rep is an idiot!