Quote Originally Posted by EQAddict
Trust me, the 4-speed Automatics with Manual over-ride in the Mazda 2.0 and Ford Focus 2.0 shift as slow as molasses. Imagine yourself wanting to overtake a car at about 80kph. You move the lever over to switch to manual mode and 'downshift' while pressing the gas at the same time. Instead of it choosing the gear quickly, it waits and waits (about 2 seconds and thats like an ETERNITY when you want to overtake) before downshifting. Instead of fun its frustrating as hell. 2 seconds delay can mean the difference between a successful overtaking manuever or an aborted attempt.

well not entirely true, 2 secs is a long time, more about 0.5 sec or less for my 3 but not ALWAYS instantaneous, ive noticed this depends on the fuel im using whether shell, caltex or petron

with the 3, you can overtake most cars naman by just using the auto mode
within 60 to 120kph, sayang nga lang if the 3 was coupled with the city's instantaneous shifting...

but is the city's M mode shifting flawless? i mean sa 3 sometimes kagat agad sometimes may lag (probably also depends on the slope of the road) but i can attest that fuel quality affects this one