Nissan Rogue Forum

Here's the 2009 brochure for the Nissan Rogue in case you're in the market or curious if there's been any major changes.

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You mean you don't get the paddle shifter unless you get an AWD?

I think you can have the paddle shifters if you take the premium package, FWD or AWD.

But anyway, Paddle shifter is useless. Read the forum, you will see most of people plays with it for few days and then leaves the shifter in automatic and doesn't use it anymore.

It could be useful in snow condition to slow down, but without it, you can slow down with the overdrive button on the shifter and then by putting the "gear" in Low, and you should have the same result.
For getting out of a snow bank, it has been proven that even if you select a higher "gear" with the paddle shifter, the car will still stay in low gear, so no gain here either.

In conclusion, not too much interest in this, except saying to others that you have it.

I find it is useful when passing other vehicles...
Im from Montreal and alot of that is needed on the Metropolitain and the highways. !!

I agree. It comes in very handy for passing. I also use it going down steep hills (tons around here) when there is some one "brake happy" in front of me.

I also agree, however. That they aren't really needed.

Reading the brochure it only list them in the AWD package but if they aren't useful I guess I don't need them. Do you still have the shifter option to go into manual mode? I also thought maybe it would be good for passing.

Thanks

No, without the paddle shifter, you cannot go into a manual mode.
But like I said previously, you can "remove" the overdrive ratio by pushing the OD button on the shifter (good for steep hill descent) and if you need more engine braking, move the shifter in low gear. So, you still have three settings.
One other thing, the Rogue is designed in a way that if you don't press the gas pedal, you will have a little bit of engine braking which will save you some brake and in descent the car will try to keep the same speed by applying more engine braking (lower gear ratio). I find it quite useful arriving at a red light and having to touch the brakes only at the end when I am just at around 15 mph.
As for fast acceleration for passing traffic or changing lane in traffic jam, I find the transmission very responsive already in automatic mode, don't see the need of a manual mode, but it is a personal feeling. Best way is to testdrive it and see if you feel the need to have it for your way of driving.
In my case, I have a light foot and cool way of driving, and in return I have better fuel economy than declared : more than 32 mpg in summer.

Good description of the CVT features, I agree and really feel that the paddle shifters are a gimmic to increase costs but really are worthless. Of those who have them, almost all of them say they very rarely use them and they aren't really effective or necessary, the CVT can be controlled by the amount of throttle that you apply much easier than trying to mess around with paddle shifters. When I used them on a test drive I found them very distracting, I ended up looking down at the tachometer as I shifted the whole time as I was trying to figure out when to shift, and half the time I was either revving the crap out of the engine or upshifting too quick. Very distracting and probably very unsafe as my eyes weren't on the road and my mind was pre-occupied with trying to shift gears rather than on driving safely. So I would strongly say that paddle shifters are crap, especially since they run the price of the vehicle up, and I'd say if you got them you wouldn't use them and I doubt they'd do much for resale value. Most people who have them jot 'em just becuase they were bundled in with a larger options package.

have you ever driven standard before ?????

Yeah I drove a standard for 8 years before buying the Rogue, and it is totally irrelevant because paddle shifters are a completely different sensation to get used to, see my previous post for details.