Originally Posted by twistedmosaic

I have them on my Fit and like them...for that application, it's more elegant than shifting the automatic gearshift down a gear to pass, or on downhills, or up for economy.

Bearcub, you don't drive with your hands on the paddles, you just grab for the paddles when you're shifting, so in that case, it's way easier than manual. I hope you were talking about driving on the street when you mean driving with one hand, because that wouldn't fly on the track.

For a performance car with non-F1 steering ratio, a rally-style ring is definitely the way to go (pull to downshift, push to upshift) so you don't need to know the wheel's orientation to change gears.