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Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu
Autoblip is perhaps the most obnoxious "feature" you could possibly put into a 6MT. It encourages poor driving while taking control from the driver. Something that really has no place on the street. It was developed by marketing folks (probably at GM) who wanted to sell their cars to people who are afraid to drive manual transmissions. Fortunately, it's not becoming popular in the industry because most people don't need it and find it offensive to drive. I've been instructing and coaching drivers for last 10 years and I would rather tell someone to not learn heel-toe braking than to learn it with auto blip.
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Ha, did not realize I would elicit such a response, I like the passion though! I definitely understand your not wanting to encourage bad driving habits.
I currently find it a little hard to rev match on the down-shifts, but that should get a little easier with the tune (better throttle response) and lightweight pulleys. The reach for my heel is a little far as well, haven't really seen any pedals yet that I like enough to buy though. Anyone have any aftermarket pedals they really like?
Not to try and refute you or start a debate or anything, but wasn't it initially developed by Formual 1? A computer can rev match much faster and easier than a human and enable much quicker shifts (not that my FRF-S is an F1 car or that I need to shift in 5 ms, and I don't even know how fast the ECU in this production car could rev-match, maybe a human is faster). I know I'm not an F1 racer, and the feature definitely lends itself to helping idiots drive a manual, I just can't help loving some of the really cool technology that gets developed and wish my car had more.
To be honest, the only thing I've ever disliked about my car is the 'Fly by Wire' electronic throttle. It just felt like a video game when I first got it, and I kind of figure if I'm going to compromise give up the mechanical feeling of older cars, I might as well get all the bells and whistles that come with driving computer.
However I am in no way trying to complain about your product. I am still blown away by all the things it will allow me to do, and the extremely reasonable price it is being offered for. If the anticipation doesn't kill me by tomorrow, I'm sure the excitement after receiving it will cause an aneurism...
