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Originally Posted by nikitopo
Too many gear changes is not good. You lose time. The PDK has shorter ratios, because it is very fast. Additionally, a longer 2nd gear will still pull stronger comparing to shorter 3rd gear if everything else is equal. I'm not saying that it is always perfect to have longer gear and drive ratios, but it is not that bad and you also win in top speed.
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I think you may be missing my point. I’m not racing anything, no pink slips, no lap times nothing about this would be about speed or top speed anything.
If I was caring about that I’d get a M3 or Mustang heck even a Civic R will wipe the floor with a BRZ.
Also I’m talking about MT not because I think it’s faster but because I want to shift gears. I’ve owned 9 cars with MT the BMW had a dual clutch manual DCT which shifted 10x faster than you can with a MT but I’m not looking for that, the true clutch is going away soon, even the new Supra may not have a MT. I read that Subaru wants to go all automatic transmission so they can use advance braking for safety in all their cars. Soon enough some people will go their whole life never having driven a car with a clutch.
I believe the shorter gearing means you need to be aware of your gear and pay attention somewhat when you are driving more than a car which will do 20-80 mph in second gear.