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I have tried several times to drive her car in the "M" mode, using the paddle shifters. It just doesn't seem "right" - In all honesty, maybe, it doesn't seem "right" because, I can't seem to get the hang of it. The AT mode in her car seems to me at being quicker and smarter in shifting, than my fingers are - humfrz |
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01-19-2019, 04:45 PM | #142 |
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cant wait to see the first engine swap.
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If you're talking about fanatics specifically with regard to manual transmissions, that's because of their decline in production, the increase in percentage of drivers who don't know how to drive one and the insistence of those drivers that it's okay for a sports car to only come with an automatic since paddle shifters are "just as good." Overzealous support of manual transmissions didn't happen in a vacuum. It happened because the manual transmission is under very real threat. |
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01-19-2019, 06:09 PM | #144 |
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Oh, my, the AT MT debate rages on.
Brings to mind a story from back-in-the-day when the Fords and Chevys were battling it out between the floor shift MT and the 3-on-a-tree MT. I had a 1948 Chev, 3-on-the tree (vacuum assisted shift - read slow), Steve had a 1937 Chev 3 speed floor shift. Then Claud showed up with the ultimate compromise in shifting, in the form of a 1936 Hudson Terraplane. Yep, you could floorboard shift it OR you could use the electric "paddle" shifter. Maybe, just maybe, we should reach back a few years and re-introduce this concept? https://jalopnik.com/one-of-the-firs...y-n-1798613772 humfrz - off to nap land |
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The best transmission is the one YOU like.
I like manual in 86 because clutch kick, launch and stuff. Not so much like it in heavy traffic. I like auto in 4WD, tow cars and drag cars. I don't like autos in small, low power RWD sports cars that I like to drive like I stole it, oversteer where I can, launch like a idiot and do mad skids in the wet. Opinions may vary, why, because we are not sheep, some are over opinionated arseholes who care not for others and think their way is the only way, on a regular basis. I find that 50% of people are idiots who should suck start a shot gun. So, how about that game last night.....
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Supra...killing the 86/BRZ?
GET HIM! Could it be because about 10 years ago we saw the beginning of the phasing out of MT's? I remember realizing around 2009 that manuals might actually disappear pretty much altogether. |
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Seriously? MT vs AT semantics? Makes me wish I never bought into this community. :/
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The only thing that this new supra will kill is the guys market, more women’ll will drive the new powered down Supra, reminds me of the Celica, way more women drivers. Toyota is a middle age and women car company for the mass. Don’t expect to much.
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Nah, don't fret it. It's like that story/argument that you and your college/drinking/army buddies always tell when you get together. You know it's coming, there won't be anything new, and everybody leaves friends in the end.
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If they would have gave this car the ability to launch in AT it would have been a no-brainer. However my 0-60 times in AT were 8+ seconds while in MT you can actually attain a 6.2 time. In an already slow car, you want to squeeze as much power out of it as possible. The MT version of the car doesn't feel THAT much more powerful though - just off the line. But anyway, I found the AT to be almost as involving as the MT if you decided to use the paddles to manually shift. Just my opinion though (I own a MT 86 now) |
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Why, did you buy an AT? Also, this forum is free; not all forums are. I paid $50 to be on the S2000 forum back in the day.
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