03-20-2020, 02:06 PM | #225 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2495 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
|
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
|
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post: |
03-20-2020, 02:17 PM | #226 |
Banned
Join Date: May 2015
Drives: 2015 FR-S
Location: NPR, Florida
Posts: 2,404
Thanks: 1,802
Thanked 2,903 Times in 1,282 Posts
Mentioned: 25 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
|
Well, we all know why some guys like the manual transmission so much.
Need that satisfying feeling of a stick in the hand at all times. |
03-20-2020, 02:18 PM | #227 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2495 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
|
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
|
03-20-2020, 03:18 PM | #228 |
Reformed
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: '23 GRC, '11 Prius, '04 RAV4
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 1,313
Thanks: 1,234
Thanked 1,133 Times in 588 Posts
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
what is the difference between that and a non-cyborg getting a heart attack, seizure, sneeze, passing out, etc while driving?
|
03-20-2020, 03:48 PM | #229 | |
1st86 Driver!
Join Date: Feb 2012
Drives: '13 FR-S (#3 of 1st 86)
Location: Powder Springs, GA
Posts: 19,814
Thanks: 38,823
Thanked 24,939 Times in 11,376 Posts
Mentioned: 182 Post(s)
Tagged: 4 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
__________________
Visit my Owner's Journal where I wax philosophic on all things FR-S Post your 86 or see others in front of a(n) (in)famous landmark. What fits in your 86? Show us the "Junk In Your Trunk". |
|
03-20-2020, 05:13 PM | #230 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2495 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
|
They don't look nearly as silly!
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post: | HKz (03-20-2020) |
03-20-2020, 05:38 PM | #231 |
Reformed
Join Date: Sep 2014
Drives: '23 GRC, '11 Prius, '04 RAV4
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 1,313
Thanks: 1,234
Thanked 1,133 Times in 588 Posts
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
|
03-20-2020, 09:05 PM | #232 | |||
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Drives: 2014 BRZ Limited
Location: USA
Posts: 4,045
Thanks: 1,100
Thanked 5,618 Times in 2,266 Posts
Mentioned: 55 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
One day, for no reason anybody could figure out, one of the sleeping cameras woke up, looked around, and attacked the camera behind it, shattering the mirrors in both of their teleprompters and damaging the lens rail supporting one of them. Then it looked down and, for lack of a better description, sagged as if sad at what had happened. I was in the studio waiting for a reporter when it happened and witnessed the whole thing. The operator was nowhere near it. That night they had to run the newscast manually with cameras from the old studio. I think the engineers ended up completely reinstalling the controller software to get that camera to stop misbehaving. |
|||
03-20-2020, 09:27 PM | #233 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Drives: 2014 BRZ Limited
Location: USA
Posts: 4,045
Thanks: 1,100
Thanked 5,618 Times in 2,266 Posts
Mentioned: 55 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
|
I want to make another comment about this:
Quote:
When I drive an automatic, I feel like there's a layer of technology between me and the road. I feel like I'm operating a dumb piece of machinery. Turn this wheel. Push this pedal. Monitor that readout. It feels like I'm in service to the machinery. ZZZZzzzz.... When I drive a manual, especially a manual sports car, that layer of technology starts to melt away. I am engaged with the machinery in the sense that it feels more like an extension of my body. I'm not serving the machinery and it's not serving me, because there's not much separation between us. Maybe you don't get that same sense of engagement, and that's fine. But for some of us, the separation of driving automatics is more exhausting and tedious. |
|
The Following User Says Thank You to extrashaky For This Useful Post: | Ultramaroon (03-20-2020) |
03-20-2020, 09:38 PM | #234 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2495 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
|
|
03-20-2020, 10:14 PM | #235 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT
Location: Puyallup, WA
Posts: 29,870
Thanks: 28,792
Thanked 31,821 Times in 16,427 Posts
Mentioned: 708 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
|
YIKES, are we still talking about this?
|
03-20-2020, 10:27 PM | #236 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Drives: 2020 Hakone
Location: London, Ont
Posts: 69,845
Thanks: 61,656
Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts
Mentioned: 2495 Post(s)
Tagged: 50 Thread(s)
|
That has to be the flattest ass in human history!
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Tcoat For This Useful Post: | extrashaky (03-20-2020) |
03-20-2020, 10:40 PM | #237 |
初級成員
Join Date: May 2018
Drives: 2017 86, 2010 Corolla
Location: Canada
Posts: 72
Thanks: 11
Thanked 33 Times in 22 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
I drive MT, AT and DCT interchangeably these days. I left foot brake often in non-MT so there is no need to keep the left foot somewhere. The AT is full auto without manual override. I can keep track of speed/rpm just fine so I never drive the DCT in auto. The thing doesn't have paddle shifters though. So if I were the whiny type, I would probably jump on forums and complain about sequential vs H-pattern causing disorientation, accidents etc. But that isn't the case. The mental shift among transmission types is quite automatic actually.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to accwai For This Useful Post: | Tcoat (03-20-2020) |
03-20-2020, 10:51 PM | #238 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT
Location: Puyallup, WA
Posts: 29,870
Thanks: 28,792
Thanked 31,821 Times in 16,427 Posts
Mentioned: 708 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to humfrz For This Useful Post: | funwheeldrive (03-21-2020) |
|
|
Tags |
automatic frs new, thirty minutes or less |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Any Modification regrets? | No5ki | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 52 | 03-29-2016 08:03 PM |
Lowering springs regrets ? | rikdrt1 | Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing | 32 | 11-11-2013 05:04 AM |
Do you think FT-86 will have automatic? | TRD | Engine, Exhaust, Transmission | 217 | 08-03-2013 09:36 AM |
Regrets | pinoyplaya | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 133 | 04-11-2013 09:14 PM |
Calling Captain Hindsight: Regrets/Satisfactions With Your Purchase | Purdue FR-S | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 26 | 01-23-2013 02:51 AM |