Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
07-09-2008, 03:00 PM
#11
6th Gear Member
RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
Maybe on the straight track, but for autoX I'll bet my money on the guy with the manual (all else being relatively equal).
07-09-2008, 03:01 PM
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
ORIGINAL: smokestang
The stock auto has proven to be fastest from a dig by simply leaving it in "D" and letting it do its thing! you cant tell me anybody shifts this tight-*** factory shifter with any real precision! maybe with a ractchet shifter....but even then my money is on the computer! if it can bark 2nd & 3rd in Drive its shifting itself pretty damn good. I occasionaly manuallydownshift to 3rd for decel purposes, but thats about all.
The stock auto has proven to be fastest from a dig by simply leaving it in "D" and letting it do its thing! you cant tell me anybody shifts this tight-*** factory shifter with any real precision! maybe with a ractchet shifter....but even then my money is on the computer! if it can bark 2nd & 3rd in Drive its shifting itself pretty damn good. I occasionaly manuallydownshift to 3rd for decel purposes, but thats about all.
07-09-2008, 04:30 PM
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
ORIGINAL: Nuke
Maybe on the straight track, but for autoX I'll bet my money on the guy with the manual (all else being relatively equal).
Maybe on the straight track, but for autoX I'll bet my money on the guy with the manual (all else being relatively equal).
07-09-2008, 04:46 PM
#14
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
I have a manual and I do enjoy shifting the car. But if I spent serious time at the drag strip I would have been better served with an auto. The consistency just can't be beat and modern auto transmissions shift very fast. Plus there are times when driving around town where it helps to have the use of your right hand.
07-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
ORIGINAL: stealth_GT
...The auto is great for cruising and shifting makes it more fun but I didn't have alot of highway/
traffic time in the future,I would have gotten one instead of the auto...
...The auto is great for cruising and shifting makes it more fun but I didn't have alot of highway/
traffic time in the future,I would have gotten one instead of the auto...
Sure my left knee may ache after an hour or so in stop-and-go. Who cares? The fun factor more than makes up for it. Besides, I can rev up to the limiter any time I want rather than the auto shifting if I don't move the auto shifter to a lower gear.
IMO paddle shifters (and the 'manumatic' crap) are an absolute joke. No-one ever uses them anyway as far asI can tell.
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07-09-2008, 06:51 PM
#18
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
ORIGINAL: Gene K
...I guess you are not old enough to remember when Automatic Z51 C4 Corvettes ruled at the Nationals.
...I guess you are not old enough to remember when Automatic Z51 C4 Corvettes ruled at the Nationals.
07-09-2008, 07:16 PM
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
ORIGINAL: Nuke
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You've GOT to be kidding! Obviously, you don't have much experience with manual trannys.
ORIGINAL: DoctorQ
I agree on the acceleration side... automatic will outshift manual tranny all day....
I agree on the acceleration side... automatic will outshift manual tranny all day....
You've GOT to be kidding! Obviously, you don't have much experience with manual trannys.
Sorry Nuke. I have to agree with him since it's been proven at the track many, many times.
07-09-2008, 08:32 PM
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RE: Whats the point in shifting with an automatic??
ORIGINAL: Nuke
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You've GOT to be kidding! Obviously, you don't have much experience with manual trannys.
ORIGINAL: DoctorQ
I agree on the acceleration side... automatic will outshift manual tranny all day....
I agree on the acceleration side... automatic will outshift manual tranny all day....
You've GOT to be kidding! Obviously, you don't have much experience with manual trannys.
Obviously you don't get out much... it's proven time and time again at the track. I've driven manual trannys for 25yrs (and still have one), great on CA Highway 1, and agree more fun... Not sure how you came to that conclusion.