rocket237

I have been shifting mine like a inline manual, just cant slap it. Kinda like nudgeing , 1,2,3, are interchanging. Once you go too drive, ya have too press the thumb button too down shift. In this ''mode' of driving I keep the o/d off.
I gotta tell ya it's an easy chirp in 2nd even with my auto! Too the floor and nudging 3rd and Your way past 80 mph in an 1/8th of a mile. I think I finally have a car that matches my nickname............................:icon_muscleca r:

sonicx

Word, adding too what you said, (Post #17) "Automatics win races, 6-speeds impress high school kids." lol

aquajr

Bought GT with manual tranny and immediately regretted it the next day in 20 minutes of stop and go traffic. Stuck it out for a couple weeks and now I would never go back. Every time I get into an automatic, I freak out a bit, looking for the clutch.

jdmcbride

I am not in high school and I don't go to the drag strip. I only want to have fun while driving my daily driver... and that's why I prefer a manual.

rocket237

I was like you, my next words (while driving) were ,''Yes officer?''.

essayons

those are manual transmissions, not automatics. They just don't require the driver to shift them.

But they do have clutches, not torque converters.

rocket237

a hybrid tranmission if you will?

essayons

if you want to call it that, it's a bit more accurate.

It used to be a common debate on the BMW forum when the M3 came out with SMGII, whether it's an auto or a manual. But they are manual transmissions with a clutch (or two clutches, depending on design). They just don't require a driver to shift them.

Autos have torque converters.

rocket237

jap bikes have a wet clutch, I never used the clutch, gotta be the same technology I'm thinking.

essayons

wet clutch being bathed in engine oil?
Not quite the same. It's a standard manual transmission, with dry clutch and everything. The car just comes with an extra system that engages the clutch, shifts the transmission, and disengages the clutch, all without driver input.

Dual clutch transmissions, from what I've read, apparently break the transmission down into two splines: one for odd gears and one for even. So while the car is in an odd gear, the even gear clutch stays engaged and already in the next gear, ready to shift over as soon as needed. There is no disengagement time needed for a single clutch to release, then shift, then re-engage. That's how dual clutch transmissions get shift times down into hundredths of seconds without power loss.