Drivers - manual or automatic?

[bobby12 0]

thursday, with a car like that I think SJ are paying you too much to post here. ;-)

[thursday 1]

Originally Posted By: spook

people who like to drive fast generally enjoy driving.
people who enjoy driving seem to prefer manual transmissions.

people who enjoy driving seem to prefer manual transmissions THis part is absolute bollocks. Re-write:

"I'm so chavy I can only afford a manual."

[thursday 1]

Originally Posted By: Ezorisu

I guess automatics are good if all driving to you is "a mindless commute". For those who enjoy the act of driving, a manual can't be beat!

Heck, a CVT would be even better for the herds of commuting sheep!

Nonesense From Ez, I expected more braincells in putting that together.

[JA2340 16]

Originally Posted By: thursday

experience it, then comprehend.

A manual gearbox is the thing of the past.

DSG used to change gears at 0.1 seconds. No left foot can do that. The DSG now does changes in 0.07 seconds.

Since you are so experienced and the rest of the world is completely stupid, I wonder why you bother to [post your inflamatory stuff here. You have little understanding of what I (or many others here) have experienced, yet insist on denigrating our comments.

Time to grow up a little, and give people some respect.

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Why is it important that the DSG does a change in 0.07 secs? It only does this at the expense of additional mechanical components in the drivetrain, unnecessarily adding to the complexity (and the cost in both power losses and maintenance/repair) of the mechanism.
I repeat the question, why is it important to change gears in under a tenth of a second?

[BagOfCrisps 24]

Originally Posted By: bobby12

thursday, with a car like that I think SJ are paying you too much to post here. ;-)

I haven't been paid at all.
Am I not posting enough?

[thursday 1]

Your cheque is in the post.

[RobBright 35]

But got diverted to Hong Kong for some reason?