Tiptronic transmission

[Dan DiBiase]

--- Evan Parker <evan at nextgenrealty.com> wrote:

(SNIP)
> Tiptronics do have one advantage over a manual though, they do provide
> constant power with out any interuption.  A lot of tiptronics end up
> actually being faster in a straight line than manuals just because of
> the down time you have shifting and clutching and revving.
(SNIP)

I disagree, most of the time a manual transmission is quicker, due to no
power loss in the transmission. The nature of an automatic means that you
are losing some power as you accelerate. The only "automatics" that are
generally quicker are the DSG-type, which are really manual transmissions
with an automated clutch..... That is, no fluid in them. Audi's DSG is
generally considered the best of the current examples.....

Semantics: I know that automatic transmissions with manual control are
called 'manumatics'.... What are they calling the manual transmissions
with automated clutchs, like Audi's DSG or Ferrari's F1? Sequential-manual
transmissions?

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA