No More manual for A4?!

[Grant Lenahan]

totally agreed.  Driving is an experience.

its much like the thrill of hitting a tennis ball perfectly, or  
feeling the soccer ball conform to your foot as you guide it around  
the PO'd goalie.

If i want pure performance I'll buy a airline ticket.

Grant

On Aug 22, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> I don't agree with that at all. For track use and if you don't live  
> shifting
> in traffic, they're great, but it's one less connection to the car-  
> I prefer
> a three-pedal, manual transmission car for everyday driving.
>
> If you're going for maximum lap times, the effortless shifting  
> allows you to
> focus on driving and not shifting, so I'd go for that.
>
> The only other time would be if you had no choice at all- I'd take
> longitudinal DSG over a slushbox if you didn't have a choice in
> transmissions.
>
> Hopefully, Audi will do longitudinal DSG in the bigger cars- A6,  
> A8, etc.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Brett Dikeman  
> <quattro at frank.mercea.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> Drive a DSG, in the TT or A3.  Unless you're simply nostalgic, you
>> won't want anything else.
>>
>> Brett
>>
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