Quattro is just another word for 4

[Walter Moore]

I understand the distinction you are making about DSG transmissions. Modern
paddle-shifting DSGs are certainly good - as you say on a properly driven
track car they are faster than a manual - but for driving involvement and
fun nothing touches a true manual gearbox for me.

I expect we'll soon be down to a few enthusiast cars with manual
transmissions; for everything else the future is CVTs (and after that,
electric motors), lane monitors, autonomous steering, etc etc.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Michael Veglia <msvphoto at pacbell.net>wrote:

> Keep in mind that the S-Tronic is not an automatic transmission, and
> hardly a slushbox. While I admit it is likely a PITA to maintain long-term
> (special ATF juice, temp monitoring, etc.) it is also very much a "manual"
> transmission that shifts insanely fast and has no torque converter. The
> only one I have driven was a highly modified STaSIS TT with over 300hp. The
> only thing a pure manual gearbox would have done in that car would be to
> slow it down cuz there is no way I could have moved my arm and feet to
> shift even close to as quickly as the S-Tronic did.
>
> That said, no pure  manual transmissions in the US on the new A3/S3 does
> suck, but slushboxes and not-so-slushieboxes are the future I fear.
>
> Mike Veglia
>



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