Quattro is just another word for 4

[Michael Veglia]

I agree. Even comparing my one experience with the STaSIS TT vs. a 6spd manual TT-RS I enjoyed for a long weekend a couple years ago, it was much more enjoyable to shift the old fashioned way, but the STaSIS tuned FWD TT 2.0T was certainly quicker (and a TT-RS is no slouch).

Now, if autonomous cars means I get to relax and enjoy a nicely hopped malt beverage while sitting behind the wheel (would there even be one?)...

The new car market is not going in a direction many of us old skool types will like much. Best to keep the old ones. I'll likely keep the '83 UrQ and '86 4kq around forever, but the (tiptronic) allroad is the road tripper now.

Mike Veglia



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> From: Walter Moore <moorewr at gmail.com>
>To: Michael Veglia <msvphoto at pacbell.net> 
>Cc: "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com>; "d_dibiase at yahoo.com" <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> 
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>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.
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>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.
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>On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Michael Veglia <msvphoto at pacbell.net> wrote:
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>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.
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>>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.
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>>Mike Veglia
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