[s-cars] Mmmm, shifty business...

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Funny I was just rereading David E Davis' book while travelling to pick up  
an S car (P type tho) yesterday.  In 1987 he drove the 9000turbo hard in  
europe and has this quote:
"... I'd never driven an automatic Saab before, and it strengthened my  
belief that really fast, really contemporary cars no longer require manueal  
gear-boxes.  Today that choice has become strictly a matter of personal  taste"
 
I believe he has a similar quote on the 928S4 as well.
 
The DSG probably has the best potential, though I'm suspect as to it's  
longevity.  In the R32 it works darn well, but again, my taste tends  towards big 
pigs having autoboxes.  As I found out with the supercharger in  my DOHC 4.5L 
Landcruiser, you add gobs of torque, autoboxes become the  preferred, IMO.
YOMV
Scott Justusson
In a message dated 4/19/2007 6:49:35 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
gcmschemist at gmail.com writes:

I guess  I'm with Taka on this.

I've driven a lot of cars - big, small, auto,  manual, and I just don't
like manual anything.

Lawnmowers, grain  trucks with no synchros - I like manuals.

It could be that the S8 would  be so great that I'd drool all over
myself and never notice.  But I  doubt it.  I've driven Tip-trannied
Porsche, and hated it.  The  996 is great, but the tranny ruined it for
me.  I had more fun driving  my crappy Scirocco.

There's something about being able to control the  transmission of a
car *at all points*, with no wonders at any time if the  car's brain is
gonna select the gear that's in *my* brain.

It's part  of the fun of driving a good car, IMO.  To be crude, I'd
liken driving  the S8 to having sex using a condom.  Yeah, it's good,
but it could be  *better*.

Sorry to everyone else for having to take it down to a level  where
Paulie K. would understand it.  [runs and hides]

Eric  "shifty fella, and likes it that way"


 



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