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

[Taka Mizutani]

I've driven a Roush 360R, Corvette Z06 and Audi RS6- all of those cars have
tons and tons of torque and
there is no way I'd take an automatic in any of them.

How much torque does a blown TLC make?

I disagree with David E Davis as well, then. Anyway, that's a terrible
point- Saab 9000 Turbo with a slushbox? Yuck.

Something like a Bentley Turbo R, Arnage, MBZ S600, that's where a slushbox
might not be really annoying- something that you're going to drive rather
sedately and has such immense power reserves that you don't need to
downshift hardly ever. However, change that to a MBZ E63 and I'd still want
a decent manual transmission over a superlative autobox (and I like MBZ
slushboxes as far as automatics go).

Taka


On 4/20/07, QSHIPQ at aol.com <QSHIPQ at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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