[s-cars] Mmmm, shifty business...(brief thread theft)

[David Kase]

On that note, does anyone know of someone that works on Bentley Turbo 
S's?  I need some info...

now back to your regularly scheduled, opinionated program.

David Kase
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PDQ Industries
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Taka Mizutani wrote:

>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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