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Taycan is a two a speed.
I…said that like 5 posts up lol. Taycan seems neat.
Taycan is a two a speed.
that's beautiful broI'll drive a manual for as long as cars still have them. An argument can be made that modern automatics shift faster, and that's very true for boring, straight line driving, but the fact of the matter is you can't do nearly the amount of stupid shit in an auto that you can in a manual. It's not just about shifting up and down to the next gear, it's about modulating the clutch so that the engine and driveshaft are spinning at different rates to apply exactly the desired power. It's about using the gas, clutch and brakes at the same time to shift weight to the desired tires for maximum grip. It's about being able to throw it in the exact RPM and gear it needs to be in while braking in a corner so you shoot out of it like a rocket.
Settle down, mate.I'll drive a manual for as long as cars still have them. An argument can be made that modern automatics shift faster, and that's very true for boring, straight line driving, but the fact of the matter is you can't do nearly the amount of stupid shit in an auto that you can in a manual. It's not just about shifting up and down to the next gear, it's about modulating the clutch so that the engine and driveshaft are spinning at different rates to apply exactly the desired power. It's about using the gas, clutch and brakes at the same time to shift weight to the desired tires for maximum grip. It's about being able to throw it in the exact RPM and gear it needs to be in while braking in a corner so you shoot out of it like a rocket.
Everything up until my latest ute (pickup truck to you murcans) was a manual but now I drive an auto and I can’t see myself going back to a stick unless I ever buy some high end sports car. I tried the manual version of my truck and it was pretty awful to be honest. Auto boxes have come a long way. I was reading an articles the other day and less than 10% of car sales are manual.
I don’t think most electrics even have transmissions.
I'll drive a manual for as long as cars still have them. An argument can be made that modern automatics shift faster, and that's very true for boring, straight line driving, but the fact of the matter is you can't do nearly the amount of stupid shit in an auto that you can in a manual. It's not just about shifting up and down to the next gear, it's about modulating the clutch so that the engine and driveshaft are spinning at different rates to apply exactly the desired power. It's about using the gas, clutch and brakes at the same time to shift weight to the desired tires for maximum grip. It's about being able to throw it in the exact RPM and gear it needs to be in while braking in a corner so you shoot out of it like a rocket.
So for this one job I had to drive a company car. It was a 5 speed manual, Geo Metro . An early 90's, 2 door hatchback job. I think it had the 1.0L engine in it as they bought the cheapest one they could get. That car was so turd. Sucked a lot of the fun out of driving a manual.
The manual version of the Honda Civic DX used to not even have power steering (I guess the power steering on the automatic ran off the transmission or something).
They don't. It's just one, continuous gear I believe.
To address StevenK's Q: As per the above, I don't think a manual would be possible in an EV as the single gear negates the need for a gear box.
I like to drive.Settle down, mate.
I actually converted my Mini from automatic to manual (it was a great deal when I moved to the states, then I started tuning it... turns out they made no LSD for auto... now it also has a single mass flywheel)View attachment 51638
You must be young or rich. Power steering was an option on most cars sold before the late 90s. So was AC. So were radios, any radio at all. My first car was an 82 Escort. Those didn’t even have visors and wing mirrors on both sides unless you paid for it. In Hondas from the same period even the center console was an extra option.
Btw, power steering and automatic gearbox are totally separate in these cars and have no interconnection.
I can tell lolI like to drive.
You guys that don't have (or have access to) a manual sports/off road car are missing out.
It is one of the few things that break up the mundane everyday travel and muted world a lot of us persevere in nowadays.
Gohan gets it.
When I was at the dealer, I got to drive the old e-gear auto versions of the Audi R8 and Lamborghini Gallardo. Both were not very responsive and lurchy. Absolutely inferior to the manual offerings, in my book. The manual R8s felt the way it should be. I will say, the 2nd gen R8 fixed the auto trans issues, though.Yeah, the days of those shitty single clutch auto's (& paddles in the exotics) is finally in the rear view.
Wish I knew how to drive stick but it’s one of those things that I don’t need to know how to do now a days in the US at least. In 2003 I was in Avignon France and my Father and I were lucky to rent the only automatic the rental place had so we could drive to the Cannes (first day of the film festival) and Monaco, everything else was manual back then.
There’s a Neo Geo legend I know from O Hi O who drives his WRX Sti stick style, only person I know.