Official Car Thread :: Vol 2 :: Now with More Bikes!

[Advocate]

Wrong topic. Not even going there.

Performance driving requires a bit more skill than automatic transmissions are able to provide. I'll check to see if any AXers I meet in a couple weeks have auto transmissions installed. I'm also doing a PDX event in August, and I'll do the same. I think I know what the results will be.

I understand autos in normal cars/daily drivers for the convenience it offers to some, but to put them in performance cars gives the driver a false sense of security. Most people don't know how to drive their cars, so putting an unexperienced driver behind the wheels of a car that is driven way differently and requires a bit more attention than your average commuter car is stupid, imho of course.

Basically, when you're in a faster car you need to pay a lot more attention, and automatics take away your attention because all you need to do is look and step on the gas, leaving time to do fuck all besides pay attention to the road/how you're driving.

fyi: its a six speed manual with the option for a 6 speed auto (used in the Lexus IS) read: paddle shifters

http://www.subaru.com/vehicles/brz/features.html

edit 2: It was a joke.

edit 3: the vid even shows the guy shifting and talking about heel-to-toe shifting. Something that can only be done in a manual.

[Josh]

I think paddle shifters are fucking proper. You're still controlling when the car shifts, you just don't have to do a little dance first.

[Type Ryan]

Agreed. Paddle shifters/quick shifters are fine. I just cringe when I hear "automatic transmission" in anything other than a daily driver, or shit-banger if you will.

[Josh]

I will not.

[Finch]

Yuck automatic transmission. It's the worst.

[GohanX]

My wife has an old man car, and the auto is funny. You'll be driving normally, the auto decides to randomly downshift and apply the full 200 ft lbs of torque all at once with little warning. It makes for interesting commutes.

[Advocate]

fun times.

also: better get that checked out.

[Advocate]

anecdotal: My sisters current B/F is a transmission mechanic. He builds tranmissions from scratch. I can ask him for you.

pm your cars details. I'm mighty confident he can tell you what's wrong.

[Type Ryan]

So it was in the news recently, but here's a video of a korean couple in their hyundai when it suddenly accelerates and slams into traffic at 80 mph.

[GohanX]

fun times.

also: better get that checked out.

Nothing's actually wrong with it, it's just that the car has no power (140 hp) but 200 ft lbs of torque. That combined with me being unfamiliar with autos makes for interesting rides.