What's your personal favorite type of transmission??

Originally posted by TsLeng
Oh, so the asian spec lancers have a manual mode with 6 speeds.

I didn't know that.

BTW, no EVO GT-A for me, I rather take the manual version.
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-Yup they already done it since 1999 (but not a CVT type, nor it has 6-spd, but rather a coventional A/T with 4-spd).

-The EVO VII GT-A is more luxury-confort oriented compared the hard-bone original GSR, c'on chrome and leather in an EVO?! Yow!!

Yeeeaaa!
 
21-speed Shimano XTC Racing on a Carrera Cracken

Or, if you aren't talking about mountain bikes, Manual 6-speed will do!
 
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I like Manual's, though I've never droven one in real life, I have sat in a manual car, and flipped through gears.
 
Manuals are fun for weekend driving but id prefer automatic for everything else, I like to do as little 'work' before I get to work.
 
i'd have to go with the "tiptronic" type shifting, my mom has a passat and it is quite nice
 
I drive a manual every day and love it. Mind you, in the UK, most cars are manuals, so its what we grow up with. Whenever I've driven an auto I've just got bored not having anything to do while accelerating! My current car has got a 5-speed manual, and I like it!
 
Has anyone else heard of zeroshift transmission. Its completely manual but clutchless... and the performance graphs are pretty impressive... Read about it in racecar engineer...
 
Yes I have and it does seem like quite an achievment to get it as good as they have, for now my fav is manual, I had an auto once and it was boring to drive over any distance longer than to my local shops.
 
Originally posted by bengee
Has anyone else heard of zeroshift transmission. Its completely manual but clutchless... and the performance graphs are pretty impressive... Read about it in racecar engineer...
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but with no clutch, is it really considered as a manual or an automatic?

edit: atm im driving a manual, havent tried automatic before.
 
My Volvo has 5 speed manual. I cant stand auto, it feels like there is no control. Aljones is right about the UK, maybe 95% of cars here are manual. Only fat-cats in thier Jags and Mercs have auto (plus a few lazy people).
 
Zeroshift is manual, you still have to change the gears, ifit was auto then you wouldn't have to.
 
I'm going to change my stance on transmissions. I prefer a 5-speed manual.

I'll take a regular manual over a sequential because of the inability to heel-toe. Plus, sequentials have lag, and you have to go through gears, well, sequentially, so no downshifting from, say, 4-2.

Unfortunately, I've recently discovered that I can't drive a manual anymore. It was quite an embarassment. But I just need some practice, and I'll be able to get the skill back.
 
Originally posted by Takumi Fujiwara

I'll take a regular manual over a sequential because of the inability to heel-toe. Plus, sequentials have lag, and you have to go through gears, well, sequentially, so no downshifting from, say, 4-2.
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If it's a sequential semi-automatic, meaning there is a clutch but it's computer controlled, then it will shift faster than anyone possibly could using a standard manual transmission. Also, these sorts of transmissions do "heel toe" for you, when you downshift they will match the engine revs to the road speed.

The automatics with the manual shifting option are no good though. The ones I've driven are only slightly better to drive than a regular automatic, and in some of them they will still occasionally override your gear choise.
 
Zeroshift has no lag. It has not gap in applied torque and no pause in acceleration, other than the slight degredation of said acceleration as the gears are moved through. I wanna test the cerberra the gear box is in... :drool:
 
Originally posted by retsmah

The automatics with the manual shifting option are no good though. The ones I've driven are only slightly better to drive than a regular automatic, and in some of them they will still occasionally override your gear choise.
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:odd:

Have you driven an Eagle Vision TSi with AutoStick, or a Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5? When done properly, the automatic with manual-shift is the best transmission around - in fact, I'm never again buying a car without it. That would be my favourite, then
 
Personally, your standard manual transmission.

Intrigued by the BMW SMG transmission, would love to drive one. Alfa's Selespeed has some potential too.

Hate autos. Hate, hate, hate them - and very manufactuers do 'tiptronic' autos properly.
 
well i jus got my lisense...and i started to learn manual..boy oh boy is it hard to learn. anyway...auto is comfortable and nice...when shifting requires more skill , reflexes,, and thinking... manual also gives u slightly better ggas milage, and lets you use engine braking to save those brakes of yours...yeah..manuals great
 
Originally posted by BeN_SpeC2
and lets you use engine braking to save those brakes of yours...yeah..manuals great
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yeah dropping down gears and wearing your clutch out instead
 
I've driven a Hyundai Sonata V6 with the manuauto, not sure how similar that is to the one in the Santa Fe, the Sonata's V6 is only a 2.8l. I've also driven a Mazda 6 with one quite a bit. I don't like them at all, the problem is the torque converter, it just... I don't like it.
 
Originally posted by retsmah
I've driven a Hyundai Sonata V6 with the manuauto, not sure how similar that is to the one in the Santa Fe, the Sonata's V6 is only a 2.8l. I've also driven a Mazda 6 with one quite a bit. I don't like them at all, the problem is the torque converter, it just... I don't like it.
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The Sonata's a 2.7L, a really bad engine shared quite a bit around the Korean car community - the 3.5L is used in the Hyundai XG350, Kia Amanti, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorento, and Kia Sedona, but only the first three of those have an automatic with manual-shift; it's a five-speed (and really bad). The 2.7L is used in the Kia Optima, Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Tiburon, and Hyundai Santa Fe, each of which use a four-speed auto with manual-shift, equally as bad as the 3.5L. The Koreans really haven't mastered engines yet. Actually, I'm disgusted - the most powerful Korean car ever sold here has just 200bhp.

In my car the automatic with manual is a thing of beauty, but it's expected to be for the price. I'm continually surprised with Audi/Volkswagen's Porsche-sourced Tiptronic. Considering that in the used market, it's cheaper than the manual, it's a total deal - it makes the 98-01 Passat and A4 feel extremely quick despite having just 150bhp until 2000.
 
Originally posted by VIPERGTSR01
yeah dropping down gears and wearing your clutch out instead
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well wud u rather slam on ur brakes while going thru a turn or jus downshift and accelerate through?
 
either way, your eventually going to replace them sooner or later becasue they're both parts of the car that are meant to get worn down.
 
Originally posted by lsk8er
Brake Pads wear out faster than a clutch.
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yeah but brake pad are alot easier and cheaper to change

unless your racing or travelling at speed i see no reason why people sould drop down gears when stopping, which is wearing clutch and syncro's. i cant stand it when people down change all the way down to first when coming up to lights (at normal speed), just take it out of gear and let it coast
 

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