So no one wants a manual

Do yourself a favor, dont waste your time, get a DCT, the 1/1000 of a second you save on each shift will make up the time you wasted reading this entire thread..

 

The use of a manual in the USA is different to many other countries. In the USA its now a "performance experience" option on high end cars, not an economy option on low end cars. its something to entertain with. The rest of vehicles find some form of At easier to use and better fuel economy.

Its like PS is easier to use, just not as engaging or fun as a non assisted rack. Going further eps is a inferior drive experience to a great hydraulic ps but fuel economy regs and ease of manufacture means we we see few hydraulic ps units offered.

I also love all those cars with ceramic brakes, because they reallydo make a difference on the street?(sarcasm) And no one I know seriously runs ceramics on track. So its a F1 he look at me brag tech.

If manufacturers can shove the easy option(paddles) down the sportscar enthusiasts throat under the guise of being better they will. Faster by a few 10ths is not necessarily better.

That any manual are offered on high performace cars indicates there is a core group who insist on this. From an emissions fuel economy and paper number perspective paddles win.

As to the quip about learnign how to drive paddles, I can say learn how to drive a stick and something more dynamic than a chrsler crossfire.
BTW does a Mp12 count as paddles? Wonder why I went with stick, it was my mp12 458 experience that convinced me to spend on more an stick car gain.

Yeah paddles are great for an rs3 daily driver. You can sit in traffic all day long and occasionaly when the opportunity arises self shift.

But hey I use a digital watch to tell the time, its far more convenient and accurate, but many here love a mechanical watch, why is that.

Perhaps its an emotional and experiential thing that trumps pure function. If function is everything then even if you want fast car for the street, a m5 or amg merc is going to be unbeatable on street, so why do people buy slower 911's? Or highly styled car like a corssfire. Cars are experiential and emotional, otherwise just buy a corrola, which most do.

If you dont drive a manaual on an open back road, you are missing one of drivings great joys.

A paddle is to me like a blowjob, it works efficiently and requires very little input. But somehow it misses a whole lot of what comes from the ineterplay of getting down and dirty in interaction, each feeding off the other. From what I read most prefer a blowjob, possibly they lack the talent will energy and effort for more. Or maybe if you spend most of your life stuck in traffic, and you dont have the opportunity to wind it out and work it down a long sinuous road "paddles" just work best for you. Two arguably similar yet in the end different experiences.

On track, there is no doubt that a paddle is faster, the sheer speed and intensity of a paddle on track when driven properly makes it every bit the expoerience of a manual, and in some ways arguably more. The speed into and out of corners, the magnification of concentration in terms of eyes and hands on a paddle is greater on track. But then a manual offers an equaly full if slightly slower experience on track by introducting more elements. On track to me its choice. On backraod its manual hands down, in traffic its at.

There are very few drivers who have the skills to fully exploit on track what a paddle has to offer. But yeah it can make a average driver faster, it also can hold you back.

 

humerous read, esp the bit about getting aGtrs over Gt3.

If James Bond Can Keep Driving A Manual, Why Can't We?

 

Already bid past the ask on any other non scud 430

Ferrari 430 Base Coupe 2 Door | eBay

 

You Can Get The Shelby GT350 With Any Transmission You Want So Long As It's Manual

Lets see how well it sells then.

 

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