View Poll Results: Paddle shifetrs VS 6 speed manual
paddle shifters
17
37.78%
6 speed
26
57.78%
don't really care because I don't race my car
2
4.44%
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Paddle shifters VS 6 speed manual
Lead Lap
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: MD
Haha, wow please inform of this car battery that you have that never dies.
My point is that on the chance that your battery dies, you're not worried about that when you're purchasing a manual vs an automatic (or automated manual).
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: CA
I really wanted my 2IS to be a MT, but two mistakes and 9 months later, I grew tired of it and picked up an Auto instead.
Suffice it to say, I do miss MT, but my 13 hour drive back from Vegas to the Bay Area on Thanksgiving weekend made me realize why I could live with an decent auto-stick for a daily driver. I wish the Lexus Autos don't just limit top gear, but actually let us safely select which gear to be in. DSG would probably be the best compromise for me.
Suffice it to say, I do miss MT, but my 13 hour drive back from Vegas to the Bay Area on Thanksgiving weekend made me realize why I could live with an decent auto-stick for a daily driver. I wish the Lexus Autos don't just limit top gear, but actually let us safely select which gear to be in. DSG would probably be the best compromise for me.
Lead Lap
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From: MD
Ah, yes that's an intersting dilemna. My sister was saying how she will get an auto for her next car as she intends to have children. She wants her husband to get a stick, but he can't seem to learn how to do it.
Lexus Test Driver
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From: CA
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: California
Actually I should have clarified.... The two mistakes were the dealer's in the way they handled my special order on two separate occasions and the 9 months is the duration I waited for my car. I was tired of waiting and dissatisfied with that dealer so I just picked the one with the same color combo and options, except in Auto from the inventory at port
It took me less then 1 hr to get good enough to drive on the street. And on the second street i was on, i had to stop on an incline and then start driving again without hitting the car behind me or stalling out. AND I DID, without using the handbrake.Also in a paddle-shifter car just like a normal automatic, you cant just throw the car in neutral with the push of a pedel. (i know you can throw it into neutral but thats gotta be rough on the tranny when you put it back in drive) That means i cant take advantage of gravity going downhill.
Lead Lap
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From: MD
My roomate is the same as my bro in law. Just can't seem to do it.
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Lead Lap
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From: CA
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From: Waiting for next track day
I enjoy the manual more than the paddle shifters, but for practical reasons the paddle shifters win. when I say practical I mean that the paddle shifters are easier and now even faster
you know thats horrible for the clutch right?
+1
It's actually horrible for autos too it puts strain on the transmission.
A gear that's supposed to roll one direction is rolling the wrong direction or has force trying to roll it the wrong direction. Not good. Always use your brakes and limit the time you have off the brakes and into driving. I wish my car had hill assist.
It's actually horrible for autos too it puts strain on the transmission.
A gear that's supposed to roll one direction is rolling the wrong direction or has force trying to roll it the wrong direction. Not good. Always use your brakes and limit the time you have off the brakes and into driving. I wish my car had hill assist.
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Alberta
Tell that to the guys in the Ferrari's and Bugatti's....and those with the DCT in your beloved M's.
While you're missing a gear or rev match, I'll be pulling away from you with my perfectly shifting paddles.