prizrak
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I think Legacy has the CBT.
i've never driven any DSG, but going by the reviews all over the internet, i figured they were by now as good/as useable as a manual.
thanks for setting that straight!
all hail to the manual!!
Mine starts to go backwards... I used to be really big fan of automatics since I had my license, but lately I've been thinking that it might not be too bad thing to have a manual. With a proper, big engine to go with it. With unpowerful engines automatic is the way to go, manual won't make it any better.
I so rarely drive in city traffic that the extra pedal wouldn't bother too much.
That's the common misunderstanding. When car does not have power, it does not have it no matter what's the transmission. With an underpowered car you should simply get as comfortable as possible. With high amount of power automatic tends to take the peak out, and makes the car feel less powerful than it actually is.
165 is not little amount of power. I've driven 75hp W124 with an automatic and that was just perfect. A lot more comfortable than the manual I had.
My commute takes about 45minutes to go about 10km (about 6.5 miles) because I essentially have to cross some of the busiest road ways and rail-lines in Australia and it never worries me too much, it's just second nature to change gears
The buick's manual is much more involved, 3spd with the direct opposite pattern of a modern car and no syncros at all
Weren't you just in that other thread talking about smoothness of power delivery? Sounds a bit like comfort to me"Comfortable" doesn't make sense to me, car's comfort has little to do with its power and everything with the suspension, seats and sound deadening.
That's a factor sure but a small engine with an auto isn't going to have a smooth power delivery eitherWeren't you just in that other thread talking about smoothness of power delivery? Sounds a bit like comfort to me
But I mostly agree. Small engines and autos suck. I live in a hilly area, no journey does not involve a hill of some kind, and small engines and particularly autos with few speeds (like 4) make a meal of it. I find it much easier to maintain a steady speed up hills in a manual where I can select a gear myself rather than leave an auto to get to a hill, start to slow down, refuse to downshift until its too late, then eventually go OH SHIT HILL! and throw it into 1st and jerk you wildly.