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- Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:02 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Winter....potholes....and automatics. Ugh!
- Replies: 62
- Views: 14190
Re: Winter....potholes....and automatics. Ugh!
I'd never want to have anything other than a hydraulic clutch after owning a few cars that use hydraulics. I particularly love that I can install a heavy duty performance clutch in my Audi, but it's still easy to depress the clutch pedal. On my old Foxbody Mustang, the stock clutch was about 10 time...
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:57 am
- Forum: Manuals in the News
- Topic: No more manuals left in Audi's U.S. lineup
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7207
Re: No more manuals left in Audi's U.S. lineup
The ZF 8 speed absolutely is not in the right gear in any situation. The shift strategy for deceleration keeps it in 3rd until a full stop, making accelerating from a near-stop frustrating while it hunts for and bangs in to 1st. Otherwise, it's absolutely a wonderful transmission, as far as automat...
- Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:20 am
- Forum: Manuals in the News
- Topic: No more manuals left in Audi's U.S. lineup
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7207
Re: No more manuals left in Audi's U.S. lineup
What puzzles me is that automatic transmission get harder and harder to drive over the years. You would think that alone would spur a return to manuals. I think that it is like dishwashers and other appliances. The EPA has gotten into the game and ruined them. I'll take an old vacuum modulated auto...
- Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:10 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Fake manual transmissions coming to EVs?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2362
Re: Fake manual transmissions coming to EVs?
Update to this thread:
Looks like Lexus is developing a manual transmission EV too:
https://www.teslarati.com/lexus-ev-manu ... ook-video/
Looks like Lexus is developing a manual transmission EV too:
https://www.teslarati.com/lexus-ev-manu ... ook-video/
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:31 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: First truly automatic manual transmission
- Replies: 1
- Views: 939
- Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:56 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: New Toyota Supra with manual transmission!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3897
Re: New Toyota Supra with manual transmission!
So now we know that Toyota is going to put a manual transmission in the 2023 Supra. Score for the manuals!
- Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:49 am
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Fake manual transmissions coming to EVs?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2362
Fake manual transmissions coming to EVs?
https://youtu.be/YZR3FM2ENMM
Very interesting....
Very interesting....
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Let's talk about dual mass flywheels
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1786
Let's talk about dual mass flywheels
So I'm guessing that most or at least some of the people here have at least heard of dual mass flywheels. Maybe some of you even have advanced knowledge about them. But my question is this---do you know if the car you drive now or the cars you've owned in the past used a dual mass flywheel? I was su...
- Mon May 24, 2021 3:28 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Pulled my transmission....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1615
Re: Pulled my transmission....
Oh well....I was going to add some pictures, but it seems that pictures can't be added anymore.
- Mon May 24, 2021 3:27 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Pulled my transmission....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1615
Pulled my transmission....
...to install a new clutch. The stock clutch couldn't handle the extra power, so I decided to go with an aftermarket clutch that can handle 375 lb.ft. of torque, which is probably pretty close to where the car is right now. I was able to pull the transmission in my garage using a mid-rise lift (EZca...
- Mon May 24, 2021 12:58 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Buying guide actually updated to 2021
- Replies: 56
- Views: 15170
Re: Buying guide actually updated to 2021
Audi returned to manual transmissions with the 2021 A3. Unfortunately, they decided to skip the 2021 model year for that model in the USA. So we will have to wait and see if the new 2022 model keeps the manual transmission or not.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: Manuals in the News
- Topic: Electric cars outsold the manual transmission for the first time in 2019
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8220
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:25 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Autonomous cruise control
- Replies: 103
- Views: 42869
Re: Autonomous cruise control
I've said this before and I'll say it again---I think it would be a riot to DRIVE a car in a sea of autonomous vehicles. Why? Well, they will always try their best to avoid a collision with another vehicle. And think about how much fun you could have in a situation like that. Gotta love robot cars....
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Autonomous cruise control
- Replies: 103
- Views: 42869
Re: Autonomous cruise control
What do you think of this conversation I found on another site?'' Autonomous vehicle proponents have realized that pedestrians will probably game the system! Since cars will no longer be a danger to them - pedestrians will walk onto the streets of cities, walking right into the street, any place, a...
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Are manual transmission vehicles going to increase in value?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4247
Re: Are manual transmission vehicles going to increase in value?
I'm not sure if any of you subscribe to VINwiki YouTube channel. If you like cool car stories, definitely check it out. Anyway, the founder of VINwiki (it's an app, the YouTube channel just supports the app for the most part) is big on supercars and hypercars. He owns several and he used to be a sal...