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How many gears does one need?
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Sun, 26 Feb 2017 07:23:31
In Reply to: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Cannonball, Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:31:49
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The 5 gears in my 9K and in my wife's 9-5 automatic SW seem fine. Then I get into a U Wreck Em and find it has 6 or 7. All they are is window dressing for fuel economy. No performance gains that I can tell. I've been renting from Silvercar when I can, which gets me an Audi A4. I think they have 6 or so gears and they have either paddle shifters or a slap stick so they can be shifted manually. But once in top gear I think I go down 3 gears to get strong acceleration. It sure ain't my 9K Stage 2.
IMHO the number of gears we see today is 2 things: fuel economy and manufacturers trying to keep up with each other. And automatics are the way it's gonna be. Get used to it. I don't think a manual tranny will be available on anything new in another 5 years.
Posts in this Thread:
- Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Cannonball, Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:31:49
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ? I hope so., andym, Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:51:06
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, IndySaaber , Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:09:56
- How many gears does one need?, Noel, Sun, 26 Feb 2017 07:23:31 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, cheaptech , Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:49:04
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, AdamD, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:47:20
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, JMJinNC, Thu, 23 Feb 2017 07:00:39
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Snowmobile , Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:53:33
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, GFW3pedals , Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:33:47
- Re: Are 6 speeds necessary ?, Justin VanAbrahams , Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:51:25
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