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The 5 speed will probably improve the 0-60 times as the old 6 speed required a shift to 3rd before 60 probably costing at least half a second or more.
IMO the 6 speed is just a me too gimmick. I haven't lived with one day to day, and Roy owns one and from what others have said it is a nice tranny, but in every one I've test driven with customers, no one has used 6th gear. You get up to freeway speed and I remind them they are still in 4th and they shift to 5th and think they're done.
5th and 6th are cruising gears, not performance gears. It's nice that the 4 lower gears are therefore more closely spaced, but how close must they be with a broad torque turbo motor?
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Posts in this Thread:
- 05 9-3 Aero models to have 5 speed manual, royw, Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:59:46
- Re: 05 9-3 Aero models to have 5 speed manual, duuude, Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:11:47
- Quicker 0-60, no shift....., Mike Lynch
, Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:49:22 <-- Viewing This Message - 5 speed may be better, Jose's Viggen, Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:00:19
- Re: 05 9-3 Aero models to have 5 speed manual, phil, Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:32:01
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