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...Saab get into more advanced transmission technology. My mom's Jetta 2.0T has VW's DSG automatic and it is AMAZING! It still probably won't satisfy the die-hard manual transmission fan, but it's basically a manual transmission that works the clutch for for you... but with TWO clutches! Shifts are INSTANT. Even starting from a stop on a hill you role backward until the clutch engages as if you're in a standard car.
It's a six speed and in manual mode it's very "allowing." On my 9-5 in manual mode I can be in third at any speed. I can even select it from a stop. But I have to be doing about 37mph for it to let me into 4th, and about 45 to get into 5th. In fifth at 45 I can floor the gas and it doesn't do anything because it's limiting torque. It was a scary feeling the first time I hit the gas and my car didn't respond! (If you really mash it it kicks-down automatically). With the DSG you can shove it in 6th at like 30mph and the car vibrates like hell under load but the point is you can drive like that. The VW is also very smooth at idle, even for a 4-cyl, because the transmission is completely disengaged at a stop. Long story short, the transmission makes a relatively basic car a freaking BLAST to drive.
Posts in this Thread:
- 9-5 manual vs. auto observations, John in Bismarck, Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:42
- Lets hope so. Autos are too hard to drive and no fun., ursaw, Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:20:20
- Re: 9-5 manual vs. auto observations, fraero95, Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:02:06
- There was an article in MT about this recently., turrbo
, Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:12:41 - Re: 9-5 manual vs. auto observations, George K, Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:57:16
- Re: 9-5 manual vs. auto observations, Dale, Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:47:50
- Re: 9-5 manual vs. auto observations, Herb Hirsch
, Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:46:06 - Glad I'm not the only one, JMJ in NC, Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:13:23
- I would like to see..., B Millar
, Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:40:38 <-- Viewing This Message - Re: 9-5 manual vs. auto observations, burlybryan, Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:42:50
- Thanks!, B Millar
, Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:36:18
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