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Re: there's a reason for the automatics in the States:
Posted by Bill Davies [Email] (more from Bill Davies) on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:34:32
In Reply to: there's a reason for the automatics in the States:, John Fitzgerald
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, Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:35:20
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I converted to automatics with my first 9000 after a lifetime of "proper" sports cars (and some column-change 96s). Would never go back. I positively love the combination of turbo engine and A/T, and my work vehicle, a VW Transporter Kombi van, has a 6-speed Tiptronic box.
I find I hardly ever use the Tiptronic feature - just to pick a lower gear down long hills, maybe - but I do use the Sport mode when I want to get a move on, and on small roads like thopse round here in Somerset.
You might find the British roads both fuller and slower than when you lived in Oxfordshire! Speed limits everywhere you look. I drive into London a couple of times most weeks, and manual transmission would be a killer, average speeds seldom exceed 11 mph.
We are now fitting more traffic lights at roundabouts, which defeats their purpose, but is a reaction to higher traffic volumes and the fact that drivers seem less cooperative than they used to be, less likely to filter or give way.
Posts in this Thread:
- BMW Gran Turismo may be the 9000 of the future, davidk, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:46:48
- More likely the Honda Crosstour, Noel, Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:24:35
- That Honda is as ugly as a mud fence., T. Christopher, Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:39:57
- Re: More likely the Honda Crosstour, Simon S, Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:53:08
- You callin' the 9000 ugly?!, David Ingram, Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:53:48
- Re: More likely the Honda Crosstour - Yes indeed, davidk, Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:36:01
- Wish I could agree...., David Ingram, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:05:45
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