05-24-2018, 11:03 AM | #15 | |
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05-24-2018, 11:19 AM | #16 |
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I'll try to find it again. I specifically remember reading it in several places, but I could be mistaken.
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05-24-2018, 11:20 AM | #17 |
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Impossible to use this feature at my power level. Red line comes way too fast in the lower gears. But mine is also quite laggy using the paddles or manual shifting mode.
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05-24-2018, 12:18 PM | #18 | |
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When you tap a paddle (or a floor-shifter +/- or the shifter itself) and the signal is sent to cause a shift, your part is over and done with before the transmission even gets started. Which leaves you sitting there waiting for at least a fraction of a second at least for the hydraulics to do their thing. With a MT, the shift doesn't get finished until you finish your part and the clutch is fully engaged, meaning that you aren't having to wait on anything that's slower than you are. Norm
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05-24-2018, 12:54 PM | #19 | |
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Of course a human can't shift a manual as fast, but at the same time, an automatic will never have the same precise control over the shift points and quality. That's why if you want to shift like a manual - get a manual. |
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05-24-2018, 02:01 PM | #20 | |
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BUT, as I noted above, there is also a BIG difference between manually shifting the Camaro's A8 while tooling around town vs. on the track. Under certain circumstances, on the street, the manual shifting has a big delay. But under track conditions, the shifts are very quick. Not quite as quick as a PDK, but close, and you do have very precise control of the shifting. And from what I understand, it also depends on what mode you are in on the mode selector. And on another note, the Owner's Manual states that to take the car on the track with the A8, you have to take the car into the dealer and have them set the transmission fluid to the "track specific oil level". I had that done on my car (I wanted to make sure I followed the manual exactly, so if something happens, GM will honor my warranty), and the shifts seem to be a bit quicker and have more thump to them when it up-shifts. |
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05-24-2018, 02:06 PM | #21 |
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Then why are the automatic. SS’s faster than the manual and have been for a couple years?
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05-24-2018, 03:22 PM | #23 | |
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Disappointment with one or more of the ways an AT feels is not as directly related to the performance as you'd like to think it might be. It's also why the cars in my sig have this one thing in common, the various disappointments meaning more to me as 'negatives' than the measured performance does as a positive. But that hasn't kept me from putting a little time into trying to understand automatics or the associated subjective matters. Norm
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05-24-2018, 07:41 PM | #24 | |
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05-25-2018, 09:11 AM | #25 | |
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05-25-2018, 10:29 AM | #26 | |
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On track I only use full auto mode unless it's raining and I cant get it into performance shift mode without flying off track... Full auto on track is just a much more precise version of me shifting, I just dont see a reason to row the gears myself at that point. |
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05-25-2018, 11:03 AM | #27 | |
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