7shades Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Especially THAT particular manual transmission :P Quote
Felix Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Automatics; lame AND dangerous! QFT. unless they are built for performance. Even then, give me a manual :P Depends on the car. My car (built in 1987) has normal, sports and manual modes. In manual mode it locks the torque converter which is great on downhill mountain roads for downshifting for corners and greatly minimizes the level of braking required to that of a manual car. A manual would be better for takeoffs with the extremely tall gearing and tight torque converter the car has. Personally though I don't mind the auto at all. Also has a hydraulic brake booster setup which gives about 15 boosted braking applications without the motor running. Quote
7shades Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 QFT. unless they are built for performance. Even then, give me a manual :P Depends on the car. My car (built in 1987) has normal, sports and manual modes. In manual mode it locks the torque converter which is great on downhill mountain roads for downshifting for corners and greatly minimizes the level of braking required to that of a manual car. A manual would be better for takeoffs with the extremely tall gearing and tight torque converter the car has. Personally though I don't mind the auto at all. Also has a hydraulic brake booster setup which gives about 15 boosted braking applications without the motor running. Admittedly, my Chaser also has a fantastic auto... It too has the lockup converter and a MECHANICAL linkage between the shifter and the selector, so when you're shifting down the gate it actually goes into the gear you want, without any electronic intervention. Mind you, I don't usually drive it in a spirited manner... Its more of a cruiser. I have other cars with real gears for superhappyfuntime driving :( Quote
rob83ke70 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 My brother was saying his SV6 Ute's handbrake doesnt work while your over a certain speed. as in it will probably break if applied at over a certain speed.... they are a parking brake designed to hold it still when it is still, rather than an emergency brake, designed to slow a moving vehicle down. they are still a mechanical linkage to a drum brake inside the rear discs.... Robert. Quote
altezzaclub Posted March 7, 2010 Author Report Posted March 7, 2010 "they are still a mechanical linkage to a TINY TINY drum brake inside the rear discs...." They'd probably catch fire at 40kph! Quote
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