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paddle shift upgrade Q&A Review
What is your favorite thing about driving a Maserati?
Hi! Well, I like that the GranSport pack includes speed and performance upgrades like racer seats, paddle shifts on the steering wheel and adjustable Skyhook electronic dampers. Have a lovely day! Ale
What sports car would you buy if you had an unlimited amount of money?
I would have a car designed and built. I would not get something off-the-shelf, when I could have something tailored to my own wishes and interests. It would look very much like Factory 5's Hot-Rod... ...but it would have independent rear suspension rather than their live axle, and AWD rather than RWD. Also throw in a twin-clutch paddle-shifted gearbox. And four-wheel-steering because I think it would be fun to tinker with control algorithms for that. Power it with an LS7, with a few internal upgrades and a pair of turbochargers. Dual Garrett GTX-3576s ought to yield a bit more than a thousand horsepower on pump gas. And that should be delightful. But if I had to get something off-the-shelf, a Lamborghini Aventador would probably be at the top of my list: Not as beautiful as a '33 Ford-inspired hot rod, but close. And pretty quick, too.
Infiniti G37 manual vs Paddle shift: which is better for 0-60 time?
Manual if you know how to shift. The auto, like most, has a delay between shifts. The manual may have virtually no delay if you can shift. The manual also allows for starting at 3k rpms right off the line where as the auto must start at idle. With good set of drag radials or summer sport tires, this is a significant advantage. The manual has 6 gears which is better than the 2008 5 gear auto. The newer 7 gear auto will beat the 6 speed in this aspect, but this aspect only. Lastly, the 6MT is more durable and upgradable. The 7AT is known to be weaker than the 5AT and both can only be upgraded with an expensive torque converter.
I think there are too many negatives around BMW cars recently, especially how much of a pain it is to own one. What is your honest opinion?
I hate depreciation, but I do like luxury. Consequently I like to buy cars once they have “bottomed out”. While this means they are relatively cheap it also means they are out of warranty. It’s a risk I am prepared to take. In 2006 I bought a 2002 BMW 530d SE which had 95,000 miles on the clock. I ran it for 6 years and put 120,000 miles on the clock. When it hit 200,000 miles I took it to the Nurburgring to celebrate. The only time it ever let me down was when the turbo let go which was a chunky £1,800 bill to put right… Buying an older car means having a war chest ready to cope with unforeseen circumstances. I bought it for £10,000, sold it for £3,000 and paid around £1,000 a year in servicing and consumables, so my costs excluding petrol and insurance were £15,000 over 6 years, or £2,500 per year. If you wanted to do a really coarse comparison that’s the equivalent £208 per month. If you did two consecutive 3 year car leases instead with a 20,000 mile per year mileage limit on that monthly budget you would be very much restricted to driving a compact with a very low spec. Instead I wafted in comfort in an incredibly well appointed and solidly built car with pace and understated looks for 6 years. I only sold it because I was living in London and didn’t need a car anymore. Last year I bought a 2005 X5 4.8is exclusive with 95,000 miles on the clock. If anything it’s even more luxurious. I have a wedge of cash waiting for something big to go wrong, but I can read and clear fault codes myself and minimise costs… that’s not saying that something might not come along that could render the car uneconomical to repair, but to me it’s worth the risk. You could have a similar experience with any other heavily depreciated luxury car, but I’ve always preferred the build quality and looks of BMWs of that era. For me owning BMWs has not been a pain whatsoever… On the contrary it has been immensely satisfying and you could almost argue economical too. ——-UPDATE 24th March 2021——- It seems some people are still getting value from this. I thought I would give you an update of the 2005 X5 4.8is Exclusive which replaced this car. It’s still with me after 3 1/2 years, but has only done 35,000 miles in that time. Costs have been unbelievably low. I decided I would service it myself and just weigh it in for scrap if something truly bad happened that made it uneconomical to repair… but… it hasn’t. It’s been pretty solid. It has cost little more than tyres, service items and at the last roadworthiness test a pair of control arms for the front suspension. I’ve done a couple of DIY repairs myself (Steering angle sensor, front passenger door handle carrier) and an upgrade or two (An M3 SMG steering wheel to add paddle shift, a kinda bling chrome wheel refurb… and a towbar to allow me to run a roofbox, have a dog in the boot, and carry bicycles)… Very occasionally fault codes need cleared for phantom air suspension issues… but it just keeps on going and going with minimal maintenance. On the same calculation as the 530d above: In 3 1/2 years I have gone from a bought price of £7500 to a likely resale value of £3500, and with about £800 a year in servicing and consumables (Premium tyres are pretty expensive even when you are servicing yourself, and a 4.8 V8 takes a lot of oil and sparkplugs). So £6800 over 3 1/2 years or £2000 per year. That’s the equivalent of a £162 per month lease payment. The 18mpg (UK Gallons) is another matter entirely…. So here’s to a decade of opulent motoring on a relative shoestring. Although this one is not going anywhere just yet… It’s a family favourite and has hopefully got much more to give!
Why does Porsche still sell manual transmission vehicles when nobody really knows how to drive one anymore?
I could be wrong, but I would assume that perhaps you live in the United States, or are a citizen or another country in which young drivers are generally encouraged to drive automatics from the outset? I am English, and here in the UK, and indeed in France, Italy and (most importantly due to the origin of Porsche), Germany, young drivers generally learn on manuals. I believe this is the case across most of Europe. Many drivers actually never transition to automatics in their entire life, even though their license would allow for it. When some drivers migrate onto sports cars, such as myself, they will understandably wish to transfer those skills they have spent many years grafting on a manual gearbox onto a vehicle that can take a hammering, partly for the fun of it and partly because it allows for more precise control of the car’s power output. The other half of the equation is engine breaking that is also an essential part of slowing for a corner. If the prerequisite skills have already been acquired to achieve this via a manual, it makes sense to stick with what you know. Let me tell you a little story about the time in my life when I was probably saved by having learnt to drive on a manual. I started life with a small 1 litre Ford hatchback and after some years upgraded to a 1.2 L Renault Clio, and throughout my youth I worked the gears on both cars hard for every ounce of horsepower I could get. I saw the red line more like a target than a limiter, and regularly snapped down the gears as I approached corners, allowing the engine and gearbox to soak up the speed and make up for the lacklustre breaks. I learnt a little and matured somewhat and moved on to a 1.4 L Mazda MX5 (or “Miata” in the States) and I hammered that gearbox as hard as I could all over the UK and the French Alps and it turned out to be bulletproof. What a car that was. Same went for slowing down; nothing quite gave me a thrill like nailing a perfect double declutch, blipping the throttle just before clanking down a gear to match the revs to the speed and hearing the engine wail as it slowed perfectly for the apex. After some years and a couple more manual cars, I moved onto a BMW M3 E93 which I chose with the DMT paddle shift gearbox, if nothing else because I read that it was the first car in history that accelerated faster via automatic transmission than the manual. The difference was marginal but the point was, the gearbox is so fast and surgical that simply pulling the paddle would simulate a racecar driver’s skill in gear shifting. Sounds good on paper, and hearing that mighty 4 litre V8 scream at over 8,000 revs meant it sounded even better in reality, especially with the top down. Few cars on the road matched it, and even if they did, they were fellow monsters to be engaged with, not bested. It steered like it was on rails, kept accelerating for what seemed like an eternity, mollycoddled your waking dreams through sublimely ergonomic controls, shrugged off endless brutal gear changes, featured all of BMW’s impressive innovations like a flawless hardtop convertible roof and comfy cabin aesthetics, gurgled and screamed and roared like no engine I have ever heard, practically spat flames as you shifted down, and would accelerate up steep hills with indifference like gravity was a limitation for lesser beings. My point is, behind the wheel of such an engineering masterpiece as this car was (and still is), one might be forgiven for temporarily forgetting that it is only the car that is near perfect, not the driver. One day I took two friends out and we were tearing about Les Deux Alpes with its sweeping banked corners, relentless hairpin chicanes and breathtaking roads that have been known to make the Tour de France such an infamous challenge. It was outside of skiing season so the roads were clear for miles at a time, and they were encouraging me to push it hard as friends often do when you take them for a ride in such a machine. I have long suspected that it wasn’t really the speed that was the issue, but rather the heavy load and the constant braking as we climbed and descended the mountain constantly. After perhaps an hour of driving we approached a tight corner that wrapped left around the mountain (remember we are driving in the right lane, so the outside in this case). We were driving at the limit; I pushed down on the brake, and … nothing. True story. The supposed legend that is the M3 failed me. Skipping to the end of the story just for a moment, after we narrowly survived, limped down the mountain and pulled off on a mountain pass, it was half an hour before we could even approach the glowing wheel because the brakes had overheated so much that the piston had seized open. Turns out that in their infinite wisdom, BMW upgraded just about every part of the car except for the single-piston brakes unless you chose to shell out an extra 10K for the ceramics which in hindsight one might argue should be standard. Below is a picture of my car — take a close look at the front wheel and you can see what I mean: the discs are certainly large enough and the callipers are chunky, but with just a single piston to drive them they are subject to a high risk of failure when placed under significant strain. Anyway, going back to the fateful moment as we approached the corner, I suppose I had just a fraction of a second to react. The brakes were not working, they had seized up, and we were moving too fast to take the corner — at best I might have pulled into the inside lane to maximise the turning curve and risked killing an oncoming car which on a blind bend is obviously an unacceptable risk and in that moment didn’t occur to me anyway. If we kept going, it was through the barrier and off the edge of the mountain. So what did I do? I did what was absolutely instinctual to me: I downshifted the living hell out of that gear box. If it had been a stick, I would have ripped it into second. As it was a paddle that I was fortunately already familiar with, I mashed it rapidly and to its credit the gearbox didn’t baulk for a moment; it did what it was made to do: it enacted a perfect series of explosive down shifts as the engine roared and soaked up just enough revs that the back wheels of the car skidded just a fraction off the asphalt as we hurtled around the corner. If I had only driven it in the fully automatic mode that I gather most do — and indeed I do 99% of the time when not driving it on appropriate roads — I would not have thought to default to the gear system in the event of brake failure. It was a long history of combining gear changing with the brake peddle that guided my actions on that day. I learned a number of things from the event. I learnt that I was still a stupid kid who nearly killed his friends and needed to respect my car properly. I learnt that you need to understand every aspect of your sports car if you intend to drive it like it’s built to be driven. I learnt that just because magazines and celebrities tell you it’s the greatest machine on four wheels, it wasn’t built by angels and is still subject to failings. I learned that the BMW DMT gearbox truly is one hell of a sturdy bit of kit. And I learnt that all those years I sunk into learning to gearshift manually translated to instantaneous and dependable control when driving what is now referred to as a semi-automatic car. I hope you don’t judge me too hard. I was young and cocky and supremely naive and have never, ever driven the car that recklessly since and never will again. Fortunately I have never had an accident in my life and hope I never do. With the dawn of electric cars, and more recently semi-auto gearboxes like the one I just described, manual driving for both the general public and race car drivers will soon be relegated to the history books. But in answer to your original question, I would simply say that manuals aren’t just more fun than automatics … they actually breed better drivers in the long run and are still commonplace in many of the counties that produce the world’s fastest sports cars to this day. And those drivers are invariably attracted to cars as race-orientated as the Porsche. As such, Porsche are simply catering to that customer base accordingly.
What advantages do manual cars have over automatics now that technology has advanced so much? And is one still preferred over another by experienced drivers?
The manual ggearbox is simply more fun to drive ( at least if you know how to operate it). My current car has a CVT (only comes that way on the upgraded versions), I would much prefer a manual. Yes, you can use the paddle shifts, but they just are not the same as driving a real manual gearbox.
Why does motorcycle design suck so bad? I have to row through gears, hunch over, can't carry anything and back ride the gf like a giraffe.
Son- you may not be using the right vehicle. Those of us that love motorcycles ride them even though they can be… inconvenient. Often: because they impose limitations we have to work around. You want luggage space? Buy a Ford F-150 and haul it all behind you, or… work around it. This guy has balls, inventiveness and class: he’s haulin’ duck and getting his ride on. There is CLEARLY room for a girlfriend in this calculation. Maybe you should buy a bigger bike? Laugh all you want- this guy is living his dream. And he’s not whining about shifting up and down, or squeezing a girl-on-back. There are bigger bikes… but perhaps this one speaks to him. Fills his soul. And fits better than the old Ninja 250 he upgraded from. This man is a true biker in spirit and practice. Ride on, big guy- you are doing it right!! Don’t like shifting? Ok, well, that is odd for most of us in the biking world. This is part of our communication and commune with the bike. But if that is inconvenient for you technology has the answer. There are several very well regarded automatic bikes on the market. I’d ride one (I wouldn’t buy one) —they have two wheels, after all. Ok- maybe this one… This bad boy is the 2018 Honda Goldwing. Automatic with all the trimmings. Including paddle shifting… if you dare...(my Hyundai also has paddle shifters, which is why it sits in my driveway while I ride a bike). You can haul both a girlfriend and more than 200 chicken wings on this hell-spawn technology bastardization. But damn.. ain’t she purty, and she has a wicked growl. Only bike I’ve ever sat in with a parking brake. But—-she is also $24K as pictured, without the shiatsu massager and foot bath. I kid, here are a ton of technology marvels in this bike… including shaving 80lbs off of the previous model year. A good question at this point is… why do you ride??? If you haven’t (willingly and gladly) come to terms with the natural limitations of riding a motorcycle… then perhaps it is just a passing fancy for you. Of my many friends with motorcycles, almost all will: Ride in bad weather. Ride 5 hours to get to a place only 30 minutes away by car. Ride in Texas heat (in Texas traffic)- always arriving sweaty, stinky and angry- because what a fucking fun ride!!! Ride a 100cc scooter before considering driving a car (unless they need to carry tools, supplies, or not be sweaty for that customer presentation) because TWO WHEELS!!!!!! Strap 50 lbs of groceries to a little bike, and deal with “losses” if they happen. Always have a heartfelt compliment for a stranger’s bike. Camp out on a bike ride with nothing but a tent, a can of beans and a six pack (knowing we can ride into town for steak). Ride to help a buddy broken down on the road- even when we have no tools. Always wave to another rider—even on a different brand of bike—just because we appreciate you are riding, too. From your question and tone, I have to guess these parameters don’t describe you. But I could be wrong. If we ever counter each other- all those things above apply- even if you completely miss the point and just complain about the deficits (there are so many) of riding, Just get out there. Point the bike in a direction. Stop complaining. Ride. Everything else is secondary. J
Is a Jaguar F-Type R a good drifting car?
Jaguar F-Type R This vehicle’s base price is around 61k or more and is mostly sequential paddle shifting. Which would be a huge disadvantage since you have to constantly turn your wheel to control your car, and you cant shift a paddle with a moving steering wheel. So in the end i would not recommend drifting this vehicle yes it looks good but not practical for the sport. Also the high maintenance cost would also become a factor and with limited performance upgrade would make this more of a nightmare than anything. Better option: S13, S14, S15, R-32, R-34 A vehicle that has history and championships in the sport and has universal praise and plenty of parts and design choices to choose from and have fun with than modern cars.
Which car is better, a Honda City or a Hyundai Verna?
Disclaimer: I’m a Honda fan and own Honda Two wheeler (for 12 years) as well as car (for 5 years). Hyundai always had advantage of having feature packed cars, which many Indian car buyers rated/preferred over the engine performance, handling and driving feel. However Honda has caught up with the competition and brought in many new features in City 2017 model. New City has many good features like LED headlights, Honda Connect, Start/stop button-key less entry and more importantly F1 car like experience with Paddle shift. Honda has the best petrol engine and most of the owners keep it for many years before upgrading themselves as it is very reliable. Regarding Verna, I feel there are too many face-lifts in recent years. This can lead to costlier repair expenses as the cost comes down with volume production. Advantage for Verna could be more Hyundai service centers in India than Honda and covers small towns across India. Where Honda owner may drive up to 150kms for nearest service center.
Why is it so hard to find a car with a manual transmission? I am trying to buy a car with a manual transmission but apparently not a single dealer has one.
There’s lots of people who will only drive automatic or don’t care, while there’s only a very small and rapidly shrinking number of people who prefer manual or even know how to drive one at all. Keeping easier-selling vehicles on the lot is just good business, but there should be no impediment to you getting one if you want it. Unless your dealer is especially shady (automatics almost always cost more as an option, and ,finding, a manual version is work for your dealer). However, it is true that many manufacturers are dropping manuals altogether, so the particular model you’re interested in might just not be made with a manual any more. But don’t just accept your dealer’s word for it. Ask around or look up your model on your manufacturer’s website or on internet enthusiast forums (there’s one for almost every make and model these days). About 15 years ago my dad was shopping for a new truck. He wanted a V6 F150 2WD 5-speed. He went to his local dealer in the city where he lives, told them what he wanted, and they told him Ford wasn’t making trucks with a manual transmission anymore. So he left and went to a dealer in a nearby small town, told them what he wanted, and they asked him to pick a colour. He’s still driving that truck. If you insist on manual, be prepared to accept a trim package with odd features. It’s very common for manuals to be offered in a “budget” trim level, while the automatic is packaged with air conditioning, power mirrors/windows/locks, an upgraded stereo, and so on. I’ve also seen manual only offered as a 6-speed option on a much more expensive sport trim level. Trim packages are strange. And don’t accept anyone’s explanation that any automatic is “just like driving a manual”, it never is. Many current automatics do approach and even exceed the fuel economy and performance of a manual (CVTs are especially good at saving gas) and they’re always improving, but nothing gives you the experience of a clutch and gearshift, not even close. Paddle-shifting automatic? Get the hell out.
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