Guest steve77964 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 i know i'm covering old ground, but im currently contemplating an automatic tt... but what differences will i really feel after having owned a manual tt for over 18 months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 i know i'm covering old ground, but im currently contemplating an automatic tt... but what differences will i really feel after having owned a manual tt for over 18 months? You won't need to change gear. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 auto is great if you ask me, try both, and see what you prefer. Most people on here have autos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 your left foot might feel a bit redundant, unless you get into left foot braking (probably not much point in an auto). Other than that, one suggestion TEST DRIVE lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steve77964 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 You won't need to change gear. HTH never? what does HTH mean? you spend too much time on forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamelessTT Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Classic!, bit more delay in gear changes aswell....depends how good your clutch / gear box skills were before. Like any auto box its a bit of a case of stomp on the gas.......wait wait.........whoosh!. The Supra box is definately better than anything ive used before tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steve77964 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 your left foot might feel a bit redundant, unless you get into left foot braking (probably not much point in an auto). Other than that, one suggestion TEST DRIVE lol i have driven autos before so i know my left foot can chill out lol... i actually meant performance wise... anyone goingto squires next tuesday with an auto wanna take me for a spin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 never? It's your choice, that's the good thing about the auto - I drive mine like a manual most of the time but on those lazy jaunts into town you can just sit back and let it do the work. what does HTH mean? Hope This Helps you spend too much time on forums Agreed but it's more interesting than work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steve77964 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 It's your choice, that's the good thing about the auto - I drive mine like a manual most of the time but on those lazy jaunts into town you can just sit back and let it do the work. so you can drive them to the rev limit without it changing gear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 so you can drive them to the rev limit without it changing gear? At the touch of a button, not that there is a huge amount of point though unless you like the sound of the car hitting the limiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 if you hold it in gear using manual mode I believe, still only a max of 4 gears not 6, but if you're ok with that, test drive time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 3 gears actually in manual mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 3 gears actually in manual mode. oh, no access to o/d in manual mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 oh, no access to o/d in manual mode? That's right. But you don't need manual mode to make it rev up to the redline. It will do that anyway. If you push hard on the throttle then the box will go right up the revs before changing. It's fairly intelligent y'know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 It's your choice, that's the good thing about the auto - I drive mine like a manual most of the time but on those lazy jaunts into town you can just sit back and let it do the work. Exactly what I was going to say! Best of both worlds IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steve77964 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 sounds like i'm sold to be fair this is the car i'm part exing for from Jurgen... http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=104101 opinions on the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 It's fairly intelligent y'know It's not, it's just a lump of metal lol I saw in another thread people having trouble getting top speed because full throttle would kick down a gear, or vice versa it would change up before the red-line. I take it these are faults (common or not) and a correctly working auto box does at least a half decent job here. In which case, what's the need for manual mode anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 well after supra pod i dont think im gona convert to a manual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 well after supra pod i dont think im gona convert to a manuel! lol if you're only into drag 1/4s but then as ryan proved, if he can get into the 8s with a stock manual box, then the finger points to the driver not the transmission not that I claim to do any better, but I'm not a 1/4 mile man much anyway, prefer real road and track use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 well after supra pod i dont think im gona convert to a manuel! Have you got something against Spanish waiters then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Have you got something against Spanish waiters then?! prefer my french tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Have you got something against Spanish waiters then?! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-Dupra Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I had auto for a year and after having the manual 5 months I was still wondering what all the fussy was about. As a daily driver I much prefered the auto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 All I can say, why did they make so many autos, if they aren't as good an alternative to manuals? In a car like the Supra, I wouldn't have thought they would've installed anything else but an excellent auto transmission. I'm a real fan of the auto, thats for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 they made a lot of robin reliants too, not sure what that tells us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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