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69bossnine said:
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Rapture said:
I would take a DSG, in fact I'll probably wait to buy a 911 until they produce one with a DSG (like) trans. I like driving a manual transmission car, it would just be nice to be able to throw it in "auto" mode sometimes and not have to pay a penalty in shift speed, or overall performance.

I'm kind of suprised that a manufacturer has not produced a DSG equipped car that has a shifter more like a manual transmission car. You would think this would feel more natural to those that have driven sticks all of their lives, just no pesky clutch.



Never, ever, in my 38-plus years, have I even considered a clutch to be "pesky". How lazy is this society getting to be?? Shifting is like breathing, something you never consider as effort...... Or is it just me?

Leave the DSG's to the pinky-waggers and the F1 wannabe's and the techno-obsessed geeks, I'm a manual guy for life!!!



Pesky may be the wrong adjective. I have a U.S Spec R32 which was not available with the DSG here, but I have read many positive articles about it. My friend also just purchased a new Maserati with the Cambio, and I had asked him after several months of ownership would he buy it again and if it feels natural, he said he would. I never quite felt a natural feeling with the steering wheel shift action on the SL55. I enjoy the six speed manual in the R32 quite a bit, but I have owned other vehicles that I have not enjoyed at all specifically because the clutch operation would aggravate a nerve im my left hip. Not bad if it's an occasional driver, but not a daily driver. I'll carry the handbag and drive the DSG in this case.

BTW one of the main reasons this is of current importance is that I was able to sit in the AM Vantage that happened to be at a Illinois dealer this past weekend, and I thought the clutch pedal was very heavy, and that damned pain came back. Maybe it was due to being a pre-production vehicle.