The cars and bikes thread!

[Seriously]

Is that a bike engine or a car engine?

Exactly





That's the 2.3 litre!!

[93EXCivic]

And this is fully powered. The whole rear end lifts up to stow the roof panel.

Ugh. Unnecessary weight for the loss.

[Raza]

Ugh. Unnecessary weight for the loss.

The car is so fast already; even the regular model does 0-60 in like 4.5 with the manual. At some point, I just don't care. It's not a track car and I'd never track it.

[Seriously]

The car is so fast already; even the regular model does 0-60 in like 4.5 with the manual. At some point, I just don't care. It's not a track car and I'd never track it.

Get the PDK, it's faster

[93EXCivic]

Get the PDK, it's faster

But more boring.

[Seriously]

hmmmmmm I dunno.......

[93EXCivic]

hmmmmmm I dunno.......

No three pedals equals more boring. Fact!

Of coarse if I had my say all sports cars would be rear wheel drive and as analog as possible. Fewer electronics and computers and less weight equals more fun. Which is why a NA Miata is more fun then a NC Miata and why a Spitfire is more fun then any Miata (right up until you have to push it somewhere).

[geoffbot]

Automatics are indeed dull. Even my mother (whose last 5 cars have been hyundais) misses changing gear in her new automatic (hyundai).

[mlcor]

The problem is, things have reversed over the past ten years. Used to be manuals were quicker, more reliable, and more fuel efficient than automatics. Now, the sophisticated dual clutch systems shift faster and more efficiently than manuals, and get better gas mileage.

They are admittedly less fun, and take some of the skill out of driving. OTOH, so did synchronized clutches, and very few people are clamoring for their renaissance.

i did enjoy the manual transmission in my Lotus, but at least the automated manual (not an automatic) in my Vantage demands attention to (and choice of) gear selection. In sport mode, it won't up shift for you--if you go to redline, it will hit the limiter.

[Seriously]

No three pedals equals more boring. Fact

Exactly!!


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