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March 2nd, 2007 11:22 AM #71
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March 2nd, 2007 01:21 PM #72
Oops. What I meant to say was less control than a manual.
Yes, I've driven the CVT Jazz (and loved every minute of it), and yes, it gives you a lot of control that you don't get with an AT. It'll give you the same or better acceleration than a manual much of the time, but personally, it's still more of a filter between you and the road than a standard manual... it's not quite there for sports drivers, not yet. It smoothens out the torque a little too much, hurting outright pace (versus a manual)... that's if you're a good driver (I wish I was... ). For 99% of the time, the CVT gives you enough control... then you drive the new Civic's manual variant, and you're reminded how sweet a good stick can be. Can't wait till they put the six-speed stick (yes, six!) from the CR-V onto the Civic.
But then, I've noted this with Honda's 5-speed AT on the Civic, too. Honda's semi-auto programming is less of an annoying nanny than most, and I highly recommend either the Civic 2.0 SL or the Jazz 1.5 CVT to local speed freaks who can't live with a stick yet still want to swap cogs by themselves.
Me? Give me a stick, anytime. When DSG becomes affordable on small cars, then I'll switch...Last edited by niky; March 2nd, 2007 at 01:25 PM.
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March 2nd, 2007 03:09 PM #73
alam ko BMW lang nagoofer ng DSG....
how about those used in F1/WRC, semi-autos ba yun, how about ung "clutchless-manuals"
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March 2nd, 2007 03:19 PM #74
BMW's semi-auto tranny is SMG.
It's a clutch-type transmission with a robot doing the clutchwork for you. (Forgive me for any errors, this is from dim memory).
DSG is Volkswagen-Audi's take. It's a robotic tranny that uses two clutches, with gears on two separate assemblies. You're in second gear, for example, and the other assembly, which has first and third, is free-wheeling. Select third and the other assembly engages while the first disengages. Theoretically, there is no limit to how fast this can shift. It's almost as efficient as a manual, it'll hold more power than Honda's CVTs, and it's still lighter than the heavier duty mechanical CVTs and torque-converter based stuff.
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March 3rd, 2007 05:35 PM #766? I don't get why they keep adding gears when I was perfectly happy with 4 gears before -- faster acceleration and less shifting in city driving. Sure maybe more gears can give better performance and efficiency in highway driving, but we have much fewer highways here. And the highway roads in the provinces have trikes and kuliglig's and sugarcane trucks you have to slow down for!
Baka conspiracy yan para ipa-shift lahat ng mundo sa at para mas malaki benta ng oil companies ah!
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March 14th, 2007 10:38 PM #78
For me, if you want to be practical go for the M/T... most of the time M/T cars cost less than their A/T counterparts and are usually cheaper to maintain...
Pero ang pinaka bonus ng M/T is mas masarap pang harurot...
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March 14th, 2007 10:45 PM #79
Huh? Number of gears don't have much to do with fuel consumption... heck, it can be argued that 5-speeds accelerate better and consume less fuel than 4-speeds (at the cost of extra work for the driver)!
If car manufacturers wanted oil companies to sell more, they could just detune engines or make clutches slip all the time. No diesel engines or locking torque converters and all that stuff. If that was the idea, well, 5-speed trannies would just cost... way too much.
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March 15th, 2007 02:53 PM #80IMO since you're planning to buy a second-hand car, the manual would be a more cost-effective choice since it would probably be cheaper in terms of maintenance compared to the matic.
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