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TreasonousBastard

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13. I agree that sticks are a lot more fun in some cases...

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 10:42 PM

Nov 2019

but I'm not sure I need to double clutch into a drift on my way to get a quart of milk.

I had 2 standard Beetles over the years and they were vastly superior to the oddball automatics VW insisted on foisting upon us. However, modern transmissions are nothing like that old 2 speed Powerglide I had in a '60s Malibu. Or like old Beetle slushboxes.

A modern 8 to 10 speed auto is incredibly smooth and actually gives better gas mileage. Downshifts are faster, too. And even the modern "rubber band" transmissions are becoming respectable.

Back to my original comment-- electric cars have so much low end torque that they often don't need much of a transmission at all.

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