a kill.... in a cutlass?????

[madeintheshade]

Your right alot of autos drop to lower rpms than a manual. Some cars have slugey auto trannies that rob power, shift slower, and drop to low rpms. But you have some cars that have a good transmission that shifts quickley and firmley. Just normal driving in my car you can tell the difference in my transmission than a slugey one. My car breaks loose into second at 40mph because how fast it shifts.

[GForce957]

You have a 4 speed tho, which is another disadvantage of autos, however this doesn't apply for the most part today because companies are putting 5-6 speeds in most automobiles. I think lexus has about 14 gears now...

[CassiesMan]

Originally Posted by GForce957

You have a 4 speed tho, which is another disadvantage of autos, however this doesn't apply for the most part today because companies are putting 5-6 speeds in most automobiles. I think lexus has about 14 gears now...

The Eclipse in TF&TF had a prototype 14 gear Lexus transmission.

[madeintheshade]

Originally Posted by GForce957

You have a 4 speed tho, which is another disadvantage of autos, however this doesn't apply for the most part today because companies are putting 5-6 speeds in most automobiles. I think lexus has about 14 gears now...

How does that put me at a disadvantage?

[Sleepr awd]

the more gears with the same final drive ratio will mean that your gears are closer, and that it will keep you in a smaller RPM range which is hopefully ideal. Granted, if you have a lot of power and there is no real range, it's just all power, then fewer gears is quicker b/c you don't have to shift, but for us guys without balls out the walls torque, having more gears means we can stay in the hot part of the powerband.

[superman'd b18]

exactly..... lexus is kinda over doing it with the 14 gears, but thats ok....