Not at all. The up/down on the stick shift for manu-matic is just weird and awful. When you're using paddles it's more F1 like.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Mathew Howard via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never driven a real paddle shift, but I did have a car with a > manually shiftable automatic, which I'd guess is a somewhat similar > experience... definitely not at all the same as a stick shift, but it does > give you somewhat more of an involved feel than automatic. > > The lack of a clutch definitely would make a huge difference. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Af [[email protected]] on behalf of Josh Luthman via Af [ > [email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:01 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] offtopic - jaguar makes cool stuff > > It's not the same thing AT ALL. It's a third gear box option. My car > has automatic and paddle shift. It is not the same as driving the 6MT of > the identical car at all. Remember there is no clutch and it is generally > sequential, which is probably where that different feel of driving comes in. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> For manual lovers that have used "flappy-paddle gear boxes", how do >> they compare in the involvement with the driving experience? >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Jason McKemie via Af" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:54:16 AM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] offtopic - jaguar makes cool stuff >> >> All of my vehicles except my most recent car (and the work van) have been >> manual, I miss that quite a bit. >> >> On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, Bill Prince via Af <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My wife and I love stick shifts. Probably an attitude that is restricted >>> to people that love the driving thing. Stick shift makes you more >>> "involved". >>> >>> And like you say, it also is a crude form of theft control. Becoming >>> more effective every day. I'm surprised by the number of people that don't >>> know how to drive a stick any more. >>> >>> -- >>> bp >>> <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com> >>> >>> On 12/16/2014 8:16 AM, Seth Mattinen via Af wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/16/14, 8:02 AM, Josh Luthman via Af wrote: >>>> >>>>> Primitive beings and their manual gearboxes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I still drive a stick because it's fun. Also nobody else drives my car >>>> because they can't figure out how to operate it. >>>> >>>> ~Seth >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
