From: "Ken Waller"
From: "John Sessoms" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Green mode, a detail I'd forgotten
> On Behalf Of Larry Colen
>
>> I'm willing to bet that people like that even buy Leicas. Level of
>> experience or knowledge
>> has nothing to do with how much someone spends on something. Look at how
>> long sports cars
>> have been available with automatic transmissions, even before the modern
>> ones that
>> arguably can out perform human shifting.
>
> I don't care if the automatic transmission can out perform me in shifting,
> it doesn't have as much fun, and is not as much fun to drive as my manual.
>
> Plus, I regularly get better MPG performance than I would with an auto.
> However you slice or dice it, an automatic transmission takes some of the
> engine's output for its own operation, and that translates into decreased
> MPG.
I'm not sure that (mileage improvement) would hold true over the new dual
clutch gearboxes on the same engines.
I don't think a dual clutch automatic gearbox was an available option on
the 2005 Focus Wagon. I'm sure there's all sorts of wonderful exotic
automotive technology out there. At what cost?
I'm talking about my experience with an automobile I can pay for ... and
of the options available on *that* car, the *available* manual
transmission made more economic sense for the way I drive.
Just for the sake of argument, what vehicle might have that "dual clutch
gearbox" that would fit on my 136-hp 2.0L I-4 and give me better MPG
than my existing 5 speed ... just in case I might (hypothetically, of
course) want to put in an order with my local Midnight Auto Supply?
If I've got to pine away all broken-hearted and forlorn over something I
can't afford, why shouldn't it be something I actually want; like a 645D?
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