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Some things shouldn’t be messed about with.
While I laughed at the way the bodywork will puncture the tyres on the first one, at first glance that photo looks like a pisstake not the real thing.
I'm going to get pelters for this and I was as skeptical as anyone given I work in technology, but the current iteration of this on drive with the climate controls on screen rather than buttons is much easier to use, adjust etc.
Looks/sounds impressiveNGRhodes wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 3:01 pm I know it's not a car, but...
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Is that strictly true ? I thought a DCT was basically two gearboxes - one for odd numbered gears, one for even, and the dual clutches flick between the two. So in theory you could be in 7th with 4th preselected ? The “cannot” is down to the programming, it’s not a fundamental limitation.In addition, DCT’s only work in single-gear intervals. From
7th gear to 6th, to 5th, to 4th, for example. If the driver is in
7th gear and wants 4th for maximum power, the DCT
cannot pre-select 4th gear directly. The driver has to pass
through 6th and 5th gears, wasting time and power.
No expert, but I can't think of a technical reason that would prevent this.Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 8:22 amIs that strictly true ? I thought a DCT was basically two gearboxes - one for odd numbered gears, one for even, and the dual clutches flick between the two. So in theory you could be in 7th with 4th preselected ? The “cannot” is down to the programming, it’s not a fundamental limitation.In addition, DCT’s only work in single-gear intervals. From
7th gear to 6th, to 5th, to 4th, for example. If the driver is in
7th gear and wants 4th for maximum power, the DCT
cannot pre-select 4th gear directly. The driver has to pass
through 6th and 5th gears, wasting time and power.
Because in the US, manual boxes are reserved for serious, hardcore drivers and they treat it like a specialist skill.