Manual vs Automatic Cars

[randski]

I love Codders

If he wants any driving lesson my rates are reasonable

[DM]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Yes - quite possible to change without any nasty noises without using the clutch - depends on the vehicle and gearbox.

Really. I didn't know that. How do you do that?

DM

[hard1]

Originally Posted by randski

I love Codders

Wrong thread.

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by davidmanning

Really. I didn't know that. How do you do that?

DM

Well basically you open up the transmission tunnel and take off the top cover of the gearbox - then you watch the cogs spinning round with a strobe light - when the time is JUST right you clout it with a hammer and in they go.

Thought EVERYONE knew that.......

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by donutsina911

1. nope just a standard 911
2.why, the thread is about gearboxes?
3.really - name one?
4. I know, I drive one and I'm on the waiting list for the 997 variant. What's your point?
5. Unfortunately I cant return the compliment.


and codders, I'm not missing the point at all. I've stood up for you in the past, in particular when someone started becoming a bit too personal, but on this issue, in my opinion, you are wrong. Wrong about not being able to drive a manual car to it's limits without breaking it, wrong about auto's being quicker than manuals and wrong about porsches. I know the square root of f*ck all about ribs (hence why I try and keep my gob shut and learn on this forum) but I'm a porsche anorak and it grips my shit when you refuse to back down when so obviously incorrect.

2. Beacuse I said the diffs had blown - didn't mention the boxes which is what you came back with!!!

3. I have read car mags for many years and they have all had problems over the years.

4. Meant to say Porsche still make the RWD turbo as well.


I am not attacking the 911 - it is NOT my cup of tea but they are a great car!!!

I stick by what I said that an automatic will take abuse better than a manual because it won't let you abuse it so much!!!

And in the real everyday world of normal driving I still say an automatic is quicker off the line - not through the gears which I never said.

You can't have followed this post all the way through which I can't blame you for but if you had you would see that other people were attacking me for the exact opposite!!! Funny how they don't all gang up against yopu for saying basically the same things!!!

[DM]

Originally Posted by codprawn

when the time is JUST right you clout it with a hammer and in they go.

How hard do you clout it?


DM

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by davidmanning

How hard do you clout it?


DM

Now that is where skill and empathy come in.....

[donutsina911]

Originally Posted by codprawn

2. Beacuse I said the diffs had blown - didn't mention the boxes which is what you came back with!!!

3. I have read car mags for many years and they have all had problems over the years.

4. Meant to say Porsche still make the RWD turbo as well.


I am not attacking the 911 - it is NOT my cup of tea but they are a great car!!!

I stick by what I said that an automatic will take abuse better than a manual because it won't let you abuse it so much!!!

And in the real everyday world of normal driving I still say an automatic is quicker off the line - not through the gears which I never said.

You can't have followed this post all the way through which I can't blame you for but if you had you would see that other people were attacking me for the exact opposite!!! Funny how they don't all gang up against yopu for saying basically the same things!!!

porsche dont still make a rwd turbo - the only 996 to have a turbo and be two wheel drive was the GT2, no longer in production.

You're entitled to your opinion although I believe you are wrong. Unfortunately, now I must embark on a proper friday night activity and drink ale and look at girls instead of swearing at my laptop.

[hard1]

Originally Posted by donutsina911

now I must embark on a proper friday night activity and drink ale and look at girls instead of swearing at my laptop.

At Last, a post I can understand......

Me too, I'm gone....

[DM]

Originally Posted by hard1

Me too, I'm gone....

Have a good night out but change the shoes please.


DM

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by donutsina911

porsche dont still make a rwd turbo - the only 996 to have a turbo and be two wheel drive was the GT2, no longer in production.

You're entitled to your opinion although I believe you are wrong. Unfortunately, now I must embark on a proper friday night activity and drink ale and look at girls instead of swearing at my laptop.

Got to be honest I sort of lost the plot wih Porsche numbering systems when they stopped just calling it a 911 - when are they going to do a 999 - or was it anything to do with Al Queda???

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by davidmanning

Have a good night out but change the shoes please.


DM

there his pulling shoes, still got em apparently

perhaps you can wear em to the next doggers meet keith!!!!

[hard1]

Originally Posted by davidmanning

Have a good night out but change the shoes please.


DM

Damn. These Sebagos can hum, even on a forum.

[hard1]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

there his pulling shoes, still got em apparently

perhaps you can wear em to the next doggers meet keith!!!!

And, what on earth do you know about my dogging habits Chris??????

I dunno, why are you haveing a go at me???????

I wa dogging before you were born!!!!!!!!!!

Infamy!!!!!!

Infamy!!!!!!

They've all got it.......OK you get the drift

I just come on here to give you some good info and you all have it in for me!!!!!!!!

It's just not fair and anyway you didn't read my post properly.......!!!!!!!!!!! about my shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just because you don't understand what I was trying to say doesn't mean that you need to diss my attempts to tell you where you're going wrong!!!!!!

(sulk)

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by hard1

, it had an auto gearbox (nicely back on thread) GM Turbo Hydra 400 as fitted to the Bentley/Rolls Royce I believe, and with mods to make it ratchet shift (as in sequential shifter) it took over 600hp regularly without grief.

before I say anything more it's important that you realise I am one of the senior citizens of the Rib Community. Fortunately I am a year younger than David Manning so I am not the oldest of the Old Gits

I seem to remember this from my youth, it must have been before puberty cos I only thought about totty and Clearasil after that.


Now I think you are right about the GM box at the time they were reckoned to be the bestest Auto box's in the wurld. and I seem to remember there was an Auto engineer called Dodd who was the werlds bestest GM transmission man and had a lot of Rolls Royce clients in Germany and Switzerland, but he lived up north somewhere past Watford.

The Autobahns had no speed limit and to cut down his travelling time he built a car using a 10 ton Leyland lorry chassis, a GM box and a Rolls Royce Merlin engine ( that's one crazy mf ) The guy called it the Beast I think it had dual axles on the back and he had a body made up and a Enlarged Rolls Royce radiator and it looked like an oversized Roller. Rolls Royce werent up for it and took him to court and made him remove the Radiator. The car(vehicle ) was said to achieve 200 MPH and eventuall crashed and burnt. I believe it had 900 hp going through the gear box.

That was all done from memory which it appears is flawed that would be the Age thing

http://www.superjohn.f9.co.uk/thebeast.htm

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by davidmanning

That depends. You match your gear to your speed.



I spent twenty odd years driving emergency vehicles in snow and ice and now I find that, according to Codprawns School of Motoring, I've been doing it all wrong. Bugger.

DM

You were lucky you didn't have an Accident. What did you do on the Even Years

[Nos4r2]

I hate to break up the party here guys, but while you're all resting on your laurels and attacking coddipoos he's actually RIGHT about changing gear without the clutch. I can do it in any (non-f*cked) manual vehicle.
Whether or not he's a 12 year old boy or Jimmy Swaggart's gimp has no bearing on it.

Funny, you put enough people into management and eventually they argue themselves to death with no product produced...

[Jono]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

I hate to break up the party here guys, but while you're all resting on your laurels and attacking coddipoos he's actually RIGHT about changing gear without the clutch. I can do it in any (non-f*cked) manual vehicle.
Whether or not he's a 12 year old boy or Jimmy Swaggart's gimp has no bearing on it.

Funny, you put enough people into management and eventually they argue themselves to death with no product produced...

I'm with Nos here... when my old Peugeot 104 (Yeah, yeah.. Iknow.. but it was a ZS ) clutch pedal mount broke.. Ooops.... I managed to drive it... the starting off in gear was the most difficult bit... but we got home... Some of the old Dennis trucks with the loooong gear lever that went into the crew compartment could have gear changes done without a clutch... and mostly by boots from the boys in tha back.....

[DM]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

I hate to break up the party here guys, but while you're all resting on your laurels and attacking coddipoos he's actually RIGHT about changing gear without the clutch.

Err....we know he's right. It's called a leg pull.

Here's a teeny weeny clue.

Originally Posted by davidmanning

You'd probably be a lot smoother with a double declutch..........or even a cluchless gear change IF YOU'RE THAT GOOD AT MATCHING REVS

Originally Posted by Jono

I'm with Nos here...

DM

[Nos4r2]

You didn't seriously expect mne to read all 18 pages 1st just to make sure you weren't serious when talking about codders did you?

I HAVE come to expect you guys not to take anything he says seriously at all...