Overdrive Options

1970Duster said

Lots of new cars have them. Its call Auto-Manual. You put the tranny in Manual mode you have to manual change the gears, when you've had your fill of that you put in back in auto mode. Quite simple actually (plus it can and WILL out shift a standard manual anyday of the week).

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I know, but truth be told those don't feel like a real manual to me. We have the AutoStick setup in our PT and it just seems like a gimmick. Give me a third pedal any day, and a stick that I can change gears with (and I don't mean a raised pinky flick left or right movement, either).

I know that the true auto-manual stuff like in the Porches and Ferrari's are faster, but it doesn't change the feel to me.

Also, a true "gear-box" that shifts itself is one thing, but an manually shifted slush box isn't the same to me.