09-15-2004, 08:46 PM
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Location: Houston, Tx, learning in Ohio
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Yeah all automatics have a huge delay while the slushbox or computer figures out whats going on. Even in triptronic or whatever they call it, it takes forever to shift up or down. I was driving my cousin's mazda6 and i tried to downshift and it took like three seconds and atleast one second on the ups.
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09-15-2004, 10:09 PM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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mazda6 and i tried to downshift and it took like three seconds and atleast one second on the ups.
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A Tiptronic is a lot faster than that. But in general auto boxes do take a bit 'till they downshift when you floor them. Exceptions might be the super Mercs.
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09-15-2004, 10:12 PM
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Location: Santa Clarita, CA, USA
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Originally Posted by BADMIHAI
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mazda6 and i tried to downshift and it took like three seconds and atleast one second on the ups.
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A Tiptronic is a lot faster than that. But in general auto boxes do take a bit 'till they downshift when you floor them. Exceptions might be the super Mercs. |
Mercs trannys in general have insta shifts. We test drove an E500 and my dad hit the pedal, and BOOM torque all over the place.
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09-29-2004, 04:35 AM
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Hi,
I think that the fact that you are more of a passenger because you don't shift makes you think it takes longer than it actually does...
In my Dads 5 series putting the lever to S - Mode helps a bit. I'm fine with that. The more you drive with it, the more you like it... But still a manual gearbox is my favourite...
Buba
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