Any Formula 1 fans here?

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Big Stig

Well that's how you used to do it. Heel and toe is a dying art. Hell, most people under 40 don't even know how to drive a car with a manual transmission. Manuals in very high performance cars don't really exist anymore.

I've been doing track days for decades and perfected my heel and toe skills. That's where my pseudonym here came from. LOL The car I do track days in now still has a 6 speed manual, but it will probably be the last one I will buy.

It sucks, but its better technology.

I would say 99.9 percent of the world’s population couldn’t shift better than a good dual clutch transmission. I’ve grown to like them.

[Big Stig]

Originally Posted by bambino

I would say 99.9 percent of the world’s population couldn’t shift better than a good dual clutch transmission. I’ve grown to like them.

I'd say 100%. It's not physically possible to manually shift faster. F1 cars upshift in 3 milliseconds and downshift only slightly slower. No human can even come close. I've driven my buddy's 911 GT3 on a track and the shifting is mindblowing. No heat and toe, no blipping, just keep it floored.

Incredible, but at the end of the day, I still love to shift gears.

[Big Stig]

Originally Posted by bambino

I would say 99.9 percent of the world’s population couldn’t shift better than a good dual clutch transmission. I’ve grown to like them.

I'd say 100%. It's not physically possible to manually shift faster. F1 cars upshift in 3 milliseconds and downshift only slightly slower. No human can even come close. I've driven my buddy's 911 GT3 on a track and the shifting is mindblowing. No heel and toe, no blipping, just keep it floored.

Incredible, but at the end of the day, I still love to shift gears.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Big Stig

I'd say 100%. It's not physically possible to manually shift faster. F1 cars upshift in 3 milliseconds and downshift only slightly slower. No human can even come close. I've driven my buddy's 911 GT3 on a track and the shifting is mindblowing. No heel and toe, no blipping, just keep it floored.

Incredible, but at the end of the day, I still love to shift gears.

I agree. But I’m too lazy now to row gears on a daily driver. Dual clutch’s offer ease and a great driving experience. When I get around to it, I’ll get some type of vintage/ classic car. I’ll definitely get a manual for part time duty.

[Big Stig]

I'll sell you a very low mileage, slightly beaten and flogged R8.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Big Stig

I'll sell you a very low mileage, slightly beaten and flogged R8.

I thought you sold that long ago? My friend had the V10. It had an automatic but not a dual clutch. Kinda stupid. Weakest link of the car. Always a pause between shifts. I’ll look for a 1970 LT1 convertible. I had one. M22 rock crusher manual. They only made 700 of them.

[Big Stig]

Nope, I tried to sell it but never found a serious buyer. I doubt I'll sell it any time soon since its now starting to increase in value a little bit.

The original R8s has a single plate automatic which wasn't very good. 2012 switched to a seven speed S-Tronic twin clutch DSG transmission which is very good.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Big Stig

Nope, I tried to sell it but never found a serious buyer. I doubt I'll sell it any time soon since its now starting to increase in value a little bit.

The original R8s has a single plate automatic which wasn't very good. 2012 switched to a seven speed S-Tronic twin clutch DSG transmission which is very good.

Are they going to make them going forward? I read Porsche is going electric for the Spyder RS and Cayman GT4. Retarded.

[Big Stig]

Who the hell knows? One thing that I do know is that I will never, ever but an EV. I wouldn't rule out a hybrid, because they actually make sense. Railroad locomotives have been hybrids for decades and they seem to work pretty well.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Big Stig

Who the hell knows? One thing that I do know is that I will never, ever but an EV. I wouldn't rule out a hybrid, because they actually make sense. Railroad locomotives have been hybrids for decades and they seem to work pretty well.

No all electric cars for me either. Why would Porsche replace a 500hp, naturally aspirated, mid engine 9000 rpm screamer for a battery? What a buzz kill. A lot of the high performance engines are using electric superchargers now.