Automatic transmission
Drifting
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At Least Have A Dct As An Option
Le Mans Master
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Race Director
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The ONLY folks who would want an automatic are those who never learned how to drive a manual 
You don't want people to have choices!! Everyone knows that the way that YOU want to do it MUST be the correct way. How utterly immaturely pretentious can you possibly be?
Le Mans Master
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Dave02C5: never an auto in a Z for a reason.. keep the autos for the geezers in their base models.. keep the numbers of the Z down for the REAL enthusiast like the last 2 gens of Z06. Learn to drive folks!
What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal. 
Safety Car
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Well this old geezer was racing sticks when you were just a "poopy pants" sucking on a borrowed pacifer ! I for one have seen quite a few geezers blow the doors off a hot shot with their crappy "base" Vettes, myself included. What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal.
What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal. hopefully they will keep them low production and keep drivers actually driving instead of steering wheel attendants.. let me guess, you'd want technology to take over actually driving the car for you too?
Last edited by Dave02C5; Dec 10, 2013 at 09:37 PM.
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Well this old geezer was racing sticks when you were just a "poopy pants" sucking on a borrowed pacifer ! I for one have seen quite a few geezers blow the doors off a hot shot with their crappy "base" Vettes, myself included. What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal.
What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Merritt Island Florida
Well this old geezer was racing sticks when you were just a "poopy pants" sucking on a borrowed pacifer ! I for one have seen quite a few geezers blow the doors off a hot shot with their crappy "base" Vettes, myself included. What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal.
What you need to do Dave02C5 is grow up and face the truth that technology can shift faster and more reliable than you can pal. In Europe i will say that the stick used to be 90/10 compared to US 10/90.
So we do know how to drive a stick....
i do track my toys, i also race Corvette in
GT2 class Norway, and i love the sequential tranny, but i would never use that on the street.
DCT kills any stick or auto on track with same driver, all other things being equal....
please please GM DCT or stick... no converter slush box
regards
Rune
Melting Slicks
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From: Merritt Island Florida
challenging the accepted is a good way to improve, but sometimes you need to adjust your mind and accept facts...
a DCT shift gear in 40-80 millisec, that is from the moment one gear stops moving car foreward to the next one is engaged and propelling car foreward it takes 40-80 ms
If you sir can do that every time up and down.... prop to you, but i doubt it
Le Mans Master
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From: Ft. Myers FL
Dave02C5:I can shift faster than your automatic.
hopefully they will keep them low production and keep drivers actually driving instead of steering wheel attendants.. let me guess, you'd want technology to take over actually driving the car for you too?
hopefully they will keep them low production and keep drivers actually driving instead of steering wheel attendants.. let me guess, you'd want technology to take over actually driving the car for you too?
Good one. I doubt that you can shift faster than me let alone my A6.
However if you want to make the argument that you prefer a stick because of more involvement or control while having fun driving your car , guess what? I agree with you. But when it comes to racing the beauty of these new tranny's is you get both faster and always accurate shifts. It is and continues to be a dumb argument.
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From: Bergen county NJ
C7 z06 will be manual only.
Wish it would come with an optional Dual clutch or new 8 speed automatic yet it's not going to happen at release ....
Doubt the c7 z06 will ever have anything other than the manual.
Wish it would come with an optional Dual clutch or new 8 speed automatic yet it's not going to happen at release ....
Doubt the c7 z06 will ever have anything other than the manual.
Le Mans Master
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From: Ventura CA
Guess you have not been keeping up around here....the Z06 will be getting an auto.