S3 Launch Date?
05-24-2014, 04:53 AM
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S3 Launch Date?
Love to hear any updates as to the date of the S3 in the States. Local dealer is telling me around Labor Day for arrival. Does this mean the order guides should be available around June July? This is the car I'm waiting for.
06-19-2014, 12:01 PM
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06-19-2014, 12:03 PM
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06-20-2014, 06:49 AM
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I like my transmissions just like my door locks. Automatic! I think there are way too many positives to auto transmissions than there are for Manuals.
Auto transmissions shift faster than manuals
Auto transmissions are better when I'm sitting in traffic
There is a reason why manuals are going bye bye and I'm ok with that. The 911 gt3 isn't offered in a stick anymore. The Ferrari LeFerrari and the new Mclaren P1 yep only can get them in auto. Wonder why?
I don't miss manual any more than I miss roll up windows or cassette tapes. In a modern car I want modern technology and there is nothing modern about a manual transmission. So unless I'm driving a classic Porsche from yesteryear Auto is fine by me.
Auto transmissions shift faster than manuals
Auto transmissions are better when I'm sitting in traffic
There is a reason why manuals are going bye bye and I'm ok with that. The 911 gt3 isn't offered in a stick anymore. The Ferrari LeFerrari and the new Mclaren P1 yep only can get them in auto. Wonder why?
I don't miss manual any more than I miss roll up windows or cassette tapes. In a modern car I want modern technology and there is nothing modern about a manual transmission. So unless I'm driving a classic Porsche from yesteryear Auto is fine by me.
06-20-2014, 12:42 PM
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I like my transmissions just like my door locks....
There is a reason why manuals are going bye bye and I'm ok with that. The 911 gt3 isn't offered in a stick anymore. The Ferrari LeFerrari and the new Mclaren P1 yep only can get them in auto. Wonder why?I don't miss manual any more than I miss roll up windows or cassette tapes. In a modern car I want modern technology and there is nothing modern about a manual transmission. So unless I'm driving a classic Porsche from yesteryear Auto is fine by me.
There is a reason why manuals are going bye bye and I'm ok with that. The 911 gt3 isn't offered in a stick anymore. The Ferrari LeFerrari and the new Mclaren P1 yep only can get them in auto. Wonder why?I don't miss manual any more than I miss roll up windows or cassette tapes. In a modern car I want modern technology and there is nothing modern about a manual transmission. So unless I'm driving a classic Porsche from yesteryear Auto is fine by me.
Don't forget, as well, most folks driving these highly powered cars may well burn out a clutch or two over the life of the car - not an inexpensive item to replace.
06-20-2014, 06:14 PM
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It's their problem if they don't know how to drive a manual. I agree the new auto boxes are faster, more efficient, blah, blah, blah....But they have no soul.
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06-21-2014, 05:11 AM
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No mechanical elements have "soul" so far as I am concerned, but people do though.
I do "get" your point on stick shifts, although I for one will likely never get one in a new car again. I am currently looking for a weekend, fun used Miata and will certainly get a stick.
06-21-2014, 07:42 AM
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I highly doubt that--it's not a '76 Pinto. I can't imagine that the typical driver is likely to burn out a clutch nowadays.
06-21-2014, 05:55 PM
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LOL
I had a 1974 Pinto - green - that I bought new. I never got rear-ended to test whether the gas tank would explode, but did get it totaled in a parking garage attached to the building I worked in and where I parked it every day. One evening I was waiting for the valet to bring it down and I (along with some work colleagues) heard a series of screeches and thumps/bangs. When the car finally appeared at the bottom of the ramp it had been smashed, front, left side and right side, but not the rear! Just the mention of "Pinto" gets me grinning - what an ordeal!
I had a 1974 Pinto - green - that I bought new. I never got rear-ended to test whether the gas tank would explode, but did get it totaled in a parking garage attached to the building I worked in and where I parked it every day. One evening I was waiting for the valet to bring it down and I (along with some work colleagues) heard a series of screeches and thumps/bangs. When the car finally appeared at the bottom of the ramp it had been smashed, front, left side and right side, but not the rear! Just the mention of "Pinto" gets me grinning - what an ordeal!
