Originally Posted by
scoooby slayer
I'm yet to drive one but it looks like a win win to me, the instant shift flat shifting of a dct gearbox with the feel of a manual shift
I certainly wouldn't want lag for the sake of lag lol
My Humber is a 4 speed auto with Hurst shifter and manual valve body, I drive it in the same way throttle flat to the floor and just pull back to go up the gears one at at time constant acceleration.
Yeah, I know I’m a weirdo I’ve never got the problem with turbo lag it’s like foreplay. I wasn’t trying to be a downer on it just looked more suitable for the drag strip and a serious lead on to a jail time driving that on the road. You can see every time they go for it, they’re in the zone and go through the gearbox banging away like it’s how it has to be done. It doesn’t look like it lends itself to a chilled squirt on a Sunday.
I like to feel like I’m going faster than I am on the road rather than actually going silly fast. Talking to my mate about it not long ago, my old 320bhp classic STI feels nippy enough when it hits boost but his DSG Audi S3 would walk from me. Being in his car though it just feels so linear and you can hardly tell when it changes gear, it’s more akin to an electric car and it seems what modern car gearboxes want to achieve as it’s so quick it just stays in the turbo’s efficiency zone.
I’d probably go as far to say as I’m sure I’d enjoy the Aventador gearbox over the Hurracan. Again, sure the majority would think I’m stupid.