I've never driven a real paddle shift, but I did have a car with a manually shiftable automatic, which I'd guess is a somewhat similar experience... definitely not at all the same as a stick shift, but it does give you somewhat more of an involved feel than automatic.
The lack of a clutch definitely would make a huge difference. ________________________________ From: Af [af-boun...@afmug.com] on behalf of Josh Luthman via Af [af@afmug.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:01 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] offtopic - jaguar makes cool stuff It's not the same thing AT ALL. It's a third gear box option. My car has automatic and paddle shift. It is not the same as driving the 6MT of the identical car at all. Remember there is no clutch and it is generally sequential, which is probably where that different feel of driving comes in. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Mike Hammett via Af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: For manual lovers that have used "flappy-paddle gear boxes", how do they compare in the involvement with the driving experience? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ________________________________ From: "Jason McKemie via Af" <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:54:16 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] offtopic - jaguar makes cool stuff All of my vehicles except my most recent car (and the work van) have been manual, I miss that quite a bit. On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, Bill Prince via Af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: My wife and I love stick shifts. Probably an attitude that is restricted to people that love the driving thing. Stick shift makes you more "involved". And like you say, it also is a crude form of theft control. Becoming more effective every day. I'm surprised by the number of people that don't know how to drive a stick any more. -- bp <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com> On 12/16/2014 8:16 AM, Seth Mattinen via Af wrote: On 12/16/14, 8:02 AM, Josh Luthman via Af wrote: Primitive beings and their manual gearboxes. I still drive a stick because it's fun. Also nobody else drives my car because they can't figure out how to operate it. ~Seth
