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Old 12-02-2013, 06:23 PM   #66 (permalink)
Dwight Frye
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Originally Posted by Red370 View Post
I dont think when I downshift, its muscle memory, clutch in, blip, release, that simple. I dont feel that I need a computer to blip the throttle for me and I think alot of people in the automotive world feel the same way. Cool feature? sure, necessary for people that have been driving manual transmissions their whole life without it? definitely not. This is why copycats havent emerged, its not imperative to have.
I agree. It's a cool feature and works as designed but for daily driving I leave mine off. And when I go for a spirited mountain drive and switch it on, I end up fighting it because my muscle memory and habits are so ingrained after driving a stick shift starting off road in a Meyers Manx dune buggy in 1968 that I have to consciously not blip the throttle or double clutch.
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