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gsx95 · 04-01-2018, 08:44 PM

[QUOTE=ZCanadian;3743593]Correct.

I can report from my 4C forum that even the most fervent advocates of the 3-pedal layout forget about the difference in about 10 minutes. Those who continue to bellyache about it have simply never driven a true DCT. If anyone is among the latter category, go test drive a true DCT car in manual mode before you judge. In a slow, touring car, 3 pedals are perhaps still preferable. On a real sports car, times have moved on.

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I couldn't disagree more. I am on my second GT-R (had an '09 since '08, which I traded in for a '15 in '14), and I would never want to have only a DCT. For me, there is no comparison to driving a manual. Most people who buy a car seem to convince themselves that what they have is better, so in my experience most folks on DCT car forums say they love DCTs. Sure, they are faster and easier to drive (and I obviously love my GT-R, which you might say is the car that made all the other performance cars switch to DCTs). But the skill and involvement of a true manual connects you to the car in ways that a DCT is designed to disconnect you from. A DCT just performs it's function more efficiently than most (all?) people can. I just think that if efficiency is the only goal, then soon we will all be in self driving computer pods.

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gsx95 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: USA Posts: 69 Drives: 2017 370Z Roadster Rep Power: 8	[QUOTE=ZCanadian;3743593]Correct. I can report from my 4C forum that even the most fervent advocates of the 3-pedal layout forget about the difference in about 10 minutes. Those who continue to bellyache about it have simply never driven a true DCT. If anyone is among the latter category, go test drive a true DCT car in manual mode before you judge. In a slow, touring car, 3 pedals are perhaps still preferable. On a real sports car, times have moved on. QUOTE] I couldn't disagree more. I am on my second GT-R (had an '09 since '08, which I traded in for a '15 in '14), and I would never want to have only a DCT. For me, there is no comparison to driving a manual. Most people who buy a car seem to convince themselves that what they have is better, so in my experience most folks on DCT car forums say they love DCTs. Sure, they are faster and easier to drive (and I obviously love my GT-R, which you might say is the car that made all the other performance cars switch to DCTs). But the skill and involvement of a true manual connects you to the car in ways that a DCT is designed to disconnect you from. A DCT just performs it's function more efficiently than most (all?) people can. I just think that if efficiency is the only goal, then soon we will all be in self driving computer pods.