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Old 01-16-2011, 07:00 PM   #169 (permalink)
tumnasgt
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Originally Posted by JacobAziza View Post
There are some very expensive luxury cars which use the same clutch-less electronic paddle shifting system as formula one cars.
Those should have the power/economy of a manual with the easiness of an auto.

The manu-matics are just fancy automatics. They still have a torque converter.
And most won't let you change up unless it would have anyway in Drive. I love have manumatic for engine braking though, cos there are plenty of hills round here that are too fast for '2' but really, really scary in top gear.

I spend so much time arguing with the automatic (well, mainly the torque converter lockup) in our Sonata that I find the manual Camry is easier to drive, unless I'm in really bad stop start traffic (or a pre-christmas mall parking-lot jam).
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