by "PS9" (PS9)
Published 04/23/2017 at 11:36
by "PS9" (PS9)
Published 04/23/2017 at 11:36
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STARS: 2
The Manual Transmission
High Powered engines (anything with more than 4 cylinders and/or forced induction)
Cars with less than 4 doors.
You can pick one of these but the other two will be DESTROYED. What do you choose, oppo?
"CB" (jrcb)
04/23/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 1
Keep the manual. My four door four cylinder will be unstoppable.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/23/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 0
Limiting us to NA 4 cylinders is pretty harsh. Can I have an NA 6 so I can keep the manual??
At my stage of life, I don’t even care about the 2 doors anymore. :/
"Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]" (jarrettw)
04/23/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 1
Most of the fun cars are 2 doors!
What good is a manual V8 if you’re stuck in a 4000lb land barge?
Actually, I take it back. I’d be cool with a NA manual-2 door.
AXE THE BIG ENGINES!!
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
04/23/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 9
Manual. I’ll enjoy my 4-door VTEC screamers.
"PS9" (PS9)
04/23/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 0
If you’re picking a coupe, you’re destroying the manual as well as the giant engines.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/23/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 1
I’m holding out for an I6, but if it’s 4 cylinders this has to be the correct answer —
"misfitmascots" (misfitmascots)
04/23/2017 at 11:49, STARS: 0
High powered engine
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
04/23/2017 at 11:51, STARS: 1
Keep the manual. Just because those others are destroyed doesn’t mean we can’t make more.
"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
04/23/2017 at 11:53, STARS: 1
I’ll take the manual transmission. More fun to drive if it’s a manual, especially with slow cars.
"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
04/23/2017 at 11:53, STARS: 2
Manuals are outclassed by autos now anyway. Paddle shifters are good enough for me.
Coupes are the rolling compromise of automotive bodystyles.
I’ll keep my high powered motor attached to a quick shifting auto in a big sedan pls.
"scoob" (scoobsti)
04/23/2017 at 11:55, STARS: 5
Muh engines
"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
04/23/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 0
Manual Transmission.
I’m fine with the idea of a 4 door Mustang with the 4 cyl ecoboost being the top engine.
BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
04/23/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 1
Manual....you can still have fun rowing your own gears in even the most underpowered thing with 4 doors.
"GE90man" (ge90man)
04/23/2017 at 11:58, STARS: 0
i mean it’s already looking like the top two are diminishing
"Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]" (jarrettw)
04/23/2017 at 12:00, STARS: 0
You’re right. I started with destroying 2, but then got distracted and destroyed 1.
I’ll keep the 2-doors.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/23/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 1
Manual transmission
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
04/23/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 1
Big engines. I don’t want to live in a world without high powered sedans.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
04/23/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 4
Easy! 4 door, small engine, manual transmission:
Any other questions?
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
04/23/2017 at 12:16, STARS: 1
Yep, you’d still have Skylines, Aristos/GS’s, IS’s, 3-series, 5-series...
"Maxima Speed" (maximaspeed)
04/23/2017 at 12:18, STARS: 1
Keep manual.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/23/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 1
That’s my ideal scenario - but if I can’t have that, I’m following your lead—
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
04/23/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 0
Hooray for VW Beetles!
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 0
As much as I love a V8, the manual.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 0
This is the worst choice! :p
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 0
Yup.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 0
Wildcard! He didn’t say we couldn’t have a 4-rotor...
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 0
Not a bad choice.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:54, STARS: 1
Rules is rules!
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 12:55, STARS: 0
No turbos!
"Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]" (jarrettw)
04/23/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 0
But if you keep the manual, what’s left outside of a bunch of econoboxes?
"daender" (daender)
04/23/2017 at 13:22, STARS: 0
Adios 2 and 3-door vehicles, hello Q-ships and super wagons!
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/23/2017 at 13:45, STARS: 1
Rules is made to be broken!
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 0
Honestly, I think I’d rather drive a manual 3 hatch than an auto Miata. If this was the edict, I’m sure Honda, Mazda & Porsche could come up with some small high-revving four doors that would be a blast to flog around.
"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
04/23/2017 at 14:19, STARS: 1
Oh right... so it looks like we will have a 4 door Mustang with a ~200HP 2.5L 4cyl as the top engine!
I’m still okay with that.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/23/2017 at 14:48, STARS: 1
Yup! Carbon fiber’s getting cheaper, right?
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
04/23/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 0
I’m going to look at this another way - if I don’t pick something, all three will be destroyed, and I can only save one. All three of these are on the brink of destruction.
The electric future is going to kill manuals anyway - sure, you can make an electric with a manual, but it’s stupid. And, even hybridization doesn’t work well with manuals. It’s worth saving, but we can’t save it.
High-powered engines... well. The way you defined it - “anything with more than 4 cylinders and/or forced induction” means that sufficiently large 4-cylinders are an option, as are Wankels (as Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction noted), turbines, and just big ol’ batteries and electric motors. And, it only takes about 200 horsepower to move a semi at 65 mph on level ground. Make a 200 hp 4-cylinder to act as a range extender (which is well within the range of normal - like, so normal that beige base model Camrys within a few months will have them - 4-cylinders, although you’d want more displacement, a balance shaft to try to quell the vibrations, and lower RPM, for that application), use electric assistance, and you’ve basically got every land vehicle demand, outside of locomotives (which could just be electrified...) covered. For air vehicles, piston engines are usually flat-4s or flat-6s, so I guess you’re stuck with 4s there. Still, you weren’t restricting displacement, so add a gear reduction to that ~5 liter flat-4 in your Cessna, and make it rev higher. Basically, through loophole abuse, it’s not worth saving.
Cars with less than 4 doors? That’s something that we can save, and is worth saving.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
04/23/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 0
Both my current car and the one I plan to replace it with are 4dr, 4cyl vehicles with manual transmissions - I’m good to go.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
04/23/2017 at 17:41, STARS: 0
High powered engines. You could do extended cab suicide doors like the rx8, automated manuals, but there is no replacement for displacement.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
04/23/2017 at 17:57, STARS: 0
Normally I wouldn’t do this. But keep the high powered engines. I am okay with the Cadillac CTS-V or Ferrari FF (it should be 4 doors) transmissions because their paddleshift-ness still makes you feel connected to the car. Also the day we lose engines in cars like the Nissan 370Z and Dodge Viper is when cars as we know them are done. :P
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/24/2017 at 06:18, STARS: 0
manual.