"CB" (jrcb)
09/01/2016 at 21:38 • Filed to: Questions
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"CB" (jrcb)
09/01/2016 at 21:38 • Filed to: Questions | 4
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I was on Autotrader and I saw an interior picture for a 1999 Alfa Romeo 156 S. Whether it’s worth $16k is one question, but I noticed the shift pattern for it. I looked it up, and apparently it’s called a Q-System, where you can leave it in automatic or use an H-pattern to manually shift it. Does anyone have any experience with it, or can they drop more of a knowledge bomb for me?
HammerheadFistpunch
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:42 |
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It looks like a goofy tiptronic gimmic
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:42 |
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Hey it's Italian logic goes out the window.
S65
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:43 |
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Neat!
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CB
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/01/2016 at 21:43 |
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Probably? It was the 90s, man, everything was crazy back then. But still... why?
OPPOsaurus WRX
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:43 |
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does it have a clutch pedal?
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CB
> My X-type is too a real Jaguar
09/01/2016 at 21:43 |
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To be fair, Jag made the J-gate. Still, it’s kind of cool, but also what the hell were they thinking?
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CB
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/01/2016 at 21:44 |
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I looked, and nope. It’s a regular automagic for the most part.
dogisbadob
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:46 |
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that’s kinda cool, actually. I like it!
Just too bad it probably doesn’t work in that car tho
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My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:47 |
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You want logic and precision buy German you want quirky buy British you want WTF buy Italian
My citroen won't start
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:48 |
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Just like the PRND234 but with a funny pattern to mimic a manual shift pattern.
Probenja
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:49 |
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It looks like an automated manual, but it has park, so it might be a regular automatic with triptronic in a weird way.
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CB
> My citroen won't start
09/01/2016 at 21:49 |
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I figured as much. Just... wow.
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CB
> Probenja
09/01/2016 at 21:50 |
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That’s what it looks like.
Pistol Whipped Cream
> CB
09/01/2016 at 21:53 |
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I’m probably in the minority, but i kinda like it.
not for canada - australian in disguise
> CB
09/01/2016 at 22:02 |
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It kinda reminds me of the shifter on the older Logitech wheels where you could switch it from sequential to H-pattern.
I can kinda dig it.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> CB
09/01/2016 at 22:13 |
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Going to the article I just read on it, it’s to get a more tactile experience to solve the “foibles” of the traditional Tiptronic that returns to center after a shift input
Svart Smart, traded in his Smart
> CB
09/01/2016 at 22:54 |
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In a weird way I kind of like this.
TheJWT
> CB
09/01/2016 at 22:56 |
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More cars need their national flag on the center console
Cé hé sin
> Probenja
09/02/2016 at 05:04 |
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Yes it’s a conventional torque converter automatic with added sportiness because Alfa.
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Cé hé sin
> CB
09/02/2016 at 05:04 |
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The thinking was manual on one side and automatic on the other.
Tapas
> CB
09/02/2016 at 05:43 |
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I have dreamed of cars that have both gearboxes mushed into one.
I read the comments and found out this was not the case.
Still, if the gearbox mimics a mechanical “snick snick” feeling of changing gears, I’d call it a victory.
StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> CB
09/02/2016 at 10:47 |
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Because Alfa?
Scott
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/03/2016 at 17:48 |
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Looks more like the older Porsche Sportomatic.... google it.