"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
11/10/2016 at 12:21 • Filed to: Gated Shifters
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"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
11/10/2016 at 12:21 • Filed to: Gated Shifters | 4
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It should be on every car enthusiast’s list, to try out a gated shifter of any kind before you die. And I got to mess with the R8 V10's shifter last week. It’s really neat! Gated Shifters are definitely cool!
PS9
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/10/2016 at 12:23 |
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Wow, that’s just like the shifter on my Corolla! Except in every single way that it isn’t, which is all of them.
Damnit...
Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/10/2016 at 12:34 |
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I haven’t tried one yet but just by design it looks like if you’re banging gears it isn’t exactly a straight path shifting and looks like you would smash off the edge of the gate if you tried to rush things?
GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/10/2016 at 12:45 |
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Needs more metallic noises
g_berserk
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/10/2016 at 14:50 |
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Pro Tip:
If you have a Honda Civic (like I do) replace your shift boot with
one of these
but trim it about an inch too short to something like this:
The sound is spot-on.
I’ll provide video proof later today.
TheJWT
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/10/2016 at 15:01 |
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I drove one about 20 feet. It was a pretty nice 20 feet
RyanFrew
> Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube
11/10/2016 at 23:39 |
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On the bezel? That thing is pretty damn strong - you’re not gonna break it.
ateamfan42
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/11/2016 at 09:48 |
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I’ll be in my bunk.
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Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube
> RyanFrew
11/11/2016 at 10:43 |
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Yeah I agree its strong and wouldn’t break I just mean looks vulnerable to missing a gear. I can’t knock it until I try it but it gives that impression!
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RyanFrew
> Boosted2k - I Make Videos and Put Them on YouTube
11/11/2016 at 11:32 |
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Yeah, I see what you mean. It looks that way but you would be pleasantly surprised. This is a good excerpt on gated gearboxes:
Or so I thought. Then I was lucky enough to drive a
Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2
, with a manual, gated gearbox. No silly leather gaiter around the shaft. No ridiculously sculpted knob on the top. Just metal. Everywhere. And it was glorious. It had the accuracy you expect from modern boxes but with a feeling of heft, plenty of weight to the throw as you notch it out of one gear, wait a fraction of second and then slam it into the next. And crucially, every move was accompanied by a ker-chink from the metal gate. I felt like I was loading a rifle. Changing gear was a genuine joy, even when put up against the delights of handling a rear-wheel drive sports car with 550 horsepower.