When you have to drive an automatic

"DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back" (karsonkinja)
03/08/2018 at 15:33 • Filed to: None

DISCUSSION (16)

HammerheadFistpunch > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 15:37

I finally stopped phantom clutching not long ago. I need to find another manual for a commuter.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 15:38

Heard the WRX has a CVT now. How does that make you feel?

Textured Soy Protein > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 15:39

That guy’s reaction to the transmission is the same as my reaction to his mustache.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch
03/08/2018 at 15:41

The worst is when you phantom clutch then “shift” gears and suddenly your in neutral and confused.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > HammerheadFistpunch
03/08/2018 at 15:41

I have no idea what to do with my right hand when I’m driving my wife’s car.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/08/2018 at 15:44

I’m pretty ambivalent about it. One thing that shocked me was when my salesman told me how hard they were to keep on the lot at first. They had a lot of people come in and ask if they had one in stock and leave if they didn’t.

I think it kills the purpose of the car but I understand why people do it. And to be honest the stock shifter/clutch in the WRX isn’t that great. Doesn’t stop it being fun when you drop it into 3rd and take off though. Can’t quite match that feeling in a CVT ;)

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 15:48

Heehee, the jokes almost write themselves ...

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 15:50

They want a relatively reliable budget Audi A3/A4 Quattro. I test drove the CVT and hated it and I immediately realized that the WRX was meant to have a manual and nothing else (OK DSG mayyybe). The CVT’s lag combined with the Turbo lag neuters the car so much.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 15:52

lol.. nice i like

that said... most professional drivers i know drive automatics by choice.... guess it just makes sense when you’re driving 10-12 hours a day (they do tend to have manual toy cars for their time off tho)

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
03/08/2018 at 15:56

A DSG would have been awesome. I loved the DSG in the GTI, it was a huge laugh. But they already had the CVT developed for the Forester XT so I can see how it made sense for the engineers at subaru.

You hit the nail on the head with your Audi A3/A4 Quattro comparison. No hatch , and a (barely) nicer interior. Heck they even removed the option for roof rack mounting points and only reintroduced it with the ‘18 model year. Its like they were trying to make the car less practical for some reason.

jasmits > HammerheadFistpunch
03/08/2018 at 15:58

I borrowed my dad’s MDX once after a long period of driving nothing but manuals and when absent-mindedly setting off from a stop sign(thank god no one was behind me) I simultaneously lifted off the gas, slammed my left foot onto the far end of the double-wide brake pedal and yanked the automatic gear selector into low-gear.

I can only imagine, “no officer I haven’t been drinking, I just don’t know how to operate this newfangled automobile with its magic gearbox”

Shift24 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 16:07

Never got the phantom clutch thing, I just shifted to left foot braking.

Though sometimes I will move my hand over when I want another gear. Thats helped in my 540i that I can use the slap shift

Long-Voyager > HammerheadFistpunch
03/08/2018 at 16:16

Were you phantom clutching and grabbing the corner of the brake pedal while reaching for the shifter that doesn’t exist?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 16:28

Kinja'd!!!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 16:29

Dude, shave already.

Chariotoflove > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/08/2018 at 17:15

I don’t look anything like that. My mustache is neatly trimmed.