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Replying to: pony_pirate (Sep 02, 2006 9:24 pm) Let's face it, F1 cars are the fastest track cars on the planet (yes, even faster than Nascar!), and they use paddle shifters. IMHO, the true performance cars of the future will only have 2 pedals- and they will be faster too.  I do agree that you can probably outshift the current C6 auto (for now) but it's only a matter of time before the Vette get's a more advanced tranny too. And who knows, maybe even Nascar will eventually get them too!  tom
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Replying to: smu1976 (Sep 02, 2006 9:42 pm) tom |
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Replying to: tsy (Sep 05, 2006 1:27 pm)
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Replying to: pony_pirate (Sep 05, 2006 2:08 pm) )or you can let the computer do it! It really maybe the best of both worlds. Just some food for thought. I personally love to shift myself also, but it just wasn't practical and I figured the 6spd auto was a reasonable compromise, and it is. It's still a very fun car, even in auto form. tom
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Replying to: tsy (Sep 05, 2006 2:16 pm)
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Replying to: pony_pirate (Sep 05, 2006 10:33 pm) No – and yes. My current GM sedan & the 3 prior ones I have driven for thousands of miles work much like the Corvette’s paddles. ( Based on my 2 test drives. ) If you press or pull the paddles twice in succession, the trans. will execute the 2 shifts as quickly as the trans. can build line pressure, etc. In essence, you must cycle through all the gears sequentially – but you can ‘stack’ the shift requests. As long as the vehicle speed is appropriate for both shifts. So – if the point is to be in the gear desired and then ‘forget about shifting’ for a bit, a very rapid double press or double pull will accomplish this. I use this feature quite often. - Ray Not shiftless . . .
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Replying to: rayainsw (Sep 06, 2006 2:46 am)
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Replying to: pony_pirate (Sep 06, 2006 12:23 pm) Randy |
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Some highlights, 73% of verts and 66% of coupes got the 4 sp auto. Just an indicator of the demographic where most Vette drivers just want a nice touring car for two. 34k total production with 6.3k Z06's or 18%. I'm betting that goes up in 2007 since production start on the Z was pretty slow. The other 30% of non Z's were almost evenly split between 6sp manual and 6sp auto, with the auto holding a very slight edge. For color the Z's preferred black followed by silver and then Victory Red. In coupes/verts it was black followed by deep red (Monterey), then Victory Red and silver. The Z51 preformance suspension package came on 37% of coupes/verts while the mag ride suspension was on 26% of verts and only 16% of coupes. Many coupe drivers seem to go with low cost all the way if they can, while verts seem take many more high cost options. Verts were 33% of production while coupes were 49%. Randy
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Replying to: starrow68 (Sep 07, 2006 7:04 am) |
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