Originally posted by AliasJerkââ??¢:
Originally posted by Kerry2Kool4U:
Even some newer American ATX's have the capabliity to out shift a manual driver.

I think I'll live to see the day when manual transmissions are a thing of the past.



sadly.

Take the 5 sp auto in the Mazda 6. What a brilliant transmission, it shifts unlike any other car I have been in, you can hardly feel it shift, even at WOT, and its got 4 gears and an over drive, just like every other modern day 5 speed manual. it shifts right when I would shift in a 5 speed. Its basically a 5 speed manual without the 3rd pedal...



i disagree. I thought the Mazda 6 atx was absolutely terrible when i owned one. Very slow shifting. When shifting manually, if you shift at redline, you'll bounce off redline, just because it takes so long to shift. You pretty much have to shift 500 rpms before redline. The 3-1 shift is absolutely awful. If your coming up to a rolling stop and decide to go again, it takes forever to shift from 3rd to 1st. You might as well have an accident since you could be coasting out in traffic at this point. Once it finally does shift, you pretty much hit the steering wheel because it lurches forward. After driving the 6 and the Fusion, the atx in the Fusion is much better!

Jim Hahn 1996 T-Red Contour SE Reborn 4/6/04 3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit 364 whp, 410 wtq @ 4,700 rpm