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Originally Posted by dkhm3
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Originally Posted by vasi_M3
Porsche PDK is the best dual clutch on the market. Ferrari has a very good calibration on some of their latest models too. The problem with DCT is that they seem to be stuck on 7 gears for the most part which isn't bad but it's not as efficient as a 10 speed auto for example
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10 gears is great for... fuel economy.
it is not good for a track. see car and driver review of the camaro zl1 10 speed. They just let the computer take over.
There is a problem when you are shifting through that many gears entering a turn and exiting. the driver interaction becomes a distraction.
"The sheer number of gears removes a lot of the joy from manually paddling through the cogs. Not to mention that downshifts in this mode feel significantly slower and clunkier than when the gearbox is left to its own devices. Engineers did attempt to address the tedium of toggling through six or seven or ten gears by writing code that jumps to the lowest possible gear when you hold the left shift paddle, but we found the system to be wildly inconsistent. Sometimes the downshift was nearly instantaneous. At other times, whole seconds passed before the shift occurred. And sometimes, inexplicably, there was no shift at all, no matter how long we held the paddle."
One thing when you drive a sports car is you need the car to be consistent at all times, engine torque, hp, tranny response, handling. that is what makes a sports car great- that is how to become part of the machine, you know exactly what it will do at exactly the right time.
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like i said. 10 speed is for 18 wheelers and the fuel savings is a paper excercise. with so many gears its like you are driving a CVT.