Shifting (A/T)

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by Pavel Olavich

You stand by your claim, even as BMW, Mercedes, Chrysler, Nissan, Honda, Lexus, Toyota, and Honda think shifting AT manually is a good thing?

It seems you're an ignorant country bumbkin and your words only prove that!

So I guess you know more then the big 15 auto makers of the world, right?

You act as though you're a 15 year old driving virgin, whose new found bravado is compensating for a very small.......

I also stand by my belief that you're a retard.

Time and again you are confusing my comments on a manumatic with a standard automatic transmission. I have yet to make ANY comment on a standard auto tranny, yet you insist on quoting scripture from manuals about downshifting standard autos, and how it's supposed to be done.

YES YES YES, automatic transmission are meant to be downshifted manually!!! We get that. It's original purpose is for driving situations that confuse the automatic shifting (such as semi-steep inclines), or for loaded towing, but hell, if you want, downshift the sucker all you want. I don't care, and I honestly don't think it will cause any problem. I routinely kick mine out of overdrive to assist braking all the time.

Now Pavel, let me lay this out for you one more time, so you can understand what I'm saying. In a MANUMANTIC transmission there is a separate shifter area marked with a "+" and a "-". When you move the lever to this area, it forces the automatic to behave more like a manual. To upshift, hit "+", to downshift, hit "-". WHAT I SAID EARLIER was that this style of shifting is pointless for sporty driving, because there is a time lag between hitting the "+" and the actual gear change. It can be done much faster and more efficiently in a manual transmission. SO, for SPORTY driving, a MANUMATIC doesn't make much sense, because the standard auto shifting program included is faster. Granted, I would expect the ones on luxury cars and race cars to be pretty good, but the run-of-the-mill manumatics SUCK.

*whew!* Now, before you reply, read this through at least twice and dwell on it, so you don't make yourself look stupid again. This makes at least twice now you've misread a post and argued about it.

Really, to call someone a "bumpkin", shouldn't you at least be able to spell it first? And "compensating"? Dude, we're in a Yaris forum, or haven't you noticed?

Answer me this: have you even hit your 20's yet? And be honest! I'm genuinely curious.

~YR