Shifting (A/T)

[Pavel Olavich]

Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

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

My true retarded friend, what YOU don't seem to understand is this:

(1) You don't know how to drive a A/T manually in the proper fashion.

(2) You'd rather blame the equipment then admit (1).

(3) When moving the selector + or - one often NEEDS to work the gas pedel in conjunction with dropping a gear, so that the lag is NOT THERE!!!!!

Do you need picture, or are you just slow minded? You idiot, I am 47! And talking to you is like talking to a 13 year old brat that lacks accountability, responsability, and whose knee jerk reaction is to blame the equipment instead of admiting that he is ignorant.