While I've agreed with Amby from the start in regards to this transmission's likely future issues, thus far it seems Mitsubishi has been replacing the transmissions that have failed thus far under warranty. I imagine that will continue, unless it's someone who's done more than a handful of simple bolt-ons. IMO, nothing will help Mitsubishi's trans supplier improve this transmission faster than having to continuously pay to replace them.

 

Well played.

 

Hah. I never really thought driving a manual required skill. I've always taken my ability to do so for granted. It was only recently that I realized how many people are unable to work a

Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, or just strange, but I'm starting to get the feeling that I am the only RA driver who drives almost exclusively in manual mode.

 

the second RA driver who drives it in manual mode

 

..........i am 3.........

....i do 99% of my driving in manual / sport.

shifts are "crisper" so there is probably less slipping and wear on the clutches.

also , i do not like the shift points ( up or down ) when in auto mode.

 

I would hardly call hitting some paddles the same as driving stick, as it appears people are suggesting here.

 

no amby... we're talking about driving it in "manual mode" ... that's how it's called amby, as in you have to "manually" change from gears with either the paddles or the stick for the car to keep moving/developing speed since the clutch won't move on their own kinda thing... don't try to start sh*t now lol

 

I just found it odd that people talked about leaving it in manual mode as punishment.

 

Come to Los Angeles and drive the freeways here on a regular basis. Driving, itself, is a punishment.

The thing I like about the TC-SST is that it is only "automatic" if you want it to be. I find it funny how people seem to infer that we have less control of our cars with paddles than they do of their car with a manual. Other than launching, the ease of upgrading the clamp/torque load of the clutch, and weight savings, a manual isn't superior. Likewise, aside from constant foot stomping, automatic rev matching, and ease of use, the TC-SST isn't superior.

Take, for instance, Subaru's very own WRC car. It has both a clutch peddle AND paddle shifters. The clutch is ONLY for use with 1st gear; every other forward gear is controlled via paddles. In essence, the best of both worlds. Sure, that transmission is not exactly like the transmission in the Ralliart, but its use symbolizes a recognition that, even with professional drivers, stomping on the floor every time you want to change gears might not always be ideal.

I would also like to add that assuming that all Ralliart drivers are incapable of using a manual transmission as well as someone that currently drives a car with a manual is a little off base. Nobody had directly state that, but it seems to be implied by quite a few of the posts I've read. Just for reference, I've been driving manuals since I was 15, I learned to rev match before I even knew the term for it, I grew up driving in an area where 40% of the roads were dirt and gravel with steep inclines, I've regularly driven cars with manuals in San Francisco, and I've autocrossed a manual-transmission car that I had never driven before on a course that I had never driven on before and posted times within two to three seconds of the professional drivers who set up the course. So don't tell me that I don't know what driving a manual is all about.

 

It's an automatic through and through, it's no more a manual than a torque converter-based automatic or a CVT-based automatic. It's that talk that annoys people, if you don't have a third pedal, you are not driving a manual, it's that simple. The amount of control you have is not the same, you cannot decide how fast to engage the clutch, you cannot properly engine brake, you cannot slip in and out of neutral in any gear, you cannot heel-toe, etc.
A WRC is nothing like a traditional manual or a TC-SST. It doesn't use a twin-clutch transmission, it uses an automatically controlled dogbox manual.

 

well guess what.. I can pick my nose while I drive. spank cars with manual ( in my class of course) flick it out the window and throw the dueces to the rear all while my automatic is high-rev shifting and down shifting for me...call it what you want, its the way of the future.

 

And you think people in traditional manuals can't do the same? It's called multitasking. I wasn't aware that blown transmissions was the way of the future .

 

They are more prone to injuries from an accident, correct!?
and is my blown? no, so thank you.

you cant base em all like that Amby, come on now..

 

Manual drivers? I have yet to see any statistics saying that manual drivers are more prone to accidents than automatic drivers, a distracted driver is a distracted driver. Considering how well-known the GTR transmissions are and the apparent issues that the Mitsubishi model is having (torque limitations, shifting issues, etc), I don't think us stick drivers have anything to worry about from the "future".

 

picking your nose is a distraction from using your hand correct? lol
anyways cars are becoming more modern these days, especially with the new 200mpg cars lol.
Manual drivers have nothing to worry about, just manual cars.

MPH < MPG these days.

Its fine my tranny has a limit, I dont really need over 300WHP for my daily driver.
I still spank lightly modded cars like mine, especially the wrx's who seem to do nothing but flyby's by me these days.

If I wanted a speed demon I would have bought one.
guess what I have a wife and kid! Wifey cant drive stick well (only mines of course)
and the baby needs to be comfortable and I need some speed, so we all compromised.

the MR was out of range...and guess what....that's where the RA comes in. Which I love to death.