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Originally Posted by The_bluester
For me, a paddle shift would have to be paired with a DSG type gearbox. I have not driven a modern one but I hated the way the early ones behaved where you had to order up the gear change you wanted a second or so before you wanted it!
Just so long as I never see another car with the horrid electronics integration that my current work car has where among other things it constantly pops up messages on it's display which obscure the data you actually want, the one that particularly annoys me is "Shift denied" when you ask for a shift and it does not want to give it to you, next is "Grade braking active" when it decides to downshift, and the message stays there until it stops doing it or you manually dismiss it, until next time!
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Hi Paul,
Skip the DSG, they also have the gear change lag. The best transmission available now has been around for years, the 8 speed ZF (
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...f-eight-speed/). I have one in my F-Type Jag and it's just like a manual tranny, engine braking and all, it is simply brilliant. It is fitted to many high performance vehicles.
Interestingly it is more efficient than the manual transmission fitted to the F-Type. I bought the car in The Netherlands, where you are taxed on the CO2 emmissions of the vehicle, the tax was less on the Auto version than the manual.