gear heads

[09:32:31] {nule} so chryslers are using CVTs now?
[09:32:52] {ormus} what chryslers, nule?
[09:32:55] {ormus} like…most?
[09:33:01] {ormus} not a fan of CVT myself
[09:33:03] {nule} i was looking at the caliber
[09:33:23] {ormus} although maybe they’ve gotten better…last one i was in was an early 00’s mini
[09:33:44] {nule} dunno
[09:34:04] {baal} I like the DSG in my buddies GLI
[09:34:23] {baal} not quite the same thing, but same feeling iirc
[09:36:08] {ormus} hrm
[09:36:11] {ormus} dsg
[09:36:16] {ormus} never heard of it
[09:36:20] {ormus} but if it’s german…
[09:36:22] {baal} err
[09:36:40] {baal} DSG == how F1 rolls
[09:37:01] {nule} oh
[09:37:08] {nule} dsg is what the minis use now
[09:37:16] {nule} continuously variable is totally different
[09:37:29] {nule} dsg = direct shift gearbox
[09:37:35] {baal} yes, same feeling though
[09:37:49] {nule} i don’t see how that’s possible,
[09:38:53] {baal} you “don’t feel it shift”
[09:39:03] {baal} felt the same to me, still drives like an auto
[09:40:03] {nule} haven’t driven either, so i take you word for it
[09:40:31] {baal} even with the dsg, you would swear it’s an auto
[09:40:35] {baal} because it’s set up exactly the same
[09:40:44] {baal} put in drive, mash gas
[09:40:45] {nule} i know they’re usually very fast to shift
[09:40:55] {nule} less mush than a hydrodynamic too
[09:41:01] {baal} _far_ less
[09:41:05] {nule} yeah
[09:41:19] {baal} when they first released them in the VW’s the 0-60 times in the dsg were faster than a manual
[09:41:25] {baal} (still are too)
[09:41:32] {nule} i believe it
[09:41:58] {baal} anyhow, that car was fun to drive
[09:42:00] {nule} wiki says the dsg can shift in 8ms when the ect properly predicts the engine speed
[09:42:26] {nule} i’m still digging the HHR the most of the cars i’m browsing through
[09:42:38] {ormus} hrm
[09:42:46] {ormus} “auto” doesn’t mean i don’t feel it shift
[09:43:08] {nule} but that $3500 rebate from my GM card is somewhat to blame
[09:43:34] {baal} heh
[09:43:39] {ormus} get a viper, nule
[09:43:42] {baal} I think I’d be ok with a GM
[09:43:46] {nule} i’ve driven a viper
[09:43:51] {nule} i never want to again
[09:43:51] {baal} but I wouldn’t be buying a chrysler or a ford
[09:43:55] {ormus} could totally see nule kicking it in a viper…
[09:43:59] {ormus} …in the passenger seat…
[09:44:01] {ormus} …as i drove…
[09:44:11] {nule} i could totally see me eating a telephone pole in a viper
[09:44:15] {nule} …in the passenger seat…
[09:44:16] {ormus} hrmph
[09:44:20] {nule} …as ormus drove…
[09:44:24] {ormus} where’s your sense of adventure, nule?