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Old 01-05-2009, 09:04 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Max View Post
...In all essence, the gear box is similiar to that on my mother's 1998 Toyota Sienna (a mini van) which is awful. My question is why anyone would get any of these semi-automatic transmissions if they know how to shift properly.
I bet you are not an engineer. So, you claim a double-clutch gearbox "is similiar to that on my mother's 1998 Toyota Sienna (a mini van) which is awful."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-Shift_Gearbox

OK. Let it be that way.

And why would someone opt for a DSG? Well, I can think of 8 reasons

"Extremely fast shift time of 8 milliseconds, when shifting to a gear ratio the transmission ECU is expecting"
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