Originally posted by 4drwhore
I'll take a lenco instead, thanks anyways. Seems this would take alot of fun out of racing. I mean it would be good for the people who do bracket racing but alot of the part of racing is shifting. It takes more of a driver to run low 11s in a manual 5speed car then it does a guy with the same everything and just an automatic with a stall. Seems good but I guess I'll just stick with the old proven method of having a manual car. Something about the actions of pushing in the clutch and slamming the gears that makes driving more fun. More power to you guys though.
Isn't the whole point of racing to be faster than the guy next to you or the group of cars behind you? Seems to me this would allow a driver to concentrate more on other aspects of driving, making him/her a better all around driver. F1 drivers have been using this sort of technology for years, does this make them less of a driver than you?
This kind of looks like it may be the next step in transmission technology. I'm sure the same was said about the advent of syncros..."I like the idea of double clutching to get the car in gear, syncros will take the fun out of driving".
Should be interesting to see if this technology makes it into production cars down the road. If it were cheaper, I'd love to put one of their T5's in my next Mustang. Perhaps the price will come down dramatically as the technology further develops and demand increases.