Originally Posted by
Chuck 98 RT/10
Lugging was bad for the old carburated cars because carbs could only be tuned for specific rpm ranges. Today's fuel injection computers adjust for any rpm. In fact, many cars today have skip shifts that bump cars into "lugging" mode when putzing through a parking lot or something similar. Subsequently many owners remove the skip shift because they hate going from 1st to 4th.
Of all the manuals I have driven I had never seen the skip shift until I got my camaro.....luckily someone before me had already put in the skip shift eliminator or I'd have had to park the damn car until I could do it.....I hate alot of these automatic functions on cars that give you no choice on things.....damn it I am driving the car unless the manufacturer is going to take responsibility when I get into an accident because the car is trying to drive itself they need to make it an option to use this shit. I need to be in control of things like traction, under/over steer, SHIFTING, hard acceleration (throttle by wire is shitty).